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Where does Germany get its solar panels and cells? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $3.6 billion of solar panels and cells (164 thousand tonnes), 4.6% of the world total. China sold 57% of the total, followed by Malaysia (11%) and Taiwan (8%). Germany was the world’s 5th-largest importer of solar panels and cells.

Summary

Value
$3.6billion
Tonnes
164thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.6%
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 billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China2.1Tonnes: 47,417USD per tonne: $43,48857%Sea
Malaysia0.41Tonnes: 380USD per tonne: $1,090,67611.4%Air
Taiwan0.27Tonnes: 4,531USD per tonne: $60,3927.6%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.22Tonnes: 71,467USD per tonne: $3,0126%Land
Japan0.13Tonnes: 143USD per tonne: $894,8473.5%Air
United States0.08Tonnes: 161USD per tonne: $499,2922.2%Air
France0.06Tonnes: 2,278USD per tonne: $26,6111.7%Land
Austria0.05Tonnes: 2,495USD per tonne: $20,0671.4%Land
Thailand0.05Tonnes: 104USD per tonne: $457,1061.3%Air
Philippines0.04Tonnes: 355USD per tonne: $122,6941.2%Air
South Korea0.03Tonnes: 42USD per tonne: $812,5120.94%Air
Denmark0.03Tonnes: 4,455USD per tonne: $7,4090.91%Land
Vietnam0.03Tonnes: 1,041USD per tonne: $26,6440.77%Sea
Hungary0.02Tonnes: 1,815USD per tonne: $9,3560.47%Sea
Poland0.01Tonnes: 5,565USD per tonne: $2,3420.36%Land
Czechia0.01Tonnes: 1,664USD per tonne: $7,3470.34%Land
Singapore re-exports0.01Tonnes: 652USD per tonne: $18,3580.33%Sea
Switzerland0.01Tonnes: 622USD per tonne: $17,6080.3%Land
Lithuania0.01Tonnes: 345USD per tonne: $29,6970.28%Sea
Italy0.01Tonnes: 2,718USD per tonne: $3,5780.27%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2019

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

  • China 2.1
  • Malaysia 0.41
  • Taiwan 0.27
  • Netherlands 0.22
  • Japan 0.13

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.012.1
Malaysia0.090.41
Taiwan< 0.010.27
Netherlands0.010.22
Japan0.080.13

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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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