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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. ...

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 …

Press release No. 132 of 7 April 2025 Exports in February 2025: +1.8% on January 2025

...In February 2024, the surplus was 22.6 billion euros. Trade with EU countries On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, Germany exported goods to the value of 70.2 billion euros to the Member States of the European Union (EU) in February 2025, while it imported goods to the value of 58.6 billion euros from these countries in the same period. ...

Press release No. 063 of 19 February 2025 In 2024, United States became Germany’s most important trading partner once again after nine years

...Accounting for a foreign trade turnover (total of exports and imports) of 252.8 billion euros, the United States became Germany’s most important trading partner again in 2024, for the first time since 2015. China came second among Germany's most important trading partners, with a foreign trade turnover of 246.3 billion euros. ...

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

...In January 2024, the surplus was 25.3 billion euros.  Trade with EU countries  On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, Germany exported goods to the value of 69.8 billion euros to the Member States of the European Union (EU) in January 2025, while it imported goods to the value of 57.0 billion euros from these countries in the same period. ...

Press release No. 048 of 7 February 2025 Exports in December 2024: +2.9% on November 2024

...Exports were down 1.0% in 2024 compared with 2023 after calendar and seasonal adjustment, while imports to Germany saw a decline of 2.8%....

Press release No. 024 of 20 January 2025 Exports to Japan up 7.5% from January to November 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier

...Accounting for 1.7% of total imports to Germany, Japan ranked 17th among Germany’s most important trading partners. Germany recorded an import surplus of 0.8 billion euros in trade with Japan from January to November 2024. More information: All detailed results on German foreign trade in reference month November 2024 are available in the GENESIS-Online database (tables 51000). ...

Press release No. 028 of 22 January 2025 Exports to non-EU countries in December 2024: expected decrease of 0.8% on November 2024

...On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) were down 0.8% in December 2024 compared with November 2024. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Germany exported goods to the value of 58.8 billion euros to these countries in December 2024, after seasonal and calendar adjustment....

Press release No. 006 of 9 January 2025 Exports in November 2024: +2.1% on October 2024

...The calendar and seasonally adjusted surplus stood at 13.4 billion euros in October 2024 and 21.1 billion euros in November 2023. Trade with EU countries On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, Germany exported goods to the value of 67.8 billion euros to the Member States of the European Union (EU) in November 2024, while it imported goods to the value of 55.0 billion euros from these countries in the same period. ...

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 (Destatis), Germany exported goods to the value of 58.7 billion euros to these countries in November 2024, after seasonal and calendar adjustment....

Press release No. 474 of 13 December 2024 Exports in October 2024: -2.8% on September 2024

...Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) further reports that exports also decreased by 2.8% from October 2023 while imports rose by 1.7%. After calendar and seasonal adjustment, Germany exported goods to the total value of 124.6 billion euros and imported goods to the value of 111.2 billion euros in October 2024. The foreign trade balance showed a surplus of 13.4 billion euros in October 2024. ...

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 …

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), Germany exported goods to the value of 55.1 billion euros to these countries in October 2024, after seasonal and calendar adjustment. ...

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

...Compared with the first eight months of 2014, the year the first Western Balkans Summit was held, exports from Germany to these countries rose by 3.5 billion euros, or 148.5%....

Press release No. 417 of 7 November 2024 Exports in September 2024: -1.7% on August 2024

...The calendar and seasonally adjusted surplus stood at 21.4 billion euros in August 2024 and 18.6 billion euros in September 2023. Trade with EU countries On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, Germany exported goods to the value of 69.4 billion euros to the Member States of the European Union (EU) in September 2024, while it imported goods to the value of 57.8 billion euros from these countries in the same period. ...

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), Germany exported goods to the value of 57.2 billion euros to these countries in September 2024, after seasonal and calendar adjustment....

Press release No. 277 of 18 July 2024 20 years of EU eastern enlargement: Poland and Czechia among Germany's top ten trading partners

...The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that trade with the ten countries of the first phase of EU eastern enlargement has recorded above-average growth since then. In 2003, the year before the countries' accession, Germany imported goods to the total value of 57.6 billion euros from there and exported goods to the total value of 56.6 billion euros to these countries. This means that the ten countries of the first EU eastern enlargement accounted for 10.8% of all German imports and for 8.5% of German exports in 2003....

Press release No. 384 of 9 October 2024 Exports in August 2024: +1.3% on July 2024

...The calendar and seasonally adjusted surplus stood at 16.9 billion euros in July 2024 and 18.9 billion euros in August 2023. Trade with EU countries On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, Germany exported goods to the value of 72.7 billion euros to the Member States of the European Union (EU) in August 2024, while it imported goods to the value of 57.4 billion euros from these countries in the same period. ...

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), Germany exported goods to the value of 58.5 billion euros to these countries in August 2024, after seasonal and calendar adjustment....

Press release No. 352 of 18 September 2024 Exports to Brazil up 24.5% since 2014 FIFA World Cup

...By contrast, imports of goods from Brazil in the first seven months of 2024 hardly differed from those reported ten years ago. From January to July 2014, goods to the value of 5.3 billion euros were imported to Germany from Brazil, while the corresponding value of imports in the same period of 2024 stood at 5.2 billion euros (-0.4%)....

Press release No. 193 of 17 May 2024 China only second most important trading partner of Germany in 1^st 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 (Destatis) reports that the value of the goods exported from Germany to China fell by 1.1% to 24.0 billion euros compared with the same quarter a year earlier, whereas imports from China decreased by 11.7% to 36.0 billion euros. ...