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Trade between Germany and Singapore

In 2024, Germany exported $8.5 billion to Singapore and imported $5.2 billion. Germany ran a surplus of $3.2 billion with Singapore, compared with a surplus of $2.7 billion in 2019. Singapore was Germany’s 35th largest trading partner (0.5% of its trade), and Germany was Singapore’s 15th (2%).

Summary

Germany → Singapore
$8.5billion
Singapore → Germany
$5.2billion
Germany’s balance
$3.2billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Singapore

Trade between Germany and Singapore grew 91% since 1995

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

  • Exports 8.5
  • Imports 5.2
  • Balance +3.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$4.1 billion$3.1 billion$1 billion
1996$4.6 billion$3 billion$1.6 billion
1997$4.2 billion$3.3 billion$878 million
1998$3.3 billion$3.3 billion$27 million
1999$3.5 billion$3.2 billion$328 million
2000$4.4 billion$3.3 billion$1.1 billion
2001$4.2 billion$3.7 billion$488 million
2002$4 billion$3.6 billion$452 million
2003$5 billion$4.2 billion$836 million
2004$5.9 billion$5.6 billion$313 million
2005$5.8 billion$5 billion$835 million
2006$6.3 billion$6 billion$336 million
2007$7.8 billion$5.4 billion$2.4 billion
2008$8.5 billion$5.6 billion$2.9 billion
2009$7.2 billion$4.5 billion$2.7 billion
2010$8.1 billion$6.1 billion$2 billion
2011$9.4 billion$6.7 billion$2.7 billion
2012$9.4 billion$6.6 billion$2.8 billion
2013$9.6 billion$6.6 billion$3 billion
2014$8.8 billion$6.6 billion$2.2 billion
2015$8.1 billion$3.8 billion$4.4 billion
2016$8.1 billion$6 billion$2.1 billion
2017$8.9 billion$8.6 billion$223 million
2018$10.2 billion$7.8 billion$2.5 billion
2019$9.1 billion$6.5 billion$2.7 billion
2020$8 billion$5.5 billion$2.5 billion
2021$9.2 billion$5.1 billion$4.2 billion
2022$9.2 billion$7.3 billion$1.9 billion
2023$8.8 billion$6.9 billion$1.9 billion
2024$8.5 billion$5.2 billion$3.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Singapore

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

  1. Microchips$712 million · 8.4%
    4 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Turbojets and gas turbines$451 million · 5.3%
    220 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Cars$335 million · 4%
    19 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Auto parts$310 million · 3.7%
    8 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Other industrial machines$302 million · 3.6%
    3 thousand tonnes
  6. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$222 million · 2.6%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  7. Engine parts$205 million · 2.4%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Vaccines, blood and antisera$169 million · 2%
    56 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  9. Parts for cranes and excavators$145 million · 1.7%
    9 thousand tonnes
  10. Valves and taps$136 million · 1.6%
    2 thousand tonnes

What Singapore sells to Germany

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

  1. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$1.3 billion · 24.3%
    20 tonnes
  2. Microchips$400 million · 7.7%
    117 tonnes · Singapore’s destinations
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$381 million · 7.3%
    31 tonnes · Singapore’s destinations
  4. Physical and chemical analysis instruments$243 million · 4.7%
    481 tonnes
  5. Orthopedic and hearing devices$194 million · 3.7%
    82 tonnes
  6. Amino acids and amino alcohols (lysine)$186 million · 3.6%
    108 tonnes
  7. Turbojets and gas turbines$152 million · 2.9%
    97 tonnes · Singapore’s destinations
  8. Printing and writing inks$132 million · 2.5%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Refined copper$120 million · 2.3%
    14 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  10. Cameras and broadcast equipment$113 million · 2.2%
    408 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Singapore.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Singapore is 12,292 nautical miles (22,765 km) long: ≈ 28.5–36.5 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 Malacca and Singapore (12,292 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 Malacca and Singapore (8,847 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$3.7 billion · 26.7%
  2. Air$10 billion · 73.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

Singapore was Germany’s 35th largest trading partner (0.5% of its trade), and Germany was Singapore’s 15th (2%).

Singapore in Germany’s trade
0.5%
Singapore’s rank among Germany’s partners
35th
Germany in Singapore’s trade
1.8%
Germany’s rank among Singapore’s partners
15th

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Singapore

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.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.