What does Germany import the most?

Germany's largest import is passenger vehicles, worth $79B in 2025, 5.2% of its total imports of $1.5T.

Does Germany run a trade surplus or deficit?

Germany ran a trade surplus of $226B in 2025: it exported $1.7T of goods and imported $1.5T.

Gold is Germany's fastest-growing top import by value, up 91% year over year, reaching $11.9B in 2025.

$1.5T

2025 · Annual

Germany yearly trade, 2015-2025

Germany monthly trade through May 2026

#	Name	Value 2025	Share	YoY
1	Passenger vehicles	$79B	5.2%	+9.5%
2	Vehicle parts and accessories	$49.2B	3.2%	+8.7%
3	Medicaments for retail sale	$41.9B	2.8%	+26%
4	Crude oil	$38.8B	2.6%	-17%
5	Biologics	$34.5B	2.3%	-7.8%
6	Refined industrial goods	$28.6B	1.8%	+6.2%
7	Processed materials	$24.1B	1.5%	-3.1%
8	Specialty equipment	$19.7B	1.3%	+12%
9	Consumer products	$15.2B	1.0%	+0.7%
10	Intermediate goods	$10.7B	0.7%	-5.4%

#	Name	Value 2025	Share	YoY
1	Gold	$11.9B	0.8%	+91%
2	Coins	$3B	0.2%	+88%
3	Aircraft and Spacecraft	$8.2B	0.5%	+59%
4	Games and amusement equipment	$3.5B	0.2%	+49%
5	Aircraft parts	$12B	0.8%	+49%
6	Refined industrial goods	$10B	0.6%	+6.2%
7	Processed materials	$8.4B	0.5%	-3.1%
8	Specialty equipment	$6.9B	0.4%	+12%
9	Consumer products	$5.3B	0.4%	+0.7%
10	Intermediate goods	$3.7B	0.4%	-5.4%

Source & methodology

We use primary trade sources for every country. See our methodology page for how we source and verify this data.

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