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7 July 2021 Raw material footprint, 2018: share of regrowing raw materials amounted to 16%

Germany’s raw material footprint for 2018 was 1,373 million tonnes. The use of regrowing biotic raw materials (e.g. cereals, wood) accounted for 16%, or 224 million tonnes. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the raw material footprint remained almost unchanged on 2017 (-1.0%). The raw material footprint indicates how much raw material is used globally for the production of goods to meet domestic consumption and investment demand. Consumer and capital goods, but also import and export goods are expressed in raw material equivalents to take account of the use of raw materials over the entire value chain.

26 March 2021 Imports of raw materials, semi-finished and finished products down 5.8% in 2020

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Water abstraction from the environment by economic sectors and households: around 67 billion m³

In 2022, economic sectors and households extracted nearly 66,886 million m³ of water from the environment. Most of the water extracted was soil water, which accounted for 66%, followed by surface water (19%) and groundwater (11%). In this context, soil water is the water arable crops withdraw from the soil in order to grow. Irrigation water is not included here. Besides agriculture, the energy supply sector plays a major role, accounting for about half of total surface water abstraction (6,582 million m³). Public water utilities extracted the most groundwater (3,756 million m³).

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7 July 2021 Raw material footprint, 2018: share of regrowing raw materials amounted to 16%

26 March 2021 Imports of raw materials, semi-finished and finished products down 5.8% in 2020

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Water abstraction from the environment by economic sectors and households: around 67 billion m³

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