Germany motor vehicle imports, rest of world, adjusted
Germany motor vehicle imports, rest of world, adjusted stood at 12.59 EUR billion in Jul 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 Jan 2008 to Jul 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Imports by country table
| Indicator | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | |
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| German foreign trade: imports, At current prices, flows, 29 Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, Rest of the World, calendar and seasonally adjusted | 12.59 | 13.12 | 12.66 | 13.21 | 12.71 | 12.79 | 12.38 | 12.85 | 12.27 | 13.04 | |
| German foreign trade: imports, At current prices, flows, Intermediate products, Rest of the World, calendar and seasonally adjusted | 38.54 | 40.4 | 38.38 | 38.69 | 39.63 | 38.44 | 36.85 | 37 | 36.42 | 35.39 |
Understanding germany motor vehicle imports, rest of world, adjusted
Road-bound transport assets sourced from international partners establish the boundaries of this group 29 metric. Measured in EUR billion at current prices, it captures the finished automotive sector and its heavy transport counterparts crossing the national border. This sharply narrows the focus compared to overarching industrial metrics, separating motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers from broader machinery or electronics to provide a pristine view of automotive trade flows.
Evaluators should rely on period-on-period assessments, as the dataset is rigorously adjusted to eliminate working-day variations and predictable seasonal factory closures that typically distort automotive supply chains. However, analyzing nominal automotive values requires acknowledging that structural shifts toward advanced automotive technologies can drastically alter the total valuation without a corresponding difference in the actual number of vehicles imported. Furthermore, retroactive corrections are common as multinational automotive manufacturers reconcile internal cross-border transfer pricing with official customs declarations over time.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this automotive metric account for underlying price increases in new vehicles?
- No, the current-price methodology means that rising vehicle prices directly increase the reported aggregate regardless of physical sales volumes.
- Are seasonal automotive factory closures smoothed out of the data?
- Yes, mathematical adjustments filter out predictable annual disruptions, allowing for cleaner month-to-month momentum tracking.
- Are generic industrial machines captured alongside these transport vehicles?
- General machinery is excluded entirely, as this series strictly ring-fences road vehicles, trailers, and their associated sub-categories.