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Who buys Germany’s steel? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Germany exported $25 billion of steel (21.4 million tonnes), 7.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were Poland (12%), France (10%) and Italy (8%). Germany was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of steel.

Summary

Value
$25billion
Tonnes
21.4million tonnes
Share of world total
7.2%
World rank
3rd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Poland3.1Tonnes: 3,030,368USD per tonne: $1,01812.3%Sea
France2.6Tonnes: 2,504,552USD per tonne: $1,02810.3%Sea
Italy2.1Tonnes: 1,926,380USD per tonne: $1,0738.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports1.8Tonnes: 1,896,948USD per tonne: $9657.3%Sea
Czechia1.7Tonnes: 1,467,437USD per tonne: $1,1556.8%Land
United States1.4Tonnes: 765,742USD per tonne: $1,8065.5%Sea
Austria1.3Tonnes: 955,150USD per tonne: $1,3255.1%Land
Spain1.2Tonnes: 1,000,931USD per tonne: $1,1584.6%Sea
Belgium re-exports1.2Tonnes: 1,381,276USD per tonne: $8374.6%Sea
Switzerland0.84Tonnes: 615,569USD per tonne: $1,3723.4%Land
Sweden0.73Tonnes: 585,998USD per tonne: $1,2412.9%Sea
United Kingdom0.68Tonnes: 619,273USD per tonne: $1,0982.7%Sea
Denmark0.64Tonnes: 546,125USD per tonne: $1,1782.6%Sea
China0.56Tonnes: 228,889USD per tonne: $2,4262.2%Sea
Slovakia0.52Tonnes: 414,176USD per tonne: $1,2392.1%Sea
Hungary0.5Tonnes: 406,384USD per tonne: $1,2422%Sea
Turkey0.5Tonnes: 321,601USD per tonne: $1,5392%Sea
Mexico0.32Tonnes: 286,043USD per tonne: $1,1051.3%Sea
Romania0.3Tonnes: 196,877USD per tonne: $1,5041.2%Sea
Canada0.27Tonnes: 176,879USD per tonne: $1,5051.1%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Poland has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • Poland 3.1
  • France 2.6
  • Italy 2.1
  • Netherlands 1.8
  • Czechia 1.7

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Poland0.173.1
France1.72.6
Italy1.22.1
Netherlands1.31.8
Czechia0.211.7

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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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