Germany Exports

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

133.2

Units In

EUR Million

131.6

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jun 06, 2025

Time to Release

25 Days 22 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
142,759.21 Nov 2022	124.6 Oct 2024	34,936.93 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

Exports from Germany increased by 1.1% month-over-month to an eleven-month high of EUR 133.2 billion in March 2025, following a 1.8% gain in the previous month boosted by higher shipments to China and United States. Exports to the European Union climbed by 3.1%, with shipments to the Euro area up 3.8% and those to non-Euro countries rising 1.6%. Notably, exports to the United States increased by 2.4% ahead of impending tariff measures, while shipments to China surged by 10.2%. In contrast, exports to non-EU countries outside these major markets declined by 1.1%, primarily due to a 2.8% drop in sales to the United Kingdom. For the first quarter of 2025, Germany’s total exports amounted to EUR 349.3 billion, up 0.9% compared to the same period in 2024.