Germany Exports

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

131.1

Units In

EUR Million

133.2

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 08, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 23 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
142,759.21 Nov 2022	124.6 Oct 2024	34,898.43 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 fell by 1.7% month-over-month to a three-month low of EUR 131.1 billion in April 2025, reversing an upwardly revised 1.2% gain in the previous month and coming in worse than market forecasts of a 0.5% decline. Sales to the US dropped sharply by 10.5% to hit the lowest level since October last year, dampened by tariffs imposed under the Trump administration. Also, sales to China went down 5.9%, and those to the UK decreased 2.1%. Meanwhile, shipments to Russia shrank 5.3%. By contrast, exports to the European Union rose by 0.9%, with shipments to the Euro area up 0.5% and those to non-Euro area EU countries increasing by 1.8%. For the first four months of 2025, Germany’s total exports edged up by 0.2% year-on-year to EUR 525.5 billion.