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Press release No. 488 of 20 December 2024 Exports to non-EU countries in November 2024: expected increase of 5.5% on October 2024
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) increased by 5.5% in November 2024 compared with October 2024. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office ( …
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Press release No. 474 of 13 December 2024 Exports in October 2024: -2.8% on September 2024
In October 2024, German exports were down 2.8% and imports dropped 0.1% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with September 2024. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) further reports that exports also …
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Date: December 5, 2024 The european micodata exchange - A new data source for international trade in goods statistics
The national statistical authorities of the EU Member States have been exchanging microdata on intra-EU exports of goods since the reference month of January 2022. This marked the first time in the history of the European Statistical System that an …
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Press release No. 439 of 22 November 2024 Exports to non-EU countries in October 2024: expected decrease of 6.9% on September 2024
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) were down 6.9% in October 2024 compared with September 2024. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis …
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Press release No. 432 of 18 November 2024 Exports in the 3rd quarter of 2024: +0.5% on the same quarter of the previous year
German exports on the whole increased by 0.5% to 384.0 billion euros in the 3rd quarter of 2024 compared with the same quarter of the previous year. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports to the Member States of the …
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Press release No. 417 of 7 November 2024 Exports in September 2024: -1.7% on August 2024
In September 2024, German exports were down 1.7% and imports were up 2.1% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with August 2024. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports decreased …
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Press release No. 400 of 23 October 2024 Exports to non-EU countries in September 2024: expected decrease of 4.7% on August 2024
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) were down 4.7% in September 2024 compared with August 2024. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis …
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Press release No. 398 of 18 October 2024 Exports to Western Balkan countries up 8.2% from January to August 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier
Talks to bring the Western Balkan countries closer to the European Union have been underway since 2014. The Western Balkan countries comprise the countries of Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Kosovo. To …
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Press release No. 384 of 9 October 2024 Exports in August 2024: +1.3% on July 2024
In August 2024, German exports were up 1.3% and imports were down 3.4% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with July 2024. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports increased by …
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Press release No. 364 of 23 September 2024 Exports to non-EU countries in August 2024: expected decrease of 1.1% on July 2024
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) were down 1.1% in August 2024 compared with July 2024. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), …
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Press release No. 352 of 18 September 2024 Exports to Brazil up 24.5% since 2014 FIFA World Cup
Brazil is the biggest country in Latin America and its national economy is growing rapidly. Since July 2014, when the German national football team won the World Cup in Brazil, German exports of goods to the country have risen significantly. By …
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Press release No. 336 of 6 September 2024 Exports in July 2024: +1.7% on June 2024
In July 2024, German exports were up 1.7% and imports rose by 5.4% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with June 2024. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports decreased by 1.2% …
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Press release No. 321 of 22 August 2024 Exports to non-EU countries in July 2024: expected decrease of 0.2% on June 2024
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) were down 0.2% in July 2024 compared with June 2024. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), …
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Press release No. 316 of 19 August 2024 German exports in first half of 2024: -1.6% on the same period a year earlier
German exports decreased by 1.6% to 801.7 billion euros year on year in the first half of 2024. Goods to the total value of 662.8 billion euros were imported to Germany in the first six months of 2024. This was a decrease of 6.2% compared with the …
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Press release No. 300 of 7 August 2024 Exports in June 2024: -3.4% on May 2024
In June 2024, German exports were down 3.4% and imports were up 0.3% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with May 2024. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports decreased by 4.4% …
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Date: July 30, 2024 Enterprises engaged in foreign trade: New opportunities for analysis due to microdata linking
The analysis of the foreign trade activities of enterprises using linked datasets gives researchers and policymakers the opportunity to gain new insights. This article sheds light on various options for linking a new set of foreign trade data, the …
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Press release No. 283 of 22 July 2024 Exports to non-EU countries in June 2024: expected decrease of 2.6% on May 2024
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) were down 2.6% in June 2024 compared with May 2024. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), …
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Press release No. 277 of 18 July 2024 20 years of EU eastern enlargement: Poland and Czechia among Germany's top ten trading partners
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia, Hungary and Cyprus acceded to the European Union (EU) and the common economic area on 1 May 2004. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that trade with the ten …
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Press release No. 262 of 8 July 2024 Exports in May 2024: -3.6% on April 2024
In May 2024, German exports were down 3.6% and imports dropped 6.6% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with April 2024. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports decreased by 1.6% …
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Press release No. 241 of 21 June 2024 Exports to non-EU countries in May 2024: expected decrease of 6.4% on April 2024
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) decreased by 6.4% in May 2024 compared with April 2024. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), …
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Press release No. 231 of 18 June 2024 40.9% of the electric cars imported from January to April 2024 came from China
The European Commission is considering to impose high extra duties on electric car imports from the People's Republic of China. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that Germany imported a total of 129,800 purely electric-powered …
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Press release No. 221 of 7 June 2024 Exports in April 2024: +1.6% on March 2024
In April 2024, German exports were up 1.6% and imports rose by 2.0% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with March 2024. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports increased by 1.9% …
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Press release No. 201 of 23 May 2024 Exports to non-EU countries in April 2024: expected increase of 3.7% on March 2024
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) increased by 3.7% in April 2024 compared with March 2024. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office …
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Press release No. 193 of 17 May 2024
China only second most important trading partner of Germany in 1st quarter of 2024
As imports from the People's Republic of China declined considerably, Germany’s most important trading partner of many years ranked only second in the list of Germany’s major trading partners in the 1st quarter of 2024. The Federal Statistical Office …
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Press release No. 178 of 7 May 2024 Exports in March 2024: +0.9% on February 2024
In March 2024, German exports were up 0.9% and imports rose by 0.3% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with February 2024. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports increased by …
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Press release No. 162 of 23 April 2024 Exports to non-EU countries in March 2024: expected decrease of 0.8% on February 2024
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) were down 0.8% in March 2024 compared with February 2024. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office …
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Press release No. 157 of 18 April 2024 January to February 2024: goods to the value of 241 million euros exported to Iran
In the European Union (EU), foreign trade with Iran is subject to significant restrictions (only in German). Most recently, in July 2023, restrictions were tightened further because of Iran's support for Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. …
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Press release No. 140 of 8 April 2024 Exports in February 2024: -2.0% on January 2024
In February 2024, German exports were down 2.0% and imports were up 3.2% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with January 2024. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) further reports that exports …
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Press release No. 116 of 22 March 2024 Exports to non-EU countries in February 2024: expected increase of 0.3% on January 2024
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) increased by 0.3% in February 2024 compared with January 2024. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office …
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Press release No. 106 of 18 March 2024 Germany exported 16.3 million tonnes of waste and scrap in 2023 and imported 13.4 million tonnes
According to provisional results, Germany exported 16.3 million tonnes of waste and scrap to the value of 11.4 billion euros in 2023. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that 13.4 million tonnes of waste and scrap, totalling 14.6 …
