Ouch
Who is going to pay for this?
"A third successive month of record imports has pushed New Zealand to a record trade deficit.
Statistics New Zealand said September imports - at $6.6 billion - outstripped exports ($4.4 billion) by some $2.2 billion. A record.
The import figure was up some $1.5 billion (30%) on the same month a year ago.
The exports figure was $387 million higher than a year ago.
The annual trade balance for the year ended September 2021 was a deficit of $4.1 billion."
https://www.interest.co.nz/business/...8+October+2021