SHANGHAI- An upgraded free trade pact between China and New Zealand will be effective from April 7, China's Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.

The pact was signed by the countries in January, 2021 to give exports from the Pacific nation greater access to the world's second-largest economy.

(Reporting by Shanghai Newsroom; Editing by Himani Sarkar) ((Zoey.Zhang@thomsonreuters.com;))