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Trade between Germany and Italy

In 2024, Germany exported $84 billion to Italy and imported $66.1 billion. Germany ran a surplus of $17.9 billion with Italy, compared with a surplus of $15.1 billion in 2019. Italy was Germany’s 6th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and Germany was Italy’s largest (12%).

Summary

Germany → Italy
$84billion
Italy → Germany
$66.1billion
Germany’s balance
$17.9billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Italy

Trade between Germany and Italy grew 95% since 1995

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

  • Exports 84
  • Imports 66.1
  • Balance +17.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$38.6 billion$38.5 billion$142 million
1996$38.8 billion$38.4 billion$408 million
1997$37.4 billion$34 billion$3.4 billion
1998$40.5 billion$36.3 billion$4.1 billion
1999$42.1 billion$34.9 billion$7.2 billion
2000$41.9 billion$31.3 billion$10.6 billion
2001$41.7 billion$32.3 billion$9.4 billion
2002$43.6 billion$32.1 billion$11.4 billion
2003$51.8 billion$36 billion$15.8 billion
2004$60.6 billion$41.3 billion$19.4 billion
2005$63.8 billion$44.8 billion$18.9 billion
2006$70.8 billion$50.4 billion$20.3 billion
2007$83.5 billion$56.4 billion$27.1 billion
2008$85.4 billion$63.8 billion$21.6 billion
2009$67.2 billion$48.1 billion$19.1 billion
2010$76.4 billion$53.4 billion$23 billion
2011$85.3 billion$63.8 billion$21.5 billion
2012$69.2 billion$58.3 billion$11 billion
2013$69.4 billion$59.4 billion$10.1 billion
2014$70.7 billion$61.4 billion$9.3 billion
2015$62.6 billion$51.8 billion$10.9 billion
2016$65.2 billion$54.4 billion$10.8 billion
2017$73 billion$59.5 billion$13.4 billion
2018$81.8 billion$66.7 billion$15.1 billion
2019$76 billion$60.9 billion$15.1 billion
2020$68.1 billion$59.6 billion$8.5 billion
2021$89.4 billion$73.8 billion$15.6 billion
2022$91 billion$74.5 billion$16.5 billion
2023$94.7 billion$73.4 billion$21.3 billion
2024$84 billion$66.1 billion$17.9 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Italy

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

  1. Cars$10.7 billion · 12.8%
    466 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$3.2 billion · 3.8%
    43 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Auto parts$2.7 billion · 3.2%
    170 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Vaccines, blood and antisera$2.4 billion · 2.8%
    1 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Cheese$1.2 billion · 1.4%
    252 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  6. Transformers and power supplies$970 million · 1.2%
    34 thousand tonnes
  7. Other industrial machines$965 million · 1.2%
    30 thousand tonnes
  8. Other plastic articles$927 million · 1.1%
    41 thousand tonnes
  9. Low-voltage switches and connectors$906 million · 1.1%
    17 thousand tonnes
  10. Pork$870 million · 1%
    295 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations

What Italy sells to Germany

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

  1. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$3.3 billion · 5%
    40 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$3.2 billion · 4.8%
    401 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  3. Cars$2.3 billion · 3.5%
    98 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  4. Trucks$1.2 billion · 1.9%
    113 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  5. Wine$1.1 billion · 1.6%
    478 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  6. Cables and wire$1 billion · 1.5%
    121 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  7. Vaccines, blood and antisera$941 million · 1.4%
    1 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  8. Valves and taps$817 million · 1.2%
    36 thousand tonnes
  9. Cheese$815 million · 1.2%
    86 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  10. Welded steel pipes$784 million · 1.2%
    535 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Genoa.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Genoa is 2,599 nautical miles (4,813 km) long: ≈ 6–7.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

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

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$117.3 billion · 78.1%
  2. Air$32.9 billion · 21.9%

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

How much each matters to the other

Italy was Germany’s 6th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and Germany was Italy’s largest (12%).

Italy in Germany’s trade
5.3%
Italy’s rank among Germany’s partners
6th
Germany in Italy’s trade
12.3%
Germany’s rank among Italy’s partners
1st

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Italy

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.