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Imports, February 2019 Statistisches Bundesamt - Press - German exports in February 2019: +3.9% on February 2018
WIESBADEN – Germany exported goods to the value of 108.8 billion euros and imported goods to the value of 90.9 billion euros
in February 2019. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical O ce (Destatis) also reports that German exports increased
by 3.9% and imports by 5.1% in February 2019 year on year. A ter calendar and seasonal adjustment, exports were down 1.3%
and imports 1.6% compared with January 2019.
The foreign trade balance showed a surplus of 17.9 billion euros in February 2019. In February 2018, the surplus amounted to
18.3 billion euros. In calendar and seasonally adjusted terms, the foreign trade balance recorded a surplus of 18.7 billion euros
in February 2019.
According to provisional results of the Deutsche Bundesbank, the current account of the balance of payments showed a surplus
of 16.3 billion euros in February 2019, which takes into account the balances of trade in goods including supplementary trade
items (+19.1 billion euros), services (-1.1 billion euros), primary income (+6.2 billion euros) and secondary income (-7.9 billion
euros). In February 2018, the German current account showed a surplus of 19.5 billion euros.
In February 2019, Germany exported goods to the value of 65.7 billion euros to the Member States of the European Union (EU),
while it imported goods to the value of 53.2 billion euros from those countries. Compared with February 2018, exports to the EU
countries increased by 3.8%, and imports from those countries by 6.7%. Goods to the value of 41.4 billion euros (+3.2%) were
exported to the Euro area countries in February 2019, while the value of the goods imported from those countries was 34.9
billion euros (+7.5%). In February 2019, goods to the value of 24.3 billion euros (+4.8%) were exported to EU () countries not
belonging to the Euro area, while the value of the goods imported from those countries was 18.3 billion euros (+5.1%).
Exports of goods to countries outside the EU () (third countries) amounted to 43.1 billion euros in February 2019, while imports
from those countries totalled 37.7 billion euros. Compared with February 2018, exports to third countries increased by 4.1% and
imports from those countries by 3.0%.
January January
February January February
Item to February to February
2019 2018
Foreign trade
1 Exports (f.o.b.) () 108.8 217.7 108.9 104.7 211.8
2 Imports (c.i.f.) () 90.9 185.2 94.3 86.5 176.3
3 Foreign trade 17.9 32.5 14.6 18.3 35.4
balance (1-2)
Transition to trade in goods 1
1
According to calculations of the Deutsche Bundesbank.
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January
February January February
Item to February to February
2019 2018
4 Supplementary 1.1 2.4 1.3 0.9 1.3
trade items
Current account balances 1
5 Trade in goods 19.1 34.9 15.8 19.1 36.7
(3+4)
6 Services -1.1 -2.1 -1.1 -0.8 -1.2
7 Primary income 6.2 15.3 9.1 6.5 15.3
8 Secondary -7.9 -13.0 -5.0 -5.3 -10.4
income
Current 16.3 35.1 18.8 19.5 40.6
account
(5+6+7+8)
1
According to calculations of the Deutsche Bundesbank.
GROUPS OF COUNTRIES
1
Using Census X-12-ARIMA
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