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Trade between Bangladesh and Germany

In 2024, Bangladesh exported $8.6 billion to Germany and imported $594 million. Bangladesh ran a surplus of $8 billion with Germany, compared with a surplus of $5.8 billion in 2019. Germany was Bangladesh’s 4th largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Bangladesh was Germany’s 46th (0.3%).

Summary

Bangladesh → Germany
$8.6billion
Germany → Bangladesh
$594million
Bangladesh’s balance
$8billion

Balance

Bangladesh’s trade balance with Germany

Trade between Bangladesh and Germany grew 15.8-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Bangladesh’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 8.6
  • Imports 0.6
  • Balance +8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$409 million$173 million$236 million
1996$438 million$190 million$248 million
1997$492 million$237 million$255 million
1998$560 million$208 million$353 million
1999$572 million$109 million$463 million
2000$793 million$192 million$600 million
2001$846 million$221 million$625 million
2002$802 million$199 million$603 million
2003$1.2 billion$243 million$974 million
2004$1.6 billion$321 million$1.3 billion
2005$1.5 billion$431 million$1.1 billion
2006$2.1 billion$520 million$1.5 billion
2007$2.5 billion$388 million$2.1 billion
2008$2.7 billion$501 million$2.2 billion
2009$2.9 billion$465 million$2.5 billion
2010$3.3 billion$601 million$2.7 billion
2011$4.4 billion$770 million$3.7 billion
2012$4.1 billion$612 million$3.5 billion
2013$4.8 billion$703 million$4.1 billion
2014$5.1 billion$674 million$4.4 billion
2015$5.2 billion$796 million$4.4 billion
2016$5.6 billion$973 million$4.6 billion
2017$6.2 billion$991 million$5.2 billion
2018$7 billion$1.3 billion$5.8 billion
2019$6.7 billion$872 million$5.8 billion
2020$6.6 billion$579 million$6 billion
2021$8.4 billion$865 million$7.5 billion
2022$10.3 billion$812 million$9.5 billion
2023$8.4 billion$864 million$7.5 billion
2024$8.6 billion$594 million$8 billion

What they sell each other

What Bangladesh sells to Germany

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. T-shirts$1.4 billion · 16.9%
    90 thousand tonnes
  2. Sweaters and pullovers$1.3 billion · 15%
    71 thousand tonnes
  3. Men's suits and trousers$1.2 billion · 14.1%
    62 thousand tonnes
  4. Women's suits and dresses$860 million · 10%
    41 thousand tonnes
  5. Women's knitted suits and dresses$719 million · 8.4%
    45 thousand tonnes
  6. Men's shirts$310 million · 3.6%
    11 thousand tonnes
  7. Men's knitted shirts$240 million · 2.8%
    11 thousand tonnes
  8. Women's knitted underwear and pajamas$205 million · 2.4%
    10 thousand tonnes
  9. Women's coats and jackets$197 million · 2.3%
    7 thousand tonnes
  10. Women's blouses$175 million · 2.1%
    6 thousand tonnes

What Germany sells to Bangladesh

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Turbojets and gas turbines$55 million · 9.3%
    449 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Dishwashers and packing machines$28 million · 4.7%
    410 tonnes
  3. Control panels$24 million · 4.1%
    438 tonnes
  4. X-ray and radiation equipment$21 million · 3.5%
    102 tonnes
  5. Medical and dental instruments$21 million · 3.5%
    153 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  6. Clothes dryers and textile finishing machines$18 million · 3%
    740 tonnes
  7. Textile and paper finishing agents$18 million · 3%
    7 thousand tonnes
  8. Malt extract and food mixes$16 million · 2.7%
    5 thousand tonnes
  9. Other industrial machines$15 million · 2.5%
    319 tonnes
  10. Spinning and winding machines$15 million · 2.5%
    565 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Chittagong to Hamburg.

The estimated sea route between Chittagong and Hamburg is 12,370 nautical miles (22,908 km) long: ≈ 28.5–37 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (12,370 nautical miles); and 15% via the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (8,573 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$8.7 billion · 95%
  2. Air$461 million · 5%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Germany was Bangladesh’s 4th largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Bangladesh was Germany’s 46th (0.3%).

Germany in Bangladesh’s trade
7.5%
Germany’s rank among Bangladesh’s partners
4th
Bangladesh in Germany’s trade
0.3%
Bangladesh’s rank among Germany’s partners
46th

Compare with

Other partners of Bangladesh

Other partners of Germany

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.