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Who buys Germany’s solar panels and cells? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Germany exported $2.2 billion of solar panels and cells (257 thousand tonnes), 2.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were Italy (13%), the Netherlands (8%) and Romania (8%). Germany was the world’s 7th-largest exporter of solar panels and cells.

Summary

Value
$2.2billion
Tonnes
257thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.8%
World rank
7th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Italy283Tonnes: 55,474USD per tonne: $5,10112.8%Sea
Netherlands re-exports183Tonnes: 11,158USD per tonne: $16,4018.3%Land
Romania176Tonnes: 49,550USD per tonne: $3,5618%Sea
Poland165Tonnes: 6,738USD per tonne: $24,4577.5%Land
China116Tonnes: 153USD per tonne: $758,6295.3%Air
United States107Tonnes: 5,518USD per tonne: $19,4234.9%Sea
France103Tonnes: 15,318USD per tonne: $6,7554.7%Land
Malaysia94.3Tonnes: 220USD per tonne: $428,7814.3%Air
Spain93.5Tonnes: 5,076USD per tonne: $18,4244.2%Sea
Hungary76.7Tonnes: 5,091USD per tonne: $15,0593.5%Sea
Austria75.2Tonnes: 14,093USD per tonne: $5,3373.4%Land
Switzerland72.4Tonnes: 12,335USD per tonne: $5,8673.3%Land
Sweden52Tonnes: 9,319USD per tonne: $5,5822.4%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports38.6Tonnes: 34USD per tonne: $1,149,6581.8%Air
Portugal34.1Tonnes: 5,261USD per tonne: $6,4891.6%Sea
Belgium re-exports33.6Tonnes: 4,213USD per tonne: $7,9761.5%Land
Turkey30.1Tonnes: 976USD per tonne: $30,8401.4%Sea
Israel29.6Tonnes: 1,736USD per tonne: $17,0321.3%Sea
Czechia29Tonnes: 2,543USD per tonne: $11,3921.3%Land
Slovakia26.8Tonnes: 2,074USD per tonne: $12,9131.2%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Italy has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • Italy 0.28
  • Netherlands 0.18
  • Romania 0.18
  • Poland 0.16
  • China 0.12

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Italy0.040.28
Netherlands0.020.18
Romania< 0.010.18
Poland< 0.010.16
China< 0.010.12

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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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