Press release No. 072 of 5 March 2018
WIESBADEN – According to provisional results, in 2017 Germany exported goods to the value of 25.9 billion euros to Russia, while it imported goods to the value of 31.4 billion euros from there. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that, in the trade with Russia, both exports and imports increased for the first time in five years. Compared with 2016, exports increased by 20.2% and imports by 18.7% in 2017, following four years of declining levels. The previous record highs in the German trade with the Russian Federation were reached in 2012 (exports: 38.1 billion euros, imports 42.8 billion euros).
