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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: April 17, 2025 The United States is Germany's main trading partner

According to preliminary results, goods worth 252.9 billion euros were traded between Germany and the United States in 2024 (exports and imports).

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. 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 …

Date: April 17, 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: April 17, 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. 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 …

Press release No. 110 of 20 March 2025 3.4 million new cars exported from Germany in 2024

Approximately 3.4 million new cars to the value of 135.0 billion euros were exported from Germany in 2024. The volume of cars exported was therefore up 2.5% on 2023. In terms of value, new car exports decreased slightly by 1.3%. The Federal …

Press release No. 085 of 10 March 2025 Exports in January 2025: -2.5% on December 2024

In January 2025, German exports were down 2.5% and imports were up 1.2% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with December 2024. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports decreased …