DeStatis – German Recession: German exports in first half of 2025: -0.1% on the same period a year earlier

• Imports up 4.4% in the same period
• Export surplus of 104.0 billion euros in first half of 2025
• Exports to United States down 3.9%, imports from China up 10.7%

With a value of 786.0 billion euros, German exports were down 0.1% in the first half of 2025 and were therefore almost at the level recorded in the same period a year earlier. Goods to the total value of 682.0 billion euros were imported to Germany in the first six months of 2025. This was an increase of 4.4% compared with the first half of 2024. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that Germany’s foreign trade balance (exports minus imports) amounted to +104.0 billion euros in the first half of 2025, and was therefore 22.2% lower than in the first half of 2024 (+133.7 billion euros)