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Date: May 20, 2025 The United States is Germany's main trading partner

According to preliminary results, goods worth 253.0 billion euros were traded between Germany and the United States in 2024 (exports and imports).

Date: April 17, 2025 The main German export product: motor vehicles

Accounting for 17.0% of exports, motor vehicles and parts thereof were Germany's main export product in 2024. Machinery (14.0%) and chemical products (9.0%) ranked second and third, respectively, among the most important export items.

Date: March 6, 2025 Increase of the reporting thresholds from January 2025 onwards

Starting from reporting month January 2025, new reporting thresholds for intra-EU trade statistics are in place. The new reporting threshold for intra-EU exports is 1 million Euro (previously 500,000 Euro). The new reporting threshold for intra-EU …

Press release No. 198 of 6 June 2025 Exports in April 2025: -1.7% on March 2025

In April 2025, German exports were down 1.7% and imports were up 3.9% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with March 2025. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) further reports that exports decreased by …

Date: May 20, 2025 Overall development in foreign trade 1950 to 2024 (preliminary results)

Excerpt from the PDF file: Table of Overall development in foreign trade since 1950 to 2024

Date: May 20, 2025 Order of rank of Germany's trading partners - 2024 (preliminary results)

Excerpt from the PDF-File: Ranking of Germany's trading partners in foreign trade

Press release No. 178 of 20 May 2025 Export surplus of 17.7 billion euros registered in trade with the United States in 1^st quarter of 2025

Germany has recorded an export surplus in trade with the United States each year for over three decades. Germany also recorded a considerable export surplus at the start of 2025, and therefore before the entry into force of higher tariffs on exports …

Press release No. 163 of 8 May 2025 Exports in March 2025: +1.1% on February 2025

In March 2025, German exports were up 1.1% while imports were down 1.4% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with February 2025. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports increased …

Press release No. 147 of 17 April 2025 33 years of export surplus in trade with the United States

The threat by the United States to impose additional tariffs on goods from the European Union (EU) is partly due to the US government's critical stance on Europe's export surplus. With the largest national economy in the EU, Germany has indeed …

Press release No. 132 of 7 April 2025 Exports in February 2025: +1.8% on January 2025

In February 2025, German exports were up 1.8% and imports rose by 0.7% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with January 2025. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports increased by …