globaltraffic.earth

Trade between Germany and Romania

In 2024, Germany exported $25.1 billion to Romania and imported $18.6 billion. Germany ran a surplus of $6.5 billion with Romania, compared with a surplus of $1.9 billion in 2019. Romania was Germany’s 16th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Germany was Romania’s largest (18%).

Summary

Germany → Romania
$25.1billion
Romania → Germany
$18.6billion
Germany’s balance
$6.5billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Romania

Trade between Germany and Romania grew 12.8-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 25.1
  • Imports 18.6
  • Balance +6.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.8 billion$1.6 billion$140 million
1996$2 billion$1.6 billion$339 million
1997$1.8 billion$1.7 billion$156 million
1998$2.1 billion$1.9 billion$239 million
1999$1.9 billion$1.9 billion-$27 million
2000$2 billion$2 billion$63 million
2001$2.6 billion$2.2 billion$454 million
2002$2.8 billion$2.4 billion$450 million
2003$3.7 billion$3.1 billion$657 million
2004$5 billion$4.1 billion$912 million
2005$5.8 billion$4.5 billion$1.4 billion
2006$8.1 billion$5.6 billion$2.4 billion
2007$11.7 billion$5.5 billion$6.2 billion
2008$13.4 billion$7.4 billion$6 billion
2009$9 billion$7.8 billion$1.2 billion
2010$9.7 billion$8.6 billion$1.1 billion
2011$12.5 billion$11.5 billion$1 billion
2012$11.7 billion$11 billion$751 million
2013$13 billion$12 billion$1 billion
2014$14.1 billion$13.3 billion$843 million
2015$13.3 billion$11.8 billion$1.6 billion
2016$14.6 billion$13.4 billion$1.2 billion
2017$16.3 billion$16.3 billion$82 million
2018$19.8 billion$18.3 billion$1.5 billion
2019$19.3 billion$17.4 billion$1.9 billion
2020$19.1 billion$15.5 billion$3.6 billion
2021$23.3 billion$17 billion$6.3 billion
2022$23.3 billion$18.2 billion$5.1 billion
2023$25.2 billion$20.3 billion$4.9 billion
2024$25.1 billion$18.6 billion$6.5 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Romania

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

  1. Auto parts$2.2 billion · 8.8%
    168 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Cars$1.4 billion · 5.4%
    68 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Microchips$1.1 billion · 4.4%
    6 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$1 billion · 4%
    38 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Low-voltage switches and connectors$700 million · 2.8%
    17 thousand tonnes
  6. Other plastic articles$431 million · 1.7%
    33 thousand tonnes
  7. Vaccines, blood and antisera$410 million · 1.6%
    336 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  8. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$404 million · 1.6%
    51 thousand tonnes
  9. Parts for switchgear$373 million · 1.5%
    13 thousand tonnes
  10. Cables and wire$372 million · 1.5%
    30 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations

What Romania sells to Germany

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

  1. Auto parts$2.8 billion · 15.2%
    182 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  2. Control panels$1.5 billion · 8.2%
    18 thousand tonnes
  3. Cables and wire$1.3 billion · 6.8%
    61 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  4. Cars$1.1 billion · 5.9%
    92 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  5. Low-voltage switches and connectors$623 million · 3.4%
    12 thousand tonnes
  6. New tires$508 million · 2.7%
    93 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  7. Ball and roller bearings$444 million · 2.4%
    31 thousand tonnes
  8. Transformers and power supplies$354 million · 1.9%
    11 thousand tonnes
  9. Seats and chairs$313 million · 1.7%
    34 thousand tonnes
  10. Cameras and broadcast equipment$306 million · 1.6%
    899 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Constanța.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Constanța is 3,765 nautical miles (6,973 km) long: ≈ 8.5–11 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover, Strait of Gibraltar, Dardanelles and Bosporus.

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$32.7 billion · 74.9%
  2. Air$11 billion · 25.1%

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

How much each matters to the other

Romania was Germany’s 16th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Germany was Romania’s largest (18%).

Romania in Germany’s trade
1.5%
Romania’s rank among Germany’s partners
16th
Germany in Romania’s trade
18.2%
Germany’s rank among Romania’s partners
1st

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Romania

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.