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Date: July 18, 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: 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: July 18, 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. 262 of 18 July 2025 Exports of new passenger cars in the first five months of 2025 up 1.1% year on year

Approximately 1.5 million new cars to the value of 57.9 billion euros were exported from Germany in the period January to May 2025. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of new cars exported was up 1.1% compared with the …

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. 245 of 8 July 2025 Exports in May 2025: -1.4% on April 2025

In May 2025, German exports were down 1.4% and imports dropped 3.8% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with April 2025. Compared with May 2024, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) further reports that exports increased by 0.4% …

Press release No. 216 of 18 June 2025 Exports of iron and steel to the USA down 0.4% in the first four months of 2025

Since 12 March 2025 the USA has imposed additional tariffs of 25% on imports of iron, steel, aluminium and goods made thereof. On 4 June 2025, the additional tariffs were raised to 50%. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that Germany …

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

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 …