Chart of the day: Largest German trade partners

By Edward Harrison On Oct 6, 2011

Since I did the numbers for the US, I thought I would do the numbers for Germany too. Below are the bilateral trade figures for Germany in 2010, first ranked by deficit with country and then by surplus with country. Germany has a deficit with 73 countries and a surplus with 147 countries. The largest deficit by far is with China at $23 billion, followed by Norway, Ireland and Japan. The largest surpluses are with France, the UK, the US and Austria. In total Germany had a trade surplus of $154.9 billion in 2010.

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Source: Federal Statistical Office Germany

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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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