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Trade between Germany and Norway

In 2024, Germany exported $10.3 billion to Norway and imported $29.6 billion. Germany ran a deficit of $19.3 billion with Norway, compared with a deficit of $7 billion in 2019. Norway was Germany’s 18th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Germany was Norway’s largest (15%).

Summary

Germany → Norway
$10.3billion
Norway → Germany
$29.6billion
Germany’s balance
-$19.3billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Norway

Trade between Germany and Norway grew 3.4-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 10.3
  • Imports 29.6
  • Balance -19.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$4.6 billion$7.1 billion-$2.4 billion
1996$4.6 billion$7.7 billion-$3.1 billion
1997$4.8 billion$7.6 billion-$2.8 billion
1998$5.1 billion$6.6 billion-$1.5 billion
1999$4.4 billion$6.4 billion-$2 billion
2000$4.1 billion$9.3 billion-$5.1 billion
2001$4.4 billion$9 billion-$4.5 billion
2002$4.6 billion$9.3 billion-$4.8 billion
2003$5.4 billion$10.7 billion-$5.3 billion
2004$6.7 billion$12.8 billion-$6.1 billion
2005$7.4 billion$15.5 billion-$8.1 billion
2006$8.6 billion$19.3 billion-$10.8 billion
2007$10.4 billion$19.2 billion-$8.8 billion
2008$11.4 billion$20.6 billion-$9.2 billion
2009$8.5 billion$17.4 billion-$9 billion
2010$9.7 billion$16.3 billion-$6.6 billion
2011$10.6 billion$17.2 billion-$6.6 billion
2012$10.8 billion$21.5 billion-$10.8 billion
2013$10.9 billion$28.5 billion-$17.6 billion
2014$10.8 billion$26.5 billion-$15.7 billion
2015$8.4 billion$19.6 billion-$11.2 billion
2016$8.8 billion$13.7 billion-$4.9 billion
2017$9.4 billion$16.8 billion-$7.4 billion
2018$9.5 billion$20.9 billion-$11.4 billion
2019$9.4 billion$16.4 billion-$7 billion
2020$9.5 billion$11.1 billion-$1.7 billion
2021$11 billion$36.8 billion-$25.8 billion
2022$12 billion$75 billion-$63 billion
2023$10.8 billion$33.9 billion-$23.1 billion
2024$10.3 billion$29.6 billion-$19.3 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Norway

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

  1. Cars$2.3 billion · 22.6%
    118 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Trucks$318 million · 3.1%
    18 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. 4 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Auto parts$207 million · 2%
    12 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Vaccines, blood and antisera$179 million · 1.7%
    120 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  6. Other industrial machines$138 million · 1.3%
    5 thousand tonnes
  7. Liquid pumps$118 million · 1.1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. 3 thousand tonnes
  9. Centrifuges and filters$103 million · 1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Control panels$103 million · 0.99%
    1 thousand tonnes

What Norway sells to Germany

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

  1. Natural gas and LPG$16.7 billion · 56.3%
    29.2 million tonnes
  2. Crude petroleum$8 billion · 27.1%
    11.7 million tonnes · Norway’s destinations
  3. Unwrought aluminum$690 million · 2.3%
    253 thousand tonnes · Norway’s destinations
  4. Electricity$557 million · 1.9%
    Norway’s destinations
  5. Unwrought nickel$276 million · 0.93%
    15 thousand tonnes
  6. Hydrogen and rare gases$264 million · 0.89%
    101 thousand tonnes
  7. Fresh fish$242 million · 0.82%
    35 thousand tonnes
  8. Refined petroleum$239 million · 0.81%
    307 thousand tonnes · Norway’s destinations
  9. Fish fillets$227 million · 0.77%
    39 thousand tonnes
  10. Cargo and cruise ships$165 million · 0.56%
    82 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Oslo.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Oslo is 457 nautical miles (846 km) long: ≈ 1–1.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

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$37 billion · 92.5%
  2. Air$3 billion · 7.5%

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

How much each matters to the other

Norway was Germany’s 18th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Germany was Norway’s largest (15%).

Norway in Germany’s trade
1.4%
Norway’s rank among Germany’s partners
18th
Germany in Norway’s trade
14.7%
Germany’s rank among Norway’s partners
1st

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Sources and methodology

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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.