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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · GERMANY

What Germany Trades

In 2023, Germany sold about $1.73T of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $1.49T in return. Its biggest customer was United States ($173B, 10% of exports); its biggest supplier, China ($176B). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$1.73T
GOODS IMPORTED$1.49T
TOP PARTNERUnited States

Where Germany sends its goods

Germany’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1United States10.0%$173B
2France7.6%$130B
3Netherlands7.0%$121B
4China6.2%$107B
5Poland5.7%$98.5B
6Italy5.4%$92.9B
7United Kingdom5.0%$86.2B
8Austria4.9%$85.0B
9Switzerland4.4%$75.2B
10Belgium3.8%$66.1B
11Spain3.4%$58.9B
12Czechia3.3%$56.9B
13Hungary2.1%$35.4B
14Turkiye2.0%$33.8B
15Sweden1.9%$32.4B
16Denmark1.4%$24.2B
17Romania1.4%$24.1B
18Korea, Rep.1.3%$22.4B
19Japan1.3%$22.3B
20Mexico1.2%$20.7B
21Slovak Republic1.1%$19.4B
22India1.1%$18.2B
23Brazil0.8%$14.1B
24Canada0.8%$14.0B
25Portugal0.8%$13.2B

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports. 98.8% of exports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Where Germany buys its goods

Germany’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1China11.8%$176B
2Netherlands7.2%$107B
3United States6.9%$102B
4Poland5.9%$88.1B
5Italy5.2%$77.8B
6France5.1%$76.2B
7Czechia4.4%$66.2B
8Switzerland3.9%$58.6B
9Austria3.8%$56.5B
10Belgium3.7%$54.5B
11Spain2.8%$42.1B
12Hungary2.7%$40.3B
13United Kingdom2.7%$39.9B
14Japan1.9%$28.3B
15Ireland1.9%$27.9B
16Turkiye1.8%$26.5B
17Slovak Republic1.5%$22.4B
18Romania1.4%$21.0B
19Sweden1.4%$20.2B
20Denmark1.1%$16.2B
21India1.1%$15.8B
22Korea, Rep.1.0%$15.0B
23Viet Nam1.0%$14.6B
24Norway1.0%$14.3B
25South Africa0.9%$12.7B

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 96.5% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep. · Mexico