Market had been expecting a narrowing from -NZD 487 million to an estimated -NZD 400 million.

Imports in November NZD 3.34 billion (expected NZD 3.4 billion)

Exports in November NZD 3.07 billion (expected NZD 3.0 billion)

Kiwi on the news virtually unchanged trading at 0.9373/79