Germany Exports

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

131.14

Units In

EUR Million

129.67

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Dec 09, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 6 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
142,759.21 Nov 2022	124.6 Oct 2024	34,707.18 EUR Million	1950-2025	Federal Statistical Office

Germany is the third largest exporter in the world, with exports accounting for almost an half of its economic output. In 2017, Germany main exports were: motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (18 percent of total exports); machinery and equipment (14 percent); chemicals and chemical products (9 percent); computer, electronic and optical products (9 percent); electrical equipment (6 percent); basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (6 percent); other transport equipment (5 percent); food products (4 percent); basic metals (4 percent); and rubber and plastic products (4 percent). Main export partners were: the US (9 percent of the total exports), France (8 percent), China, the UK and the Netherlands (7 percent each), Italy, Austria and Poland (5 percent each), Switzerland (4 percent) and Belgium, Spain and Czech Republic (3 percent each).

Latest Updates

Germany’s exports rose 1.4% month-on-month to €131.1 billion in September 2025, reaching a five-month high after a revised 0.8% decline in August and beating market expectations for a 0.5% increase. It was the first monthly gain in three months, supported by stronger demand from EU trading partners, where exports climbed 2.5%, including 1.4% to the Euro area and 5.1% to non-Euro area countries. Exports to the US, Germany’s largest export destination, rebounded sharply, rising 11.9% to €12.2 billion after five months of contraction, though still 7.4% below year-earlier levels amid the lingering impact of US tariffs. Shipments to the UK also strengthened, up 7.1%, while exports to China fell 2.2%, remaining 11.9% lower year-on-year. Over the first nine months of 2025, Germany’s total exports reached €1.18 trillion, up just 0.7% from the same period in 2024, as global trade uncertainty continued to weigh on momentum.