Germany trade balance with Europe, unadjusted
Germany trade balance with Europe, unadjusted stood at 21,983,795 EUR thousand in Aug 2026, according to Deutsche Bundesbank. It is one of the indicators in the Trade balance 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 Trade balance 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 | |||||||||||
| Current prices, flows, all goods, Europe, unadjusted | 21,983,795 | 22,043,039 | 23,956,329 | 21,149,634 | 22,636,906 | 26,677,607 | 23,006,101 | 22,348,352 | 17,070,711 | 20,387,362 | |
| Current prices, flows, all goods, Africa, unadjusted | -517,825 | 89,939 | -626,420 | -496,497 | -730,961 | -512,546 | -442,599 | -714,896 | -239,343 | -661,092 |
Understanding germany trade balance with Europe, unadjusted
Encompassing the widest regional definition for the continent, this surplus or deficit metric aggregates unadjusted goods trade with all European nations. It merges flows with EU member states, euro area participants, and non-EU neighbors alike into a single current-price valuation. By grouping all immediate geographical partners together, the series offers a complete picture of regional supply chains and cross-border merchandise exchange, acting as the parent category to the more narrowly defined institutional blocs within the same table.
Users reviewing these flows must account for the lack of seasonal smoothing. Continental trade rhythms are heavily dictated by synchronized summer factory shutdowns and winter holiday disruptions, making period-on-period contrasting highly misleading. Evaluating the underlying trajectory requires comparing the latest unadjusted figure directly to the same month from the previous cycle. Additionally, because this broad grouping includes nations with independent floating currencies alongside those utilizing the euro, the aggregate current prices reflect a complex mixture of multiple bilateral exchange rate movements.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this broad continental aggregate include nations like the UK or Switzerland?
- Yes, all European nations outside the EU are incorporated into this regional sum.
- How do non-euro currencies affect this total?
- Transactions priced in independent currencies are converted to euros, embedding exchange rate shifts into the totals.
- Why avoid month-to-month comparisons for this metric?
- Unadjusted figures fail to filter out regular seasonal anomalies like summer industrial holidays.