Change in price paid by New Zealand businesses for light commercial vehicles 3500kgs and under
2015 Q2–2025 Q2, % change from previous quarter
| Quarter | % change from previous quarter |
|---|---|
| 2015 Q2 | 0.4% |
| 2015 Q3 | 0.1% |
| 2015 Q4 | -0.3% |
| 2016 Q1 | 0.2% |
| 2016 Q2 | 0% |
| 2016 Q3 | 0% |
| 2016 Q4 | 0.4% |
| 2017 Q1 | 0% |
| 2017 Q2 | -0.9% |
| 2017 Q3 | 0.2% |
| 2017 Q4 | 0.4% |
| 2018 Q1 | -0.7% |
| 2018 Q2 | -3.2% |
| 2018 Q3 | -0.5% |
| 2018 Q4 | 0.4% |
| 2019 Q1 | -0.1% |
| 2019 Q2 | 0% |
| 2019 Q3 | 0% |
| 2019 Q4 | 0% |
| 2020 Q1 | 0.4% |
| 2020 Q2 | -1.2% |
| 2020 Q3 | 0.1% |
| 2020 Q4 | -0.1% |
| 2021 Q1 | 0.5% |
| 2021 Q2 | 0.2% |
| 2021 Q3 | 0.5% |
| 2021 Q4 | -1% |
| 2022 Q1 | 0.9% |
| 2022 Q2 | 0.5% |
| 2022 Q3 | 0.5% |
| 2022 Q4 | 1.2% |
| 2023 Q1 | 0.3% |
| 2023 Q2 | 0.3% |
| 2023 Q3 | 0.2% |
| 2023 Q4 | 0% |
| 2024 Q1 | 0.4% |
| 2024 Q2 | 0.1% |
| 2024 Q3 | -0.2% |
| 2024 Q4 | 0.1% |
| 2025 Q1 | 0.3% |
| 2025 Q2 | 1.3% |
Definitions
The capital goods price index (CGPI) estimates the overall price change in a range of physical assets that the productive sector holds, acquires, or builds. The major asset groups are buildings, both residential and non-residential; civil construction; land improvements; and plant, machinery, and equipment.
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Inclusions
This subset only includes the land, construction and transport-related items of the CGPI.
Changes to data collection/processing
Stats NZ have been reviewing the capital goods price index (CGPI) and implemented this review in the December 2022 quarter.
The review includes:
- structural changes to better align with the national accounts
- new series reference codes
- a reweight
- a rebase (September 2022 quarter = 1000).
Data provided by
Dataset name
Business Price Indexes: Price Index published level of Capital Goods (Quarterly) June 2025
Webpage:
https://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/
How to find the data
At URL provided, select 'Economic indicators > Capital Goods Price Index - CEP > Price Index published level of capital goods (Base: September quarter 2022 = 1000) (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)'. All variables were selected in order to create this dataset.
Figure.NZ has calculated the quarter-on-quarter percentage changes and the year-on-year percentage changes based on the index provided by Stats NZ.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Business Price Indexes: Price Index published level of Capital Goods (Quarterly) June 2025
From the dataset Business Price Indexes: Price Index published level of Capital Goods (Quarterly) June 2025, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: CEP564601_20230912_081626_99
- Range:
B3:CS185 - Provided: 17,408 data points
This data forms the table Prices - Price change of construction, transport, machinery and plant by item 1979 Q4–2025 Q2.
Dataset originally released on:
August 19, 2025