German imports from rest of world, EUR thousand, unadjusted
German imports from rest of world, EUR thousand, unadjusted stood at 108,432,719 EUR thousand in Aug 2026, according to Deutsche Bundesbank. It is one of the indicators in the Imports by country table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jul 1990 to Aug 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Imports 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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| Regions and country groups | |||||||||||
| German foreign trade: imports, At current prices, flows, Aggregate, all goods, Rest of the World, unadjusted (EUR thousand) | 108,432,719 | 121,139,847 | 128,233,365 | 113,598,513 | 122,076,392 | 129,500,037 | 111,664,444 | 106,918,886 | 104,788,736 | 116,405,788 | |
| German foreign trade: imports, At current prices, flows, Aggregate, all goods, Rest of the World excluding European countries, unadjusted | 44,026,692 | 44,802,019 | 47,384,208 | 42,590,206 | 46,254,217 | 46,737,242 | 40,137,265 | 41,164,908 | 39,962,731 | 42,678,641 |
Understanding german imports from rest of world, EUR thousand, unadjusted
Providing the exact same global external trade aggregate as its billion-euro counterpart, but expressed in thousands of euros for granular statistical accounting. This row captures all merchandise arriving from outside the European Union, delivering exact current-price customs valuations for analysts requiring unrounded data. The finer unit allows for seamless mathematical integration with the smaller regional and country-specific rows found throughout the Bundesbank table.
Despite the higher precision of the unit, the unadjusted nature of the figures demands a strict year-on-year analytical approach to filter out compounding global seasonal effects. The precision of the thousands unit does not immunize the series from the standard pitfalls of nominal data. Imported inflation and broad currency fluctuations continuously alter the recorded totals without reflecting underlying shifts in the physical volume of shipping containers arriving at ports.
Frequently asked questions
- How does this row differ from the billion-euro version?
- It tracks the exact same external trade flows but provides the data in thousands of euros to avoid rounding off.
- Why provide the exact same global total in a smaller unit?
- The smaller unit allows researchers to seamlessly aggregate this metric with individual country rows sharing the exact same unit.
- Does the higher precision reduce the need for seasonal adjustment?
- No, the data remains entirely unadjusted and subject to the exact same seasonal global distortions as the broader metric.