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Trade between Germany and Indonesia

In 2024, Germany exported $3.5 billion to Indonesia and imported $4.4 billion. Germany ran a deficit of $912 million with Indonesia, compared with a deficit of $514 million in 2019. Indonesia was Germany’s 50th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and Germany was Indonesia’s 13th (1%).

Summary

Germany → Indonesia
$3.5billion
Indonesia → Germany
$4.4billion
Germany’s balance
-$912million

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Indonesia

Trade between Germany and Indonesia grew 61% since 1995

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

  • Exports 3.5
  • Imports 4.4
  • Balance -0.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2.9 billion$2.1 billion$796 million
1996$3.1 billion$2.3 billion$775 million
1997$2.8 billion$2.4 billion$400 million
1998$2.2 billion$2.3 billion-$173 million
1999$1.4 billion$2.2 billion-$743 million
2000$1.4 billion$2.4 billion-$1.1 billion
2001$1.5 billion$2.2 billion-$723 million
2002$1.4 billion$2.2 billion-$772 million
2003$1.4 billion$2.5 billion-$1.1 billion
2004$1.9 billion$2.9 billion-$1 billion
2005$1.9 billion$3.1 billion-$1.2 billion
2006$1.8 billion$3.8 billion-$2 billion
2007$2.4 billion$4.4 billion-$2 billion
2008$3.2 billion$4.9 billion-$1.7 billion
2009$2.4 billion$4.1 billion-$1.8 billion
2010$2.9 billion$4.9 billion-$2 billion
2011$3.3 billion$5.9 billion-$2.6 billion
2012$4.2 billion$5.2 billion-$935 million
2013$4.4 billion$4.7 billion-$391 million
2014$4.3 billion$4.9 billion-$676 million
2015$3.5 billion$4.5 billion-$1 billion
2016$3 billion$4.2 billion-$1.2 billion
2017$3.5 billion$4.4 billion-$919 million
2018$4 billion$4.5 billion-$549 million
2019$3.5 billion$4 billion-$514 million
2020$2.8 billion$4 billion-$1.2 billion
2021$3.1 billion$4.7 billion-$1.5 billion
2022$3.7 billion$5.6 billion-$1.9 billion
2023$4.3 billion$4.6 billion-$269 million
2024$3.5 billion$4.4 billion-$912 million

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Indonesia

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

  1. Cars$239 million · 6.8%
    12 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$122 million · 3.5%
    1 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Microchips$113 million · 3.2%
    51 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Large-diameter steel pipes$100 million · 2.9%
    10 thousand tonnes
  5. Catalysts$75 million · 2.1%
    43 thousand tonnes
  6. Dishwashers and packing machines$74 million · 2.1%
    610 tonnes
  7. Medical and dental instruments$72 million · 2%
    1 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  8. Other industrial machines$69 million · 2%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Plastic and rubber processing machines$68 million · 1.9%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$62 million · 1.8%
    2 thousand tonnes

What Indonesia sells to Germany

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

  1. Leather footwear$417 million · 9.4%
    9 thousand tonnes
  2. Textile footwear$264 million · 6%
    6 thousand tonnes
  3. Coconut and palm kernel oil$220 million · 5%
    134 thousand tonnes
  4. Rubber and plastic footwear$219 million · 4.9%
    6 thousand tonnes
  5. Computer and office machine parts$163 million · 3.7%
    11 thousand tonnes
  6. Printing and writing inks$151 million · 3.4%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Copper ore$150 million · 3.4%
    56 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  8. Palm oil$104 million · 2.3%
    96 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  9. Keyboards and other electric instruments$103 million · 2.3%
    4 thousand tonnes
  10. Bags, suitcases and cases$90 million · 2%
    2 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Jakarta.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Jakarta is 12,005 nautical miles (22,233 km) long: ≈ 28–35.5 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 (12,005 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (9,289 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$5.2 billion · 65.6%
  2. Air$2.7 billion · 34.4%

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

How much each matters to the other

Indonesia was Germany’s 50th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and Germany was Indonesia’s 13th (1%).

Indonesia in Germany’s trade
0.3%
Indonesia’s rank among Germany’s partners
50th
Germany in Indonesia’s trade
1.5%
Germany’s rank among Indonesia’s partners
13th

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Indonesia

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.