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1,205 bn exports

€ 1,025 bn imports

€ 180 bn export surplus

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Press releases

9 September 2021 Exports in July 2021: +0.5% on June 2021

In July 2021, German exports were up by 0.5%, while imports were down by 3.8% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with June 2021. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that, after calendar and seasonal adjustment, exports were 1.6% and imports 5.9% higher than in February 2020, the month before restrictions were imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Germany.

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Development of foreign trade by months

25 August 2021 Exports to non-EU countries in July 2021: expected decline of 2.7% on June 2021

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9 August 2021 Exports in June 2021: +1.3% on May 2021

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23 July 2021 Exports to non-EU countries in June 2021: expected increase of 3.1% on May 2021

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8 July 2021 Exports in May 2021: +0.3% on April 2021

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24 June 2021 Exports to non-EU countries in May 2021: expected decrease of 3.0% on April 2021

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Current news

The main German export product: motor vehicles

Accounting for 15.6% motor vehicles and parts thereof of exports, was Germany's main export product in 2020. Machinery (14.6%) and chemical products (9.3%) ranked second and third, respectively, among the most important export items.

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The People's Republic of China is again Germany's main trading partner

According to preliminary results, goods worth 212.9 billion euros were traded between Germany and the People's Republic of China in 2020 (exports and imports).

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Changes as of 2022

Changes to reporting obligations for ITGS from 2022 onwards

The new European Regulations on International Trade in Goods Statistics lead to major changes for providers of statistical information or reporting companies as of reporting month January 2022.

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Trading partners

Exports and imports (foreign trade)

Trading goods

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Database

GENESIS-Online

More data on foreign trade are available from the GENESIS-Online database.

The database content will continuously be extended, and links will be provided here.

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Development of foreign trade by months

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Germany's major trading partners

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The main German trading goods

Experimental data

In the "EXDAT – Experimental data section" we regularly publish new and innovative project results of the Federal Statistical Office. These are obtained by using new data sources and methods. Both the degree of maturity and quality of the results differ from those of official statistics, especially regarding harmonisation, coverage and methodology. Nonetheless these results of the statistical offices of the Federation and the Länder offer new and interesting ways of looking at various statistical topics.

Selected articles from the EXDAT series

Smart business cycle statistics based on satellite data

Satellites can provide images of large areas of the earth’s surface at short intervals. Technological progress has substantially influenced and improved the availability and analysis of satellite data so that they are coming into play also in official statistics.

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