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Where does Germany get its refrigerators and freezers? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $4.1 billion of refrigerators and freezers (433 thousand tonnes), 6.6% of the world total. Its main sources were China (18%), Poland (14%) and Italy (12%). Germany was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of refrigerators and freezers.

Summary

Value
$4.1billion
Tonnes
433thousand tonnes
Share of world total
6.6%
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 millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China714Tonnes: 143,064USD per tonne: $4,99317.5%Sea
Poland582Tonnes: 72,150USD per tonne: $8,06614.3%Land
Italy483Tonnes: 33,888USD per tonne: $14,26711.9%Sea
Austria275Tonnes: 20,751USD per tonne: $13,2296.7%Land
Czechia268Tonnes: 17,011USD per tonne: $15,7846.6%Land
France261Tonnes: 13,237USD per tonne: $19,7036.4%Land
Turkey208Tonnes: 36,170USD per tonne: $5,7645.1%Sea
Sweden132Tonnes: 6,633USD per tonne: $19,9393.3%Sea
Bulgaria119Tonnes: 15,645USD per tonne: $7,5902.9%Sea
Switzerland116Tonnes: 3,179USD per tonne: $36,5692.9%Land
Hungary105Tonnes: 13,836USD per tonne: $7,6242.6%Sea
Netherlands re-exports93.3Tonnes: 5,859USD per tonne: $15,9332.3%Land
Slovakia85.9Tonnes: 5,183USD per tonne: $16,5692.1%Sea
Portugal74.5Tonnes: 4,350USD per tonne: $17,1261.8%Sea
Ireland72.1Tonnes: 3,090USD per tonne: $23,3441.8%Sea
United States52.6Tonnes: 993USD per tonne: $52,9601.3%Air
Romania47.3Tonnes: 6,948USD per tonne: $6,8101.2%Sea
Serbia46.8Tonnes: 8,823USD per tonne: $5,3031.2%Sea
United Kingdom45.5Tonnes: 1,666USD per tonne: $27,3141.1%Sea
Spain37.1Tonnes: 3,748USD per tonne: $9,8950.91%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2014

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

  • China 714
  • Poland 582
  • Italy 483
  • Austria 275
  • Czechia 268

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China11.3714
Poland7.4582
Italy449483
Austria138275
Czechia27.3268

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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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