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Trade between Germany and North Macedonia

In 2024, Germany exported $1.3 billion to North Macedonia and imported $3.4 billion. Germany ran a deficit of $2.1 billion with North Macedonia, compared with a deficit of $2.4 billion in 2019. North Macedonia was Germany’s 57th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Germany was North Macedonia’s largest (22%).

Summary

Germany → North Macedonia
$1.3billion
North Macedonia → Germany
$3.4billion
Germany’s balance
-$2.1billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with North Macedonia

Trade between Germany and North Macedonia grew 7.6-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.3
  • Imports 3.4
  • Balance -2.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$352 million$263 million$89 million
1996$289 million$239 million$49 million
1997$277 million$227 million$50 million
1998$177 million$298 million-$121 million
1999$174 million$263 million-$89 million
2000$172 million$260 million-$88 million
2001$135 million$248 million-$113 million
2002$203 million$239 million-$36 million
2003$197 million$288 million-$90 million
2004$258 million$331 million-$73 million
2005$348 million$374 million-$25 million
2006$381 million$412 million-$30 million
2007$542 million$539 million$3 million
2008$684 million$646 million$38 million
2009$529 million$483 million$45 million
2010$620 million$750 million-$130 million
2011$730 million$1.3 billion-$562 million
2012$637 million$1.2 billion-$579 million
2013$696 million$1.6 billion-$884 million
2014$801 million$2.1 billion-$1.3 billion
2015$817 million$2 billion-$1.2 billion
2016$840 million$2.3 billion-$1.4 billion
2017$918 million$1.7 billion-$774 million
2018$1.1 billion$3.3 billion-$2.2 billion
2019$1.1 billion$3.5 billion-$2.4 billion
2020$935 million$3.2 billion-$2.2 billion
2021$1.2 billion$3.9 billion-$2.8 billion
2022$1.1 billion$4 billion-$2.9 billion
2023$1.2 billion$4 billion-$2.8 billion
2024$1.3 billion$3.4 billion-$2.1 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to North Macedonia

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

  1. Cars$162 million · 12.4%
    36 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Other industrial machines$72 million · 5.5%
    633 tonnes
  3. Technical ceramics$69 million · 5.4%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Low-voltage switches and connectors$64 million · 4.9%
    1 thousand tonnes
  5. Cables and wire$37 million · 2.8%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  6. Trucks$35 million · 2.7%
    8 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  7. Industrial fatty acids and oils$34 million · 2.6%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Centrifuges and filters$33 million · 2.6%
    1 thousand tonnes
  9. Parts for switchgear$32 million · 2.5%
    561 tonnes
  10. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$31 million · 2.4%
    274 tonnes · Germany’s destinations

What North Macedonia sells to Germany

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

  1. Catalysts$1.9 billion · 56.6%
    15 thousand tonnes
  2. Cables and wire$368 million · 10.8%
    14 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  3. Centrifuges and filters$226 million · 6.6%
    1 thousand tonnes
  4. Control panels$214 million · 6.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  5. Seats and chairs$98 million · 2.9%
    7 thousand tonnes
  6. Men's suits and trousers$50 million · 1.5%
    953 tonnes
  7. Women's suits and dresses$42 million · 1.2%
    884 tonnes
  8. Auto parts$41 million · 1.2%
    3 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  9. Low-voltage switches and connectors$31 million · 0.91%
    879 tonnes
  10. Men's shirts$21 million · 0.63%
    487 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Thessaloniki (Greece).

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Thessaloniki (Greece) is 3,462 nautical miles (6,411 km) long: ≈ 8–10.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

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

North Macedonia is landlocked: it ships through Thessaloniki (Greece).

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$1.8 billion · 38.6%
  2. Air$2.9 billion · 61.4%

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

How much each matters to the other

North Macedonia was Germany’s 57th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Germany was North Macedonia’s largest (22%).

North Macedonia in Germany’s trade
0.2%
North Macedonia’s rank among Germany’s partners
57th
Germany in North Macedonia’s trade
21.6%
Germany’s rank among North Macedonia’s partners
1st

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of North Macedonia

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.