Economic Buzz: German exports up 2% on year in September

In September 2025, German exports were up 1.4% and imports rose by 3.1% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with August 2025, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported. Compared with September 2024, exports increased by 2.0% and imports rose by 4.8%, based on provisional data.

After calendar and seasonal adjustment, Germany exported goods to the value of 131.1 billion euros and imported goods to the value of 115.9 billion euros in September 2025. The foreign trade balance thus showed a surplus of 15.3 billion euros in September 2025. The calendar and seasonally adjusted surplus stood at 16.9 billion euros in August 2025. In September 2024, the surplus was 18.0 billion euros.

On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, Germany exported goods to the value of 74.3 billion euros to the Member States of the European Union (EU) in September 2025, while it imported goods to the value of 59.3 billion euros from these countries in the same period. Compared with August 2025, calendar and seasonally adjusted exports to EU countries rose by 2.5% and imports from these countries increased by 1.2%.

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