Germany nominal goods imports from non-EU Europe, adjusted
Germany nominal goods imports from non-EU Europe, adjusted stood at 13.21 EUR billion 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 Jan 1993 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, Other European countries (not EU ), calendar and seasonally adjusted | 13.21 | 14.28 | 13.97 | 14.92 | 14.42 | 15.11 | 13.2 | 12.85 | 12.59 | 13.73 | |
| German foreign trade: imports, At current prices, flows, Aggregate, all goods, OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), calendar and seasonally adjusted | 0.97 | 0.76 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.9 | 0.88 | 0.91 | 0.77 | 0.7 | 0.87 |
Understanding germany nominal goods imports from non-EU Europe, adjusted
Merchandise originating from European nations outside the institutional framework of the European Union forms the entirety of this specific regional aggregate. The metric captures current-price transactions in EUR billion, strictly isolating countries that share the continent but remain outside the single market. This acts as a residual category, bridging the gap between total continental European imports and the specific intra-EU trade flows. It covers the full spectrum of traded physical goods, from energy commodities to finished industrial products.
Evaluating immediate short-term shifts is straightforward because seasonal and calendar adjustments eliminate the recurring noise of working days and annual holidays, favoring period-on-period analysis. Analysts must be extremely careful regarding composition changes: whenever a nation joins the European Union, it vanishes from this non-EU aggregate, creating an immediate, artificial structural break in the time series. Furthermore, because this group includes major regional energy exporters, fluctuations in global commodity prices can heavily distort the nominal valuation even when underlying physical shipment volumes remain completely flat.
Frequently asked questions
- What happens to this series when a country joins the European Union?
- The acceding country is removed from this aggregate from the date of its accession, resulting in a permanent structural shift in the data.
- Do volatile energy prices affect the total value shown here?
- Yes, because the figures rely on current prices, commodity price swings can heavily influence the valuation of shipments from regional energy producers.
- Is it appropriate to compare the current month directly to the previous month?
- Seasonal adjustment removes the standard monthly distortions, making direct sequential comparisons the recommended analytical approach.