By WIESBADEN- Germany exported goods to the value of 94.6 billion euros and imported goods to the value of 76.5 billion euros in November 2013. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that German exports increased by 1.0% and imports decreased by 0.4% in November 2013 on November 2012. The month-on-month comparison showed opposite developments of exports and imports upon calendar and seasonal adjustment. While exports increased by 0.3% on October 2013, imports decreased by 1.1%.
The foreign trade balance showed a surplus of 18.1 billion euros in November 2013. In November 2012, the surplus had amounted to 16.9 billion euros. In calendar and seasonally adjusted terms, the foreign trade balance recorded a surplus of 17.8 billion euros in November 2013.
According to provisional results of the Deutsche Bundesbank, the current account of the balance of payments showed a surplus of 21.6 billion euros in November 2013, which included the balance of services (+1.8 billion euros), factor income net (+7.2 billion euros), current transfers (-2.6 billion euros), and supplementary trade items (-2.8 billion euros). In November 2012, the German current account showed a surplus of 17.8 billion euros.
In November 2013, Germany dispatched goods to the value of 53.4 billion euros to the Member States of the European Union (EU), while it received goods to the value of 49.8 billion euros from those countries. Compared with November 2012, dispatches to the EU countries increased by 1.8%, while arrivals from those countries remained almost unchanged. Goods to the value of 34.3 billion euros (+0.1%) were dispatched to the Euro area countries in November 2013, while the value of the goods received from those countries was 34.1 billion euros (-1.0%). In November 2013, goods to the value of 19.1 billion euros (+4.9%) were dispatched to EU countries not belonging to the Euro area, while the value of the goods which arrived from those countries was 15.7 billion euros (+2.1%).
Exports of goods to countries outside the European Union (third countries) amounted to 41.2 billion euros in November 2013, while imports from those countries totalled 26.7 billion euros. Compared with November 2012, exports to third countries remained almost unchanged, while imports from those countries fell by 1.0%.
Flows of commodities and services in billion euros| Item | November |
January to November | October | November |
January to November | |
| 2013 | 2012 | |||||
| Discrepancies in the totals may occur due to rounding. | ||||||
| 1 Exports (f.o.b.) | 94.6 | 1,011.7 | 99.1 | 93.7 | 1,017.2 | |
| 2 Imports (c.i.f.) | 76.5 | 828.0 | 81.3 | 76.8 | 839.3 | |
| Balance of | ||||||
| 3 Foreign trade (1-2) | 18.1 | 183.7 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 177.9 | |
| 4 Services | 1.8 | - 5.0 | -0.8 | 0.2 | -6.2 | |
| 5 Factor income (net) | 7.2 | 59.2 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 57.7 | |
| 6 Current transfers | -2.6 | -39.5 | -3.1 | -3.1 | -37.3 | |
| 7 Supplementary trade items | -2.8 | -22.5 | -1.8 | -2.7 | -25.3 | |
| 8 Current account (3+4+5+6+7) | 21.6 | 175.9 | 18.8 | 17.8 | 166.8 | |
| Item | November 2013 |
January to November 2013 | Percentage change from | |
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November 2012 |
January to November 2012 | |||
| billion euros | in % | |||
| Discrepancies in the totals may occur due to rounding. | ||||
| Total exports | 94.6 | 1,011.7 | 1.0 | -0.5 |
| including: | ||||
| EU Member States | 53.4 | 576.9 | 1.8 | -0.4 |
| Euro area | 34.3 | 371.9 | 0.1 | -1.6 |
| Non-euro area | 19.1 | 205.0 | 4.9 | 2.0 |
| Third countries | 41.2 | 434.7 | 0.0 | -0.8 |
| Total imports | 76.5 | 828.0 | -0.4 | -1.3 |
| including: | ||||
| EU Member States | 49.8 | 533.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Euro area | 34.1 | 370.9 | -1.0 | -0.4 |
| Non-euro area | 15.7 | 162.9 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
| Third countries | 26.7 | 294.2 | -1.0 | -4.5 |
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| 1 Using Census X-12-ARIMA. | |||||||||
| 2012 | January | 86.1 | 8.6 | 90.2 | 2.9 | 72.6 | 4.6 | 74.0 | -0.2 |
| February | 91.2 | 7.9 | 91.1 | 1.0 | 75.8 | 4.6 | 76.5 | 3.4 | |
| March | 98.7 | 0.1 | 90.6 | -0.5 | 81.5 | 2.1 | 77.3 | 1.1 | |
| April | 87.2 | 3.2 | 89.8 | -0.9 | 72.9 | -1.1 | 74.1 | -4.2 | |
| May | 92.7 | 0.3 | 93.0 | 3.7 | 77.0 | -0.7 | 77.2 | 4.3 | |
| June | 94.3 | 7.0 | 92.2 | -0.9 | 76.3 | 1.4 | 75.7 | -1.9 | |
| July | 93.3 | 9.1 | 92.8 | 0.6 | 76.2 | 1.5 | 75.9 | 0.2 | |
| August | 90.2 | 5.7 | 94.3 | 1.7 | 73.4 | -0.1 | 75.8 | -0.1 | |
| September | 91.4 | -3.8 | 91.9 | -2.5 | 74.5 | -4.1 | 75.4 | -0.5 | |
| October | 98.4 | 10.5 | 92.3 | 0.4 | 82.5 | 5.7 | 77.4 | 2.6 | |
| November | 93.7 | -0.5 | 89.9 | -2.6 | 76.8 | -1.5 | 74.4 | -3.9 | |
| December | 78.6 | -7.3 | 90.0 | 0.2 | 66.6 | -7.8 | 73.5 | -1.2 | |
| 2013 | January | 88.2 | 2.4 | 91.6 | 1.7 | 74.6 | 2.7 | 75.5 | 2.8 |
| February | 88.3 | -3.2 | 90.5 | -1.2 | 71.5 | -5.7 | 73.4 | -2.8 | |
| March | 94.2 | -4.6 | 90.7 | 0.3 | 75.4 | -7.5 | 73.7 | 0.4 | |
| April | 94.0 | 7.7 | 92.1 | 1.6 | 76.0 | 4.3 | 74.8 | 1.4 | |
| May | 88.2 | -4.8 | 90.0 | -2.3 | 74.6 | -3.1 | 75.5 | 0.9 | |
| June | 92.4 | -2.0 | 91.0 | 1.2 | 75.4 | -1.2 | 75.2 | -0.4 | |
| July | 93.1 | -0.3 | 90.3 | -0.8 | 76.8 | 0.9 | 75.3 | 0.2 | |
| August | 85.0 | -5.7 | 91.2 | 1.0 | 71.7 | -2.3 | 75.4 | 0.1 | |
| September | 94.6 | 3.5 | 92.7 | 1.6 | 74.3 | -0.3 | 74.0 | -1.9 | |
| October | 99.1 | 0.7 | 92.9 | 0.3 | 81.3 | -1.5 | 76.2 | 3.0 | |
| November | 94.6 | 1.0 | 93.2 | 0.3 | 76.5 | -0.4 | 75.4 | -1.1 | |
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