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Trade between Germany and Qatar

In 2024, Germany exported $1.5 billion to Qatar and imported $589 million. Germany ran a surplus of $862 million with Qatar, compared with a surplus of $1.7 billion in 2019. Qatar was Germany’s 72nd largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and Germany was Qatar’s 12th (2%).

Summary

Germany → Qatar
$1.5billion
Qatar → Germany
$589million
Germany’s balance
$862million

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Qatar

Trade between Germany and Qatar grew 10.8-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.5
  • Imports 0.6
  • Balance +0.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$186 million$2 million$184 million
1996$165 million$1 million$164 million
1997$205 million$4 million$201 million
1998$211 million$5 million$206 million
1999$155 million$4 million$150 million
2000$334 million$15 million$319 million
2001$495 million$3 million$492 million
2002$478 million$19 million$459 million
2003$514 million$24 million$490 million
2004$652 million$33 million$618 million
2005$1.1 billion$30 million$1.1 billion
2006$1.4 billion$13 million$1.4 billion
2007$1.9 billion$18 million$1.8 billion
2008$2.6 billion$38 million$2.6 billion
2009$1.5 billion$107 million$1.4 billion
2010$2.1 billion$126 million$2 billion
2011$1.4 billion$87 million$1.3 billion
2012$1.6 billion$299 million$1.3 billion
2013$1.9 billion$379 million$1.5 billion
2014$2.8 billion$157 million$2.6 billion
2015$2.3 billion$185 million$2.2 billion
2016$2.1 billion$222 million$1.9 billion
2017$2.3 billion$222 million$2 billion
2018$1.8 billion$393 million$1.4 billion
2019$2 billion$285 million$1.7 billion
2020$1.8 billion$1.2 billion$656 million
2021$1.4 billion$1.6 billion-$201 million
2022$1.5 billion$599 million$876 million
2023$1.7 billion$665 million$999 million
2024$1.5 billion$589 million$862 million

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Qatar

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

  1. Cars$166 million · 11.4%
    5 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$95 million · 6.5%
    487 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Aircraft parts$81 million · 5.6%
    84 tonnes
  4. Catalysts$62 million · 4.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  5. Special-purpose vehicles$42 million · 2.9%
    4 thousand tonnes
  6. Turbojets and gas turbines$39 million · 2.7%
    55 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  7. Control panels$38 million · 2.6%
    653 tonnes
  8. Vaccines, blood and antisera$34 million · 2.4%
    31 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  9. Air pumps, compressors and fans$29 million · 2%
    428 tonnes
  10. Other plastic articles$26 million · 1.8%
    673 tonnes

What Qatar sells to Germany

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

  1. Refined petroleum$399 million · 67.7%
    351 thousand tonnes · Qatar’s destinations
  2. Hydrogen and rare gases$125 million · 21.2%
    1 thousand tonnes
  3. Polyethylene$21 million · 3.5%
    17 thousand tonnes · Qatar’s destinations
  4. Open-chain hydrocarbons$13 million · 2.2%
    7 thousand tonnes
  5. Petroleum jelly and paraffin wax$11 million · 1.9%
    12 thousand tonnes
  6. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$4 million · 0.61%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. Shipping containers$3 million · 0.48%
    4 thousand tonnes
  8. Parts for cranes and excavators$3 million · 0.47%
    332 tonnes
  9. Artificial waxes$2 million · 0.3%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Gold$2 million · 0.27%
    Germany’s sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Hamad Port.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Hamad Port is 11,834 nautical miles (21,916 km) long: ≈ 27.5–35 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Dover, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Hormuz (11,834 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Hormuz (6,911 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$1.2 billion · 59.1%
  2. Air$835 million · 40.9%

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

How much each matters to the other

Qatar was Germany’s 72nd largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and Germany was Qatar’s 12th (2%).

Qatar in Germany’s trade
0.1%
Qatar’s rank among Germany’s partners
72nd
Germany in Qatar’s trade
1.6%
Germany’s rank among Qatar’s partners
12th

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Qatar

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.