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Trade between Germany and the Philippines

In 2024, Germany exported $2.2 billion to the Philippines and imported $4.7 billion. Germany ran a deficit of $2.5 billion with the Philippines, compared with a deficit of $1.4 billion in 2019. The Philippines was Germany’s 52nd largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Germany was the Philippines’ 11th (3%).

Summary

Germany → Philippines
$2.2billion
Philippines → Germany
$4.7billion
Germany’s balance
-$2.5billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with the Philippines

Trade between Germany and the Philippines grew 3.5-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 2.2
  • Imports 4.7
  • Balance -2.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$894 million$1 billion-$148 million
1996$1.4 billion$1.3 billion$80 million
1997$1.4 billion$1.5 billion-$97 million
1998$999 million$1.5 billion-$495 million
1999$918 million$1.5 billion-$606 million
2000$866 million$1.8 billion-$917 million
2001$999 million$2.1 billion-$1.1 billion
2002$917 million$2.3 billion-$1.4 billion
2003$961 million$2.4 billion-$1.5 billion
2004$1.6 billion$2.8 billion-$1.2 billion
2005$1.5 billion$2.7 billion-$1.2 billion
2006$1.9 billion$2.9 billion-$913 million
2007$1.2 billion$2.9 billion-$1.7 billion
2008$1.2 billion$4.1 billion-$2.9 billion
2009$1.1 billion$3.1 billion-$2 billion
2010$1.5 billion$3.9 billion-$2.4 billion
2011$1.5 billion$3.1 billion-$1.6 billion
2012$1.5 billion$2.9 billion-$1.4 billion
2013$1.8 billion$3.1 billion-$1.3 billion
2014$2.8 billion$3.7 billion-$933 million
2015$2.4 billion$3.5 billion-$1.1 billion
2016$2.1 billion$3.5 billion-$1.4 billion
2017$2.2 billion$5.3 billion-$3.1 billion
2018$2.6 billion$5.2 billion-$2.6 billion
2019$3 billion$4.4 billion-$1.4 billion
2020$2.2 billion$3.8 billion-$1.6 billion
2021$2.2 billion$4.6 billion-$2.4 billion
2022$2 billion$5.6 billion-$3.5 billion
2023$2.2 billion$5 billion-$2.8 billion
2024$2.2 billion$4.7 billion-$2.5 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to the Philippines

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

  1. Microchips$337 million · 15.2%
    143 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Airplanes and helicopters$249 million · 11.3%
    266 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$182 million · 8.2%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$77 million · 3.5%
    199 tonnes
  5. Cars$65 million · 2.9%
    3 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  6. Turbojets and gas turbines$59 million · 2.7%
    31 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  7. Stamps and banknotes$48 million · 2.2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  8. Other plastic articles$39 million · 1.7%
    704 tonnes
  9. Medical and dental instruments$38 million · 1.7%
    568 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  10. Dishwashers and packing machines$32 million · 1.5%
    710 tonnes

What the Philippines sells to Germany

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

  1. Microchips$1.5 billion · 32.6%
    689 tonnes · the Philippines’ destinations
  2. Computer and office machine parts$1 billion · 22.1%
    18 thousand tonnes
  3. Electric heaters and hair dryers$380 million · 8.2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Capacitors$154 million · 3.3%
    980 tonnes
  5. Home appliances$144 million · 3.1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  6. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$134 million · 2.9%
    731 tonnes
  7. Transformers and power supplies$131 million · 2.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Coconut and palm kernel oil$72 million · 1.6%
    48 thousand tonnes
  9. Low-voltage switches and connectors$48 million · 1%
    619 tonnes
  10. Prepared fish and caviar$45 million · 0.97%
    13 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Germany and the Philippines traded $6.9 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly by air: 82% of the value travels by plane.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.2 billion · 18.1%
  2. Air$5.6 billion · 81.9%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Philippines was Germany’s 52nd largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Germany was the Philippines’ 11th (3%).

The Philippines in Germany’s trade
0.2%
The Philippines’ rank among Germany’s partners
52nd
Germany in the Philippines’ trade
2.9%
Germany’s rank among the Philippines’ partners
11th

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of the Philippines

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.