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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: 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 same period of the previous year. In terms of value, new car exports increased by 0.4%....

Press release No. 245 of 8 July 2025 Exports in May 2025: -1.4% on April 2025

...In May 2024, the surplus was 22.3 billion euros. Trade with EU countries On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, Germany exported goods to the value of 71.3 billion euros to the Member States of the European Union (EU) in May 2025, while it imported goods to the value of 57.7 billion euros from these countries in the same period. ...

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

...The decrease in iron and steel exports to the USA in the first four months of 2025 was therefore less pronounced than the decline in Germany's total iron and steel exports, which fell by 4.2% to 20.7 billion euros year on year....

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....

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

...In April 2024, the surplus was 21.6 billion euros. Trade with EU countries On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, Germany exported goods to the value of 72.9 billion euros to the Member States of the European Union (EU) in April 2025, while it imported goods to the value of 59.8 billion euros from these countries in the same period. ...

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 to the United States: In the 1st quarter of 2025, Germany exported goods to the value of 41.2 billion euros to the United States and imported goods to the value of 23.5 billion euros from the US. ...

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 Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the United States was the biggest importer, accounting for 13.1% of all exported new vehicles. ...

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

...In March 2024, the surplus was 20.5 billion euros. Trade with EU countries On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, Germany exported goods to the value of 72.3 billion euros to the Member States of the European Union (EU) in March 2025, while it imported goods to the value of 56.9 billion euros from these countries in the same period. ...