In March 2025, German exports increased by 1.1 percent compared to February 2025, adjusted for calendar and seasonality, while imports decreased by 1.4 percent. According to provisional results from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Thursday, exports grew by 2.3 percent compared to the same month in the previous year, while imports also increased by 2.3 percent. In March 2025, goods worth 133.2 billion euros were exported from Germany and goods worth 112.1 billion euros were imported into the country, resulting in a trade surplus of 21.1 billion euros. In February 2025, the adjusted balance of the trade statistics was +18.0 billion euros and in March 2024, it was +20.5 billion euros.
Exports to the member states of the European Union (EU) increased by 3.1 percent, while imports from these countries decreased by 3.5 percent, compared to February 2025. According to Destatis, 72.3 billion euros’ worth of goods were exported to the EU in March 2025 and 56.9 billion euros’ worth of goods were imported from there.
Exports to the Eurozone countries reached 50.3 billion euros, an increase of 3.8 percent, while imports from these countries decreased by 5.8 percent, to 37.1 billion euros. Exports to non-Eurozone EU countries increased by 1.6 percent, to 22.0 billion euros and imports from these countries also increased by 1.1 percent, to 19.8 billion euros.
Exports to third countries (outside the EU) increased by 1.1 percent, to 60.9 billion euros, while imports from these countries increased by 0.8 percent, to 55.2 billion euros, compared to February 2025.
Exports to the United States increased by 2.4 percent, to 14.6 billion euros, in March 2025, according to Destatis. Exports to China increased by 10.2 percent, to 7.5 billion euros, while exports to the United Kingdom decreased by 2.8 percent, to 6.4 billion euros.
Imports from China increased by 9.6 percent, to 14.7 billion euros, in March 2025, while imports from the United States increased by 7.9 percent, to 8.1 billion euros. Imports from the United Kingdom decreased by 5.8 percent, to 3.2 billion euros, in the same period.
Exports to Russia increased by 6.3 percent, to 0.6 billion euros, compared to February 2025, while imports from Russia decreased by 38.6 percent, to 0.1 billion euros, compared to March 2024.
Nominal (unadjusted for calendar and seasonality) exports in March 2025 reached 140.1 billion euros, while imports amounted to 116.8 billion euros. This represents an increase of 4.3 percent compared to the same month in the previous year. The unadjusted trade balance closed in March 2025 with a surplus of 23.3 billion euros, compared to +21.8 billion euros in March 2024.