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Where does Germany get its soybeans? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $1.6 billion of soybeans (3.4 million tonnes), 2% of the world total. The United States sold 68% of the total, followed by Brazil (11%) and Ukraine (8%). Germany was the world’s 8th-largest importer of soybeans.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
3.4million tonnes
Share of world total
2%
World rank
8th
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
United States1.1Tonnes: 2,376,300USD per tonne: $46168%Sea
Brazil0.17Tonnes: 346,262USD per tonne: $50310.8%Sea
Ukraine0.14Tonnes: 280,065USD per tonne: $4878.5%Sea
Austria0.06Tonnes: 80,948USD per tonne: $7083.6%Land
Poland0.03Tonnes: 52,027USD per tonne: $5901.9%Sea
Hungary0.02Tonnes: 39,059USD per tonne: $4251%Sea
Slovakia0.02Tonnes: 27,378USD per tonne: $5931%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.02Tonnes: 67,057USD per tonne: $2380.99%Sea
Canada0.02Tonnes: 36,842USD per tonne: $4270.98%Sea
Czechia0.01Tonnes: 30,152USD per tonne: $4610.86%Land
Argentina0.01Tonnes: 25,782USD per tonne: $4140.66%Sea
China0.01Tonnes: 5,955USD per tonne: $1,5390.57%Sea
Romania0.01Tonnes: 10,298USD per tonne: $5180.33%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 7,869USD per tonne: $5940.29%Sea
Belgium re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 3,084USD per tonne: $7230.14%Sea
Antigua and Barbuda< 0.01Tonnes: 3,121USD per tonne: $4900.1%Sea
Togo< 0.01Tonnes: 1,985USD per tonne: $6860.08%Sea
Croatia< 0.01Tonnes: 2,235USD per tonne: $4120.06%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 1,209USD per tonne: $4000.03%Sea
Serbia< 0.01Tonnes: 692USD per tonne: $5850.03%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2015

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

  • United States 1.1
  • Brazil 0.17
  • Ukraine 0.14
  • Austria 0.06
  • Poland 0.03

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.521.1
Brazil0.120.17
Ukraine00.14
Austria< 0.010.06
Poland00.03

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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