Imports to Germany shrank by 3.3% month-over-month to a five-month low of EUR 107.6 billion in November 2024, missing market estimates of a 0.7% growth and following a revised 0.3% decline in the previous month. Purchases from third countries declined by 2.1%, with notable falls from China (-3.1%), the US (-3.7%), the UK (-4.7%), and Russia (-24.1%). Also, imports from the EU slipped by 4.4%, weighed by those from the Euro area (-5.2%) and non-Euro area (-2.7%). For the first eleven months of the year, imports dropped by 3.5% from the same period in 2023 to EUR 1.2 trillion, as subdued demand persisted. source: Federal Statistical Office

Imports in Germany averaged 38.41 EUR Billion from 1962 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 134.97 EUR Billion in August of 2022 and a record low of 1.99 EUR Billion in January of 1962. This page provides - Germany Imports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Germany Imports - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2025.

Imports in Germany is expected to be 110.00 EUR Billion by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Germany Imports is projected to trend around 126.00 EUR Billion in 2026, according to our econometric models.




Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2024-12-13 07:00 AM
Imports MoM
Oct -0.1% 2.0% -0.6%
2025-01-09 07:00 AM
Imports MoM
Nov -3.3% -0.3% 0.7%
2025-02-07 07:00 AM
Imports MoM
Dec -3.3% 108%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade 19.70 13.40 EUR Billion Nov 2024
Exports MoM 127.30 124.60 EUR Billion Nov 2024
Imports MoM 107.60 111.20 EUR Billion Nov 2024
Terms of Trade 101.50 102.00 points Nov 2024
Tourist Arrivals 2516.08 3041.24 Thousand Nov 2024

Germany Imports
Germany's main imports are: computer, electronic and optical products (11 percent of total imports); motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (10 percent); chemicals and chemical products (8 percent); machinery and equipment (8 percent); electrical equipment (7 percent); basic metals (6 percent); crude petroleum and natural gas (6 percent); basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (6 percent); and food products (4 percent). Main import partners were China (12 percent of total imports), the Netherlands (9 percent), the US and Poland (6 percent each), Italy and France (5 percent each), Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Austria (4 percent each).
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
107.60 111.20 134.97 1.99 1962 - 2024 EUR Billion Monthly
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