Germany Exports

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

129.67

Units In

EUR Million

130.2

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Nov 07, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 6 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
142,759.21 Nov 2022	124.6 Oct 2024	34,745.26 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 dropped 0.5% month-over-month to a nine-month low of EUR 129.67 billion in August 2025, following a downwardly revised 0.2% decline in July, missing market forecasts of 0.3% growth. The decline was primarily driven by weaker demand from EU countries, which fell by 2.5%. Both the Euro area and non-Euro area countries declined by 2.2% and 3.1%, respectively. Meanwhile, exports to non-EU countries rose 2.2%, despite a 2.5% decline in shipments to the US, affected by US tariffs. Shipments to the US declined for the fifth consecutive month, reaching EUR 10.9 billion—the lowest value since November 2021. Exports to the UK also fell by 6.5%. In contrast, exports to China increased 5.4%, while shipments to Russia surged 53.5%. For the first eight months of the year, outbound shipments advanced 0.5% compared to the same period last year, reaching EUR 1 trillion.