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Trade between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Germany

In 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina exported $1.3 billion to Germany and imported $1.8 billion. Bosnia and Herzegovina ran a deficit of $506 million with Germany, compared with a deficit of $377 million in 2019. Germany was Bosnia and Herzegovina’s largest trading partner (12% of its trade), and Bosnia and Herzegovina was Germany’s 65th (0.1%).

Summary

Bosnia and Herzegovina → Germany
$1.3billion
Germany → Bosnia and Herzegovina
$1.8billion
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s balance
-$506million

Balance

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s trade balance with Germany

Trade between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Germany grew 42.5-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.3
  • Imports 1.8
  • Balance -0.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$12 million$62 million-$50 million
1996$30 million$200 million-$170 million
1997$74 million$294 million-$220 million
1998$101 million$314 million-$213 million
1999$103 million$318 million-$215 million
2000$102 million$311 million-$209 million
2001$124 million$338 million-$214 million
2002$117 million$387 million-$269 million
2003$231 million$499 million-$268 million
2004$265 million$697 million-$432 million
2005$319 million$997 million-$678 million
2006$460 million$935 million-$474 million
2007$548 million$1.1 billion-$597 million
2008$683 million$1.4 billion-$737 million
2009$555 million$948 million-$393 million
2010$695 million$969 million-$273 million
2011$850 million$1.2 billion-$329 million
2012$749 million$1.1 billion-$377 million
2013$832 million$1.2 billion-$348 million
2014$857 million$1.3 billion-$409 million
2015$774 million$1.1 billion-$309 million
2016$817 million$1.1 billion-$308 million
2017$914 million$1.2 billion-$298 million
2018$1 billion$1.4 billion-$325 million
2019$937 million$1.3 billion-$377 million
2020$930 million$1.2 billion-$249 million
2021$1.2 billion$1.5 billion-$273 million
2022$1.5 billion$1.6 billion-$145 million
2023$1.5 billion$1.8 billion-$353 million
2024$1.3 billion$1.8 billion-$506 million

What they sell each other

What Bosnia and Herzegovina sells to Germany

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

  1. Auto parts$87 million · 6.5%
    11 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  2. Furniture$71 million · 5.3%
    21 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  3. Seats and chairs$67 million · 5%
    9 thousand tonnes
  4. Engine parts$60 million · 4.5%
    4 thousand tonnes
  5. Control panels$51 million · 3.8%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Men's suits and trousers$42 million · 3.1%
    942 tonnes
  7. Centrifuges and filters$40 million · 3%
    4 thousand tonnes
  8. Toys$40 million · 3%
    3 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  9. Machine tool parts$31 million · 2.4%
    4 thousand tonnes
  10. Plastic building fittings$30 million · 2.3%
    5 thousand tonnes

What Germany sells to Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

  1. Cars$313 million · 17%
    79 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$81 million · 4.4%
    1 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Trucks$59 million · 3.2%
    21 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Cheese$42 million · 2.3%
    9 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Plastic rods and profiles$40 million · 2.2%
    12 thousand tonnes
  6. Plastic pipes and hoses$35 million · 1.9%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Auto parts$33 million · 1.8%
    6 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  8. Tractors$32 million · 1.8%
    9 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  9. Pork$30 million · 1.7%
    9 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  10. Vaccines, blood and antisera$27 million · 1.5%
    17 tonnes · Germany’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Neum to Hamburg.

The estimated sea route between Neum and Hamburg is 3,250 nautical miles (6,018 km) long: ≈ 7.5–9.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Gibraltar and Strait of Dover.

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$2.8 billion · 87.7%
  2. Air$391 million · 12.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

Germany was Bosnia and Herzegovina’s largest trading partner (12% of its trade), and Bosnia and Herzegovina was Germany’s 65th (0.1%).

Germany in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s trade
12.3%
Germany’s rank among Bosnia and Herzegovina’s partners
1st
Bosnia and Herzegovina in Germany’s trade
0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s rank among Germany’s partners
65th

Compare with

Other partners of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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.