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Where does Germany get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $15.3 billion of electric cables (1 million tonnes), 9.1% of the world total. Its main sources were Czechia (11%), Romania (8%) and Tunisia (8%). Germany was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$15.3billion
Tonnes
1million tonnes
Share of world total
9.1%
World rank
2nd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Czechia1.7Tonnes: 131,932USD per tonne: $12,70910.9%Land
Romania1.3Tonnes: 60,968USD per tonne: $20,7718.3%Sea
Tunisia1.2Tonnes: 45,049USD per tonne: $27,0487.9%Sea
China1.2Tonnes: 83,741USD per tonne: $14,4737.9%Sea
Poland1.1Tonnes: 91,349USD per tonne: $12,1397.2%Land
Italy1Tonnes: 120,961USD per tonne: $8,4306.7%Sea
Morocco0.86Tonnes: 36,916USD per tonne: $23,3885.6%Sea
Hungary0.74Tonnes: 51,261USD per tonne: $14,5254.9%Sea
Serbia0.67Tonnes: 22,544USD per tonne: $29,6354.4%Sea
France0.64Tonnes: 66,643USD per tonne: $9,5684.2%Land
Ukraine0.51Tonnes: 22,069USD per tonne: $23,1823.3%Sea
Slovakia0.41Tonnes: 32,598USD per tonne: $12,5862.7%Sea
Turkey0.38Tonnes: 40,370USD per tonne: $9,3792.5%Sea
North Macedonia0.37Tonnes: 14,182USD per tonne: $25,9722.4%Sea
Switzerland0.35Tonnes: 17,276USD per tonne: $20,3052.3%Land
Austria0.35Tonnes: 35,276USD per tonne: $9,9092.3%Land
United States0.32Tonnes: 4,421USD per tonne: $72,2602.1%Air
Bulgaria0.26Tonnes: 16,822USD per tonne: $15,3061.7%Sea
Spain0.22Tonnes: 15,604USD per tonne: $13,8131.4%Sea
Croatia0.2Tonnes: 31,045USD per tonne: $6,4431.3%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Czechia has been its main source since 2021

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

  • Czechia 1.7
  • Romania 1.3
  • Tunisia 1.2
  • China 1.2
  • Poland 1.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Czechia0.21.7
Romania0.071.3
Tunisia0.141.2
China0.061.2
Poland0.21.1

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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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