Germany’s foreign trade 2009: export -18.4%; import -17.2%

In 2009 Germany exported goods worth 803.2 billion euro and imported goods worth 667.1 billion euro. That means that Germany's exports decreased by 18.4% and its imports by 17.2% in 2009 compared with 2008.
In 2009 the foreign trade balance closed with a surplus of 136.1 billion euro. In 2008 the foreign trade balance surplus amounted to +178.3 billion euro.

The current account of the balance of payment – according to provisional calculations of Deutsche Bundesbank – closed with a surplus of 119.4 billion euro in 2009. In 2008 the surplus recorded by Germany amounted to 165.2 billion euro.
For the latest trends in German external trade figures, please, refer to our press releases which are published on a monthly basis.