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German exports in January 2019: 1.7% on January 2018
Germany exported goods to the value of 108.9 billion euros and imported goods to the value of 94.4 billion euros in January 2019. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that German exports increased by 1.7% and imports by 5.0% in January 2019 year on year. After calendar and seasonal adjustment, exports remained almost unchanged and imports were up 1.5% compared with December 2018. The foreign trade balance showed a surplus of 14.5 billion euros in January 2019. In January 2018, the surplus amounted to 17.2 billion euros. In calendar and seasonally adjusted terms, the ... (full story)