was once again Germany's most important trading partner in 2025, measured by total foreign trade volume (the sum of exports and imports). In the previous year, first; it had displaced , which had led the ranking since 2015. Total foreign trade volume between Germany and China amounted to nearly billion euros.
Germany had a substantial trade surplus, particularly with the U.S.
Cars are and will remain Germany's most important export product - in 2025, passenger cars worth around billion euros were exported from Germany. Motor vehicle parts and accessories as well as piston engines were also among Germany's most important export products. Pharmaceuticals and medical and pharmaceutical products were likewise among the goods with the highest export values. Also represented in the ranking of the most important export products are various machinery products and electrical products, such as electrical equipment for closing electric circuits, instruments for measuring, testing, analyzing, etc., and various machines, apparatuses, and devices.
When considering exported goods by weight rather than value, the ranking is quite different: Measured by the weight of exported goods, petroleum and oils from bituminous minerals were the most important goods exported from Germany in 2025, followed by stones, sand, and gravel in second place.
Germany's most important trading partners
Based on the value of exports, the United States was Germany's most important trading partner, while France and the Netherlands follow. However, when measuring trading partners by the weight of exported goods, the picture differs: The United States ranks only tenth, while most goods by weight are exported to the three neighboring countries of the Netherlands, Poland, and Belgium, followed by France and Austria.