Buying Used Cars From Germany


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Buying Used Cars From Germany

Buying Used Cars From Germany

The value of German exports to the world slowed by 25% to an estimated US$1.1 trillion in 2009 from $1.5 trillion in 2008. According the CIA World Factbook, top trade customers for Germany’s exports are France (10.2% of total German exports), Netherlands (6.7%), United States (6.7%), United Kingdom (6.6%), Italy (6.3%), Austria (6%), China (4.5%) and Switzerland (4.4%).

Germany imported $931.3 billion worth of products from other countries during 2009, 24.4% less than the $1.2 trillion in imported items during 2008. Major trade partners that supply Germany with imported products are Netherlands (8.5% of total German imports), China (8.2%), France (8.2%), Italy (5.9%), United States (5.9%), United Kingdom (4.9%), Austria (4.3%) and Belgium (4.3%).

Germany trade statistics do show a $189.7 million international trade surplus in 2009. This was a 28.7% fall-back from Germany’s $266 million trade surplus in 2008.