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Germany: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

3 / 138

Importer Rank

3 / 138

Trade Balance Rank

2 / 138

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2021) $1,635,599,573,787
Total Imports (2021) $1,424,674,986,141
Trade Balance (2021) $210,924,587,646
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2022) [2] 50.34%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2022) [2] 48.28%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
United States $144,604,026,224
China $123,585,271,090
France $121,000,352,306
Netherlands $108,856,278,817
Poland $92,311,114,534
Italy $88,749,001,265
Austria $81,496,963,048
United Kingdom $77,393,305,051
Switzerland $73,725,388,671
Belgium $60,548,249,778

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
China $170,640,079,042
Netherlands $106,763,470,737
United States $86,798,995,293
Poland $81,518,307,776
Italy $77,221,246,435
France $73,091,404,064
Switzerland $60,655,538,784
Czechia $58,582,494,123
Belgium $57,692,460,805
Austria $52,956,013,893

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(84) Industrial Machinery $269,757,063,173
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $247,206,175,328
(85) Electrical Machinery $177,487,072,779
(30) Pharmaceuticals $119,270,057,525
(90) Precision Instruments $84,009,863,306
(39) Plastics $73,695,952,145
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $43,300,118,241
(99) Items nesoi $36,639,726,824
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $33,806,778,982
(38) Chemical Products $33,260,530,501

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(85) Electrical Machinery $181,351,120,881
(84) Industrial Machinery $177,475,952,761
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $135,702,224,641
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $128,071,788,562
(30) Pharmaceuticals $80,659,697,653
(39) Plastics $55,191,194,812
(90) Precision Instruments $49,119,564,379
(29) Organic Chemicals $40,552,895,102
(71) Precious Stones & Metals $36,407,618,652
(72) Iron & Steel $35,348,274,805

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2021) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 10/8/2023
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