Exports in Germany increased to 131.70 EUR Billion in December from 128 EUR Billion in November of 2024. This dataset provides - Germany Exports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

This page displays a table with Germany Exports By Category in U.S. dollars, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade.

This statistic shows the value of Germany's exports from 2013 to 2023 in billion U.S. dollars. In 2023, Germany's exports amount to 1.72 billion U.S. dollars.

Key information about Germany Total Exports

• Germany Total Exports recorded 133.8 USD bn in Jan 2025, compared with 138.7 USD bn in the previous month
• Germany Total Exports data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1957 to Jan 2025, with an averaged value of 32.0 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 145.4 USD bn in Feb 2023 and a record low of 651.9 USD mn in Jan 1957

CEIC converts monthly Total Exports into USD. Federal Statistics Office Germany provides Total Exports, FOB, in EUR. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Total Exports prior to January 1990 cover West Germany only and prior to January 1960 exclude Saarland.


Further information about Germany Total Exports

• In the latest reports, Germany Total Exports dropped 0.1 % YoY in Jan 2025
• Total Imports recorded 117.2 USD bn in Jan 2025, which registered an increase of 8.7 % year on year
• Germany Trade Balance recorded a surplus of 16.6 USD bn in Jan 2025

In 2023, Germany imported around 157.2 billion euros worth of goods from China. This was a decrease compared to 2022, which showed the highest value within this time period, at almost 193 billion euros worth of imported goods. Germany also exported around 97 billion euros worth of goods to China, which was a decrease of almost nine percent compared to 2022. The volume of all imports and exports between Germany and China has therefore fallen by more than 15 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, China is still, and has been since 2026, Germany's most important foreign trade partner in terms of total foreign trade volume.

In 2023, Germany exported 9.9 percent of its goods to the United States. France and the Netherlands were ranked in second and third place, with Germany exporting 7.6 and 7.3 percent of its goods to each country respectively.

Between 1933 and 1939, Germany expanded and strengthened its trade connections with a number of Eastern European countries to a point where their economic expansion became dependent on trade with Germany, making it the dominant economic power in the region. By 1939, the year the Second World War began in Europe, Germany was the largest trading partner of the four countries listed; this was also true of Czechoslovakia in 1937, Poland in 1938, and the Soviet Union in 1940, although the share of total exports to Germany from these countries was lower. German influence increases in the Second World War To consolidate its power in the region, Germany exported its high-quality industrial products to these countries and paid above-market prices to import raw materials and agricultural produce. Following the outbreak of the war, Germany invested more into the farming sectors of the four countries listed, to the point where they were economically subordinate and considered satellite extensions of the German economy. The demand for agricultural imports from these countries impeded their industrialization and prevented them from developing their industries that could compete with Germany. Three of the countries listed would side with the Axis powers as the war escalated. At the same time, Yugoslavia was quickly annexed, and a puppet government was installed, continuing the agricultural supply to Germany. Post-war difficulties Following the war, the four listed countries eventually fell within the Soviet sphere of influence (though Yugoslavia to a lesser extent than the other three), and the dominance of agricultural sectors led to difficulties, as new communist governments attempted to take their economies in a more industrialized direction. The socialist economic systems required the agricultural means of production to be publicly owned (collectivized); however, many rural landowners were unwilling to part from their land; especially in Bulgaria. These factors exacerbated the delaying effect that Germany had had on these countries' industrialization in the 1930s, contributing to the economic imbalances that emerged between Europe's Eastern and Western Blocs in the decades that followed.

Germany Exports to China was US$62.14 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Germany Exports to China - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on March of 2025.

The timeline shows the total value of U.S. trade in goods (export and import) with Germany from 2000 to 2022. In 2023, the total value of U.S. trade in goods with Germany amounted to about 236 billion U.S. dollars; composed of exports worth 77 billion U.S. dollars and imports of 160 billion U.S. dollars.

Germany Exports: swda: Non Europe: Asian Countries data was reported at 18.710 EUR bn in Jan 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 19.130 EUR bn for Dec 2024. Germany Exports: swda: Non Europe: Asian Countries data is updated monthly, averaging 9.880 EUR bn from Jan 1993 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 385 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.300 EUR bn in Sep 2022 and a record low of 3.110 EUR bn in May 1993. Germany Exports: swda: Non Europe: Asian Countries data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Deutsche Bundesbank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.JA002: Trade Statistics: Value: Seasonally and Working Day Adjusted.

Graph and download economic data for International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Exports: Commodities for Germany (XTEXVA01DEM667S) from Jan 1957 to Dec 2024 about Germany, exports, trade, and goods.

Germany Exports to United States was US$116.33 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Germany Exports to United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on March of 2025.

In December 2024, German export volume decreased by around 0.2 percent compared to the same month in the previous year. Figures have fluctuated during the timeframe under review.

Germany Exports: United States of America data was reported at 11,535,849.000 EUR th in Dec 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 14,326,513.000 EUR th for Nov 2024. Germany Exports: United States of America data is updated monthly, averaging 6,957,579.500 EUR th from Jan 2000 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 300 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15,328,662.000 EUR th in Sep 2022 and a record low of 3,603,424.000 EUR th in Aug 2009. Germany Exports: United States of America data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistisches Bundesamt. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.JA005: Trade Statistics: By Country. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Germany Exports to Russia was US$5.51 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Germany Exports to Russia - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on March of 2025.

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German exports to Russia stood at around 780 million euros in November 2024, having increased from the previous month. Following the invasion of Ukraine, Germany halved its exports to Russia in monetary terms in March 2022 compared to the previous month.

In 2023, based on preliminary figures, Germany exported goods to Russia valued at a total of 8.91 billion euros. This corresponds to a decrease of around 39 percent (in the previous year, the decline was already over 45 percent). The main reason for this sharp decline is the sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU and many countries around the world following the Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022.