Asparagus — Producer Price in New Zealand

New Zealand: Asparagus — Producer Price was 2,850 LCU in 2009. ▼ Falling

Latest (2009)
2,850 LCU
Change on year
up 32.6%
World rank
28th
of 30 countries
All-time high
3,500 LCU
in 1991
All-time low
1,750 LCU
in 2002
Years of data
19
1991–2009

Asparagus — Producer Price in New Zealand, 1991–2009

01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k1991200020091991: 3.5k LCU1992: 2.3k LCU1993: 2.6k LCU1994: 2.6k LCU1995: 2.2k LCU1996: 1.9k LCU1997: 1.9k LCU1998: 1.9k LCU1999: 2.3k LCU2000: 2.1k LCU2001: 2.0k LCU2002: 1.8k LCU2003: 1.9k LCU2004: 2.1k LCU2005: 2.1k LCU2006: 2.3k LCU2007: 2.3k LCU2008: 2.1k LCU2009: 2.9k LCU

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.

Analysis

New Zealand recorded 2,850 LCU for asparagus — producer price in 2009.

The figure is up 32.6% on the previous year and up 23.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, asparagus — producer price in New Zealand peaked at 3,500 LCU in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1,750 LCU, in 2002.

That places New Zealand 28th out of 30 countries with data for 2009, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.

Asparagus — Producer Price in New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Asparagus — Producer Price (LCU/tonne) in New Zealand, 1991 to 2009.
Year LCU Change
1991 3,500 LCU
1992 2,300 LCU -34.3%
1993 2,600 LCU +13.0%
1994 2,600 LCU +0.0%
1995 2,200 LCU -15.4%
1996 1,900 LCU -13.6%
1997 1,900 LCU +0.0%
1998 1,900 LCU +0.0%
1999 2,300 LCU +21.1%
2000 2,100 LCU -8.7%
2001 2,000 LCU -4.8%
2002 1,750 LCU -12.5%
2003 1,900 LCU +8.6%
2004 2,150 LCU +13.2%
2005 2,150 LCU +0.0%
2006 2,300 LCU +7.0%
2007 2,300 LCU +0.0%
2008 2,150 LCU -6.5%
2009 2,850 LCU +32.6%

New Zealand compared with similar countries

  • New Zealand's 2,850 LCU is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,832 LCU, 32% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
  • New Zealand's 2,850 LCU is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 46,849 LCU, 6% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 2,356 LCU 1,900 LCU 3,500 LCU 9
2000s 2,165 LCU 1,750 LCU 2,850 LCU 10

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 25 Germany 3,628 LCU compare
  2. 26 Belgium 3,485 LCU compare
  3. 27 Greece 3,048 LCU compare
  4. 29 Morocco 1,845 LCU
  5. 30 Tunisia 853 LCU

See the full ranking of 32 places →

More economy & growth data for New Zealand

All data for New Zealand →

Frequently asked questions

What is asparagus — producer price in New Zealand?
Asparagus — producer price in New Zealand was 2,850 LCU in 2009, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest asparagus — producer price recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 3,500 LCU in 1991.
What is the lowest asparagus — producer price recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 1,750 LCU in 2002.
How does New Zealand rank for asparagus — producer price?
New Zealand ranks 28th out of 30 countries with data for 2009.
Is asparagus — producer price rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 23.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — Producer Price (LCU/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Asparagus — Producer Price in New Zealand. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/asparagus-producer-price-lcu-tonne-2/new-zealand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/asparagus-producer-price-lcu-tonne-2/new-zealand/">Asparagus — Producer Price in New Zealand</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Asparagus — Producer Price (LCU/tonne)
Unit
LCU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
32 places, 743 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.