Press release No. 147 of 17 April 2025
- The US was Germany's biggest supplier of goods between 1950 and 1967
- Germany recorded its first export surplus in trade with the United States in 1968
- Last import surplus in trade with the US registered in 1991
WIESBADEN – The threat by the United States to impose additional tariffs on goods from the European Union (EU) is partly due to the US government's critical stance on Europe's export surplus. With the largest national economy in the EU, Germany has indeed exported more goods to the United States than it has imported from there for 33 years. 1991 was the last year in which an import surplus was recorded.
More information:
All detailed results on German foreign trade are available in the GENESIS-Online database (tables 51000). Selected tables are also provided on the “Foreign trade“ page on the website of the Federal Statistical Office.
