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Trade between Germany and Hungary

In 2024, Germany exported $32.8 billion to Hungary and imported $35.5 billion. Germany ran a deficit of $2.7 billion with Hungary, compared with a deficit of $2.5 billion in 2019. Hungary was Germany’s 13th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Germany was Hungary’s largest (23%).

Summary

Germany → Hungary
$32.8billion
Hungary → Germany
$35.5billion
Germany’s balance
-$2.7billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Hungary

Trade between Germany and Hungary grew 7.8-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 32.8
  • Imports 35.5
  • Balance -2.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$3.9 billion$4.8 billion-$864 million
1996$4.2 billion$5.2 billion-$961 million
1997$5.9 billion$6.6 billion-$616 million
1998$7.6 billion$8.5 billion-$928 million
1999$8.4 billion$9.9 billion-$1.5 billion
2000$8.6 billion$10.1 billion-$1.5 billion
2001$8.5 billion$11.1 billion-$2.6 billion
2002$9.4 billion$12.2 billion-$2.8 billion
2003$12 billion$14.3 billion-$2.3 billion
2004$17.2 billion$15.8 billion$1.5 billion
2005$17 billion$18 billion-$987 million
2006$19.8 billion$19.9 billion-$85 million
2007$23.1 billion$22.8 billion$257 million
2008$25.1 billion$24.9 billion$218 million
2009$16.7 billion$19 billion-$2.3 billion
2010$18.6 billion$21.5 billion-$2.9 billion
2011$21.8 billion$25 billion-$3.2 billion
2012$20.6 billion$23.6 billion-$3 billion
2013$23.1 billion$25.8 billion-$2.8 billion
2014$25.1 billion$29.6 billion-$4.4 billion
2015$23.2 billion$26.4 billion-$3.2 billion
2016$24.3 billion$27.1 billion-$2.8 billion
2017$26.2 billion$29.6 billion-$3.4 billion
2018$28.5 billion$31.5 billion-$2.9 billion
2019$28.3 billion$30.8 billion-$2.5 billion
2020$26.6 billion$30.6 billion-$4 billion
2021$31 billion$34.4 billion-$3.5 billion
2022$32.4 billion$34.1 billion-$1.7 billion
2023$33.4 billion$38.6 billion-$5.2 billion
2024$32.8 billion$35.5 billion-$2.7 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Hungary

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

  1. Auto parts$3.3 billion · 10.2%
    314 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Airplanes and helicopters$2 billion · 6.1%
    1 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Microchips$1.4 billion · 4.2%
    7 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Cars$1 billion · 3.1%
    57 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Engine parts$1 billion · 3.1%
    52 thousand tonnes
  6. Low-voltage switches and connectors$738 million · 2.3%
    16 thousand tonnes
  7. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$707 million · 2.2%
    12 thousand tonnes
  8. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$593 million · 1.8%
    11 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  9. Trucks$545 million · 1.7%
    30 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  10. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$486 million · 1.5%
    48 thousand tonnes

What Hungary sells to Germany

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

  1. Auto parts$3.4 billion · 9.6%
    422 thousand tonnes · Hungary’s destinations
  2. Batteries$3.1 billion · 8.6%
    56 thousand tonnes · Hungary’s destinations
  3. Cars$1.7 billion · 4.8%
    114 thousand tonnes · Hungary’s destinations
  4. Spark-ignition engines$1.4 billion · 3.8%
    72 thousand tonnes
  5. Control panels$1.4 billion · 3.8%
    13 thousand tonnes
  6. Transformers and power supplies$1.4 billion · 3.8%
    37 thousand tonnes
  7. Electric motors and generators$1.3 billion · 3.6%
    73 thousand tonnes
  8. Parts for broadcast equipment$937 million · 2.6%
    3 thousand tonnes
  9. Cables and wire$745 million · 2.1%
    51 thousand tonnes · Hungary’s destinations
  10. Cameras and broadcast equipment$636 million · 1.8%
    3 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Rijeka (Croatia).

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Rijeka (Croatia) is 3,388 nautical miles (6,275 km) long: ≈ 8–10 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

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

Hungary is landlocked: it ships through Rijeka (Croatia).

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$46 billion · 67.3%
  2. Air$22.3 billion · 32.7%

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

How much each matters to the other

Hungary was Germany’s 13th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Germany was Hungary’s largest (23%).

Hungary in Germany’s trade
2.4%
Hungary’s rank among Germany’s partners
13th
Germany in Hungary’s trade
22.9%
Germany’s rank among Hungary’s partners
1st

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Hungary

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.