Press German exports in February 2019: +3.9% on February 2018

Press release No. 137 of 8 April 2019

Exports, February 2019
108.8 billion euros
-1.3% on the previous month (calendar and seasonally adjusted)
+3.9% on the same month a year earlier

Imports, February 2019
90.9 billion euros
-1.6% on the previous month (calendar and seasonally adjusted)
+5.1% on the same month a year earlier

Foreign trade balance, February 2019:
17.9 billion euros
18.7 billion euros (calendar and seasonally adjusted)

Current account according to calculations of the Deutsche Bundesbank, February 2019
16.3 billion euros

WIESBADEN – Germany exported goods to the value of 108.8 billion euros and imported goods to the value of 90.9 billion euros in February 2019. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that German exports increased by 3.9% and imports by 5.1% in February 2019 year on year. After calendar and seasonal adjustment, exports were down 1.3% and imports 1.6% compared with January 2019.

The foreign trade balance showed a surplus of 17.9 billion euros in February 2019. In February 2018, the surplus amounted to 18.3 billion euros. In calendar and seasonally adjusted terms, the foreign trade balance recorded a surplus of 18.7 billion euros in February 2019.

According to provisional results of the Deutsche Bundesbank, the current account of the balance of payments showed a surplus of 16.3 billion euros in February 2019, which takes into account the balances of trade in goods including supplementary trade items (+19.1 billion euros), services (-1.1 billion euros), primary income (+6.2 billion euros) and secondary income (-7.9 billion euros). In February 2018, the German current account showed a surplus of 19.5 billion euros.

In February 2019, Germany exported goods to the value of 65.7 billion euros to the Member States of the European Union (EU), while it imported goods to the value of 53.2 billion euros from those countries. Compared with February 2018, exports to the EU countries increased by 3.8%, and imports from those countries by 6.7%. Goods to the value of 41.4 billion euros (+3.2%) were exported to the Euro area countries in February 2019, while the value of the goods imported from those countries was 34.9 billion euros (+7.5%). In February 2019, goods to the value of 24.3 billion euros (+4.8%) were exported to EU countries not belonging to the Euro area, while the value of the goods imported from those countries was 18.3 billion euros (+5.1%).

Exports of goods to countries outside the EU (third countries) amounted to 43.1 billion euros in February 2019, while imports from those countries totalled 37.7 billion euros. Compared with February 2018, exports to third countries increased by 4.1% and imports from those countries by 3.0%.

 

Flows of commodities and services
in EUR bn
ItemFebruaryJanuary
to February
JanuaryFebruaryJanuary
to February
20192018
1 According to calculations of the Deutsche Bundesbank.
Foreign trade
1   Exports (f.o.b.)108.8217.7108.9104.7211.8
2   Imports (c.i.f.)90.9185.294.386.5176.3
3  Foreign trade balance (1-2)17.932.514.618.335.4
Transition to trade in goods 1
4  Supplementary trade items1.12.41.30.91.3
Current account balances 1
5  Trade in goods (3+4)19.134.915.819.136.7
6  Services-1.1-2.1-1.1-0.8-1.2
7  Primary income6.215.39.16.515.3
8  Secondary income-7.9-13.0-5.0-5.3-10.4
Current account (5+6+7+8)16.335.118.819.540.6

  

Groups of countries
ItemFebruary
2019
January
to
February
2019
Percentage change from
February
2018
January
to February
2018
billion euro%
Total exports108.8217.73.92.8
including:
EU Member States65.7131.03.82.2
Euro-zone41.482.83.22.1
Non-euro-zone24.348.24.82.4
Third countries43.186.74.13.7
Total imports90.9185.25.15.0
including:
EU Member States53.2104.96.75.2
Euro-zone34.968.87.56.4
Non-euro-zone18.336.05.13.0
Third countries37.780.33.04.8

  

Foreign trade (special trade)
Exports and imports
Original values/calendar and seasonally adjusted values 1 
YearMonthExportsImports
original valuecalendar and seasonally
adjusted value 1
original valuecalendar and seasonally
adjusted value 1
value in
billion euros
change on the same
month of the
previous year
in %
value in
billion euros
change on
previous month
in %
value in
billion euros
change on the same
month of the
previous year
in %
value in
billion euros
change on
previous month
in %
1 Using Census X-12-ARIMA

2018

January107.18.4110.5-0.389.97.489.60.3
February104.72.3108.0-2.386.55.288.5-1.2
March116.1-1.7109.51.491.5-1.488.0-0.6
April110.29.4109.3-0.289.88.589.82.1
May109.1-1.3111.01.689.00.790.40.7
June115.37.6110.9-0.193.410.191.41.0
July111.07.6110.3-0.594.612.593.82.7
August105.42.4110.40.187.76.191.7-2.2
September109.2-1.1110.0-0.491.05.792.40.7
October117.18.5110.70.798.510.993.20.9
November116.30.0110.6-0.196.14.091.9-1.3
Dezember96.1-4.4112.41.681.8-0.492.50.6
2019January108.91.7112.40.194.34.993.81.4
February108.83.9110.9-1.390.95.192.3-1.6

First detailed provisional results by country of origin/country of destination and by chapter of the Commodity Classification for Foreign Trade Statistics as well as a comparative table based on the country of origin/country of consignment concepts are available for downloading.

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