German exports to the EU, unadjusted
German exports to the EU, unadjusted stood at 68,384,310 EUR thousand in Aug 2026, according to Deutsche Bundesbank. It is one of the indicators in the Exports by country table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 1993 to Aug 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Exports by country table
| Indicator | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | |
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| German foreign trade: exports, At current prices, flows, Aggregate, All goods, EU (Member States and Institutions of the European Union) fixed composition, unadjusted | 68,384,310 | 78,841,020 | 83,855,623 | 74,553,993 | 79,394,196 | 86,450,638 | 74,889,064 | 70,605,555 | 65,468,248 | 74,574,232 | |
| German foreign trade: exports, At current prices, flows, Aggregate, all goods, Europe, unadjusted | 86,128,587 | 98,174,037 | 104,573,149 | 91,995,241 | 98,283,392 | 109,233,865 | 94,336,336 | 87,961,423 | 81,805,679 | 93,927,657 |
Understanding german exports to the EU, unadjusted
Consolidates the nominal outbound value of German merchandise officially dispatched to all member states and institutions of the European Union. Unlike dynamic geographic groupings that might change retroactively, this fixed-composition aggregate reflects the exact EU political membership strictly at the time the commercial trade actually occurred. It encompasses every physical commodity crossing intra-EU administrative borders, maintaining a distinct separation from non-EU European measures or euro-area-specific subsets. This strict political boundary isolates the unified single market's overall demand for German industrial and consumer output.
As a purely unadjusted monthly nominal measure, short-term data volatility most often stems from domestic factory holiday schedules or varying numbers of weekends occurring in a given calendar month. Professional analysts strongly favor observing the twelve-month trailing window to entirely bypass these artificial calendar distortions. Furthermore, the Intrastat administrative system used for internal EU trade reporting often suffers from late survey submissions by regional enterprises. Consequently, the initial monthly releases regularly experience notable upward or downward statistical corrections during subsequent reporting cycles as compliance gaps close.
Frequently asked questions
- How does the fixed composition approach handle new EU members?
- The series records trade according to the official roster of the European Union strictly at the time the monthly exports took place.
- Is trade with the United Kingdom included?
- That depends on the period being viewed, as the fixed composition strictly respects the timeline of the UK's departure from the union.
- Why do early estimates for this series often change?
- Intra-EU trade relies on company-level survey declarations, which are frequently submitted late or revised after the preliminary data release.