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Trade between Germany and India

In 2024, Germany exported $17.7 billion to India and imported $14.2 billion. Germany ran a surplus of $3.4 billion with India, compared with a surplus of $3.1 billion in 2019. India was Germany’s 23rd largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Germany was India’s 7th (3%).

Summary

Germany → India
$17.7billion
India → Germany
$14.2billion
Germany’s balance
$3.4billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with India

Trade between Germany and India grew 5.9-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 17.7
  • Imports 14.2
  • Balance +3.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2.9 billion$2.5 billion$396 million
1996$2.6 billion$2.7 billion-$176 million
1997$2.4 billion$2.5 billion-$170 million
1998$2.1 billion$2.5 billion-$383 million
1999$2 billion$2.4 billion-$350 million
2000$2 billion$2.3 billion-$301 million
2001$2.2 billion$2.4 billion-$246 million
2002$2.4 billion$2.5 billion-$139 million
2003$3.1 billion$3 billion$47 million
2004$4.2 billion$3.6 billion$525 million
2005$5.6 billion$4.4 billion$1.2 billion
2006$8 billion$5.4 billion$2.6 billion
2007$9.9 billion$6.5 billion$3.4 billion
2008$11.7 billion$7.8 billion$3.8 billion
2009$11.7 billion$7.2 billion$4.4 billion
2010$11.3 billion$8.3 billion$2.9 billion
2011$14.9 billion$10.6 billion$4.3 billion
2012$14 billion$9.1 billion$4.9 billion
2013$13.1 billion$9.4 billion$3.7 billion
2014$11.8 billion$9.6 billion$2.2 billion
2015$11.5 billion$8.6 billion$2.9 billion
2016$11.2 billion$8.7 billion$2.5 billion
2017$12.2 billion$10.2 billion$2 billion
2018$14.7 billion$10.7 billion$4.1 billion
2019$13.6 billion$10.5 billion$3.1 billion
2020$12.1 billion$10.1 billion$2 billion
2021$15.1 billion$12.9 billion$2.2 billion
2022$14.4 billion$15.3 billion-$927 million
2023$17.7 billion$15.4 billion$2.3 billion
2024$17.7 billion$14.2 billion$3.4 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to India

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

  1. Airplanes and helicopters$2.2 billion · 12.3%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$752 million · 4.3%
    48 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Other industrial machines$524 million · 3%
    21 thousand tonnes
  4. Plastic and rubber processing machines$390 million · 2.2%
    13 thousand tonnes
  5. Valves and taps$330 million · 1.9%
    7 thousand tonnes
  6. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$319 million · 1.8%
    19 thousand tonnes
  7. Other measuring instruments$288 million · 1.6%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Medical and dental instruments$274 million · 1.6%
    3 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  9. Low-voltage switches and connectors$269 million · 1.5%
    4 thousand tonnes
  10. Air pumps, compressors and fans$263 million · 1.5%
    11 thousand tonnes

What India sells to Germany

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$952 million · 6.7%
    823 tonnes
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$541 million · 3.8%
    11 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  3. Auto parts$539 million · 3.8%
    80 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  4. Leather footwear$366 million · 2.6%
    11 thousand tonnes
  5. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$340 million · 2.4%
    48 thousand tonnes
  6. Amide compounds$306 million · 2.2%
    4 thousand tonnes
  7. Women's suits and dresses$295 million · 2.1%
    7 thousand tonnes
  8. Refined petroleum$273 million · 1.9%
    317 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  9. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$269 million · 1.9%
    8 thousand tonnes
  10. T-shirts$240 million · 1.7%
    11 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Nhava Sheva (Mumbai).

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Nhava Sheva (Mumbai) is 11,322 nautical miles (20,968 km) long: ≈ 26–33.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Dover and the Cape of Good Hope (11,322 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (6,818 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$20.9 billion · 65.4%
  2. Air$11 billion · 34.6%

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

How much each matters to the other

India was Germany’s 23rd largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Germany was India’s 7th (3%).

India in Germany’s trade
1.1%
India’s rank among Germany’s partners
23rd
Germany in India’s trade
2.8%
Germany’s rank among India’s partners
7th

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of India

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.