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BUSINESS & INNOVATION
PANORAMA
A VALUED TRADING PARTNER
Key exports by type of goods (2014)
17.9 %
Cars & automotive
components
14.5 %
Mechanical
equipment
Germany’s exports (goods)
by region (2014)
9.5 %
Chemical
products
7.9 %
ICT equipment
6.0 %
Electrical
equipment
Eurozone
36.6 %
European countries make up Germany’s main
export market, accounting for 68 percent of
German exports. They are followed by the
USA, which absorbs 8.5 percent, and China
with 6.6 percent.
EU excl. the
Eurozone
21.4 %
Rest of
Europe
excl. EU
10.0 %
Australia
Oceania
0.8 %
1,119 billion euros 889 billion euros
Total value of
exported goods
Value of
imported goods
Africa
2.0 %
50 %
25 %
of goods are exported
of jobs depend
on exports