New Zealand posted a merchandise trade surplus of NZ$699 million in June, Statistics New Zealand said on Monday.
That beat forecasts for a surplus of NZ$294 million following the downwardly revised NZ$54 million surplus in May (originally NZ$204 million).
Exports were worth NZ$6.17 billion, easing from the downwardly revised NZ$7.00 billion in the previous month (originally NZ$7.16 billion).
Imports came in at NZ$5.47 billion, down from the downwardly revised NZ$6.94 billion (originally NZ$6.95 billion).