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Trade between Estonia and Germany

In 2024, Estonia exported $1.1 billion to Germany and imported $2.4 billion. Estonia ran a deficit of $1.2 billion with Germany, compared with a deficit of $754 million in 2019. Germany was Estonia’s 2nd largest trading partner (8% of its trade), and Estonia was Germany’s 63rd (0.1%).

Summary

Estonia → Germany
$1.1billion
Germany → Estonia
$2.4billion
Estonia’s balance
-$1.2billion

Balance

Estonia’s trade balance with Germany

Trade between Estonia and Germany grew 7-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.1
  • Imports 2.4
  • Balance -1.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$208 million$285 million-$77 million
1996$228 million$342 million-$114 million
1997$263 million$451 million-$187 million
1998$208 million$523 million-$315 million
1999$246 million$381 million-$135 million
2000$341 million$354 million-$13 million
2001$291 million$404 million-$113 million
2002$348 million$480 million-$132 million
2003$576 million$604 million-$28 million
2004$600 million$842 million-$242 million
2005$464 million$1.3 billion-$872 million
2006$494 million$1.6 billion-$1.1 billion
2007$555 million$1.9 billion-$1.3 billion
2008$610 million$2 billion-$1.4 billion
2009$535 million$989 million-$454 million
2010$593 million$1.3 billion-$753 million
2011$780 million$1.7 billion-$921 million
2012$686 million$1.6 billion-$904 million
2013$681 million$1.9 billion-$1.2 billion
2014$722 million$1.9 billion-$1.2 billion
2015$670 million$1.4 billion-$752 million
2016$738 million$1.5 billion-$757 million
2017$943 million$1.7 billion-$713 million
2018$975 million$2 billion-$1 billion
2019$946 million$1.7 billion-$754 million
2020$965 million$1.7 billion-$775 million
2021$1.1 billion$2.1 billion-$1 billion
2022$1.1 billion$2.2 billion-$1.2 billion
2023$1.1 billion$2.4 billion-$1.3 billion
2024$1.1 billion$2.4 billion-$1.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Estonia sells to Germany

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

  1. Prefabricated buildings$61 million · 5.6%
    35 thousand tonnes
  2. Plywood$43 million · 3.9%
    38 thousand tonnes
  3. Cameras and broadcast equipment$38 million · 3.5%
    83 tonnes
  4. Semi-chemical wood pulp$33 million · 3%
    58 thousand tonnes
  5. Transformers and power supplies$32 million · 2.9%
    687 tonnes
  6. Furniture$25 million · 2.3%
    6 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  7. Mattresses, pillows and quilts$25 million · 2.2%
    4 thousand tonnes
  8. Steel tanks and containers$24 million · 2.2%
    9 thousand tonnes
  9. Auto parts$21 million · 1.9%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  10. Tractors$20 million · 1.8%
    963 tonnes · Germany’s sources

What Germany sells to Estonia

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

  1. Cars$524 million · 22.2%
    19 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$99 million · 4.2%
    1 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Bombs, missiles and ammunition$71 million · 3%
    249 tonnes
  4. Trucks$55 million · 2.3%
    4 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Cyclic hydrocarbons$52 million · 2.2%
    45 thousand tonnes
  6. Cargo and cruise ships$43 million · 1.8%
    14 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  7. Coated flat steel$35 million · 1.5%
    26 thousand tonnes
  8. Auto parts$34 million · 1.4%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  9. Low-voltage switches and connectors$30 million · 1.3%
    494 tonnes
  10. Trailers$28 million · 1.2%
    5 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Tallinn to Hamburg.

The estimated sea route between Tallinn and Hamburg is 853 nautical miles (1,580 km) long: ≈ 2–2.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Kiel Canal.

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$2.5 billion · 73.3%
  2. Air$923 million · 26.7%

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

How much each matters to the other

Germany was Estonia’s 2nd largest trading partner (8% of its trade), and Estonia was Germany’s 63rd (0.1%).

Germany in Estonia’s trade
8.4%
Germany’s rank among Estonia’s partners
2nd
Estonia in Germany’s trade
0.1%
Estonia’s rank among Germany’s partners
63rd

Compare with

Other partners of Estonia

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.