China becomes Germany's most important trading partner once again in 2025

With a foreign trade turnover (total of goods exports and imports) of 251.8 billion euros (about 296.9 billion U.S. dollars), China became Germany’s most important trading partner again in 2025, a title it also held in the period from 2016 to 2023, according to a report released by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany on Friday.

Germany's trade in goods with China grew by 2.1 percent in 2025, the report said.

Since 2015, China has been the most important source of German imports. In 2025, German imports from China totaled 170.6 billion euros, and its exports were 81.3 billion euros, it said.

Meanwhile, U.S. tariff policies and trade disputes had a certain impact on German-U.S. trade. In 2025, the trade between the two countries totaled 240.5 billion euros, down 5.0 percent year on year. German exports to the U.S. amounted to 146.2 billion euros, down 9.4 percent year on year.

On the whole, in 2025, the total exports of German goods increased by 0.9 percent year on year to 1,563 billion euros, and the total imports increased by 4.3 percent year on year to 1,362.5 billion euros. The annual trade surplus amounted to 200.5 billion euros, representing a decline of 42.4 billion euros compared to 2024.