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Where does Germany get its excavators and construction machinery? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $2 billion of excavators and construction machinery (241 thousand tonnes), 3.4% of the world total. Its main sources were France (18%), Austria (16%) and the Netherlands (15%). Germany was the world’s 5th-largest importer of excavators and construction machinery.

Summary

Value
$2billion
Tonnes
241thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.4%
World rank
5th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
France370Tonnes: 36,336USD per tonne: $10,18718.1%Land
Austria330Tonnes: 29,551USD per tonne: $11,16316.1%Land
Netherlands re-exports306Tonnes: 46,867USD per tonne: $6,53214.9%Land
Belgium re-exports203Tonnes: 23,281USD per tonne: $8,7069.9%Land
United Kingdom202Tonnes: 23,077USD per tonne: $8,7729.9%Sea
China125Tonnes: 19,011USD per tonne: $6,5656.1%Sea
Sweden122Tonnes: 9,836USD per tonne: $12,4416%Sea
Japan94.4Tonnes: 15,377USD per tonne: $6,1424.6%Sea
United States68.3Tonnes: 7,960USD per tonne: $8,5863.3%Sea
South Korea50.5Tonnes: 5,718USD per tonne: $8,8232.5%Sea
Italy50Tonnes: 6,118USD per tonne: $8,1662.4%Sea
Czechia39.3Tonnes: 3,903USD per tonne: $10,0691.9%Land
Finland19Tonnes: 1,439USD per tonne: $13,2180.93%Sea
Brazil15.6Tonnes: 1,138USD per tonne: $13,7050.76%Sea
Switzerland11.7Tonnes: 3,074USD per tonne: $3,8100.57%Land
Denmark8.8Tonnes: 1,292USD per tonne: $6,8380.43%Land
Poland7.8Tonnes: 2,016USD per tonne: $3,8840.38%Land
Spain7.2Tonnes: 488USD per tonne: $14,6970.35%Sea
Luxembourg2.8Tonnes: 805USD per tonne: $3,4360.13%Land
Norway2.7Tonnes: 924USD per tonne: $2,9690.13%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

France has been its main source since 2023

Value in USD millions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • France 370
  • Austria 330
  • Netherlands 306
  • Belgium 203
  • United Kingdom 202

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
France221370
Austria66.6330
Netherlands10.8306
Belgium243203
United Kingdom136202

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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