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Trade between Germany and Slovakia

In 2024, Germany exported $17.4 billion to Slovakia and imported $21.7 billion. Germany ran a deficit of $4.3 billion with Slovakia, compared with a deficit of $3.7 billion in 2019. Slovakia was Germany’s 19th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Germany was Slovakia’s largest (18%).

Summary

Germany → Slovakia
$17.4billion
Slovakia → Germany
$21.7billion
Germany’s balance
-$4.3billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Slovakia

Trade between Germany and Slovakia grew 10.3-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 17.4
  • Imports 21.7
  • Balance -4.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.7 billion$2.1 billion-$420 million
1996$2.1 billion$2.3 billion-$255 million
1997$2.6 billion$2.5 billion$186 million
1998$3.6 billion$3.5 billion$141 million
1999$3.1 billion$3.3 billion-$212 million
2000$3.4 billion$3.2 billion$157 million
2001$3.8 billion$3.8 billion$6 million
2002$4 billion$4.8 billion-$787 million
2003$5.9 billion$8.1 billion-$2.1 billion
2004$6.9 billion$8 billion-$1.1 billion
2005$7.3 billion$8.1 billion-$794 million
2006$9.1 billion$9.5 billion-$330 million
2007$11.1 billion$11 billion$95 million
2008$14 billion$12.9 billion$1.1 billion
2009$9 billion$10.2 billion-$1.2 billion
2010$10.9 billion$12.4 billion-$1.4 billion
2011$13.4 billion$15 billion-$1.6 billion
2012$13.4 billion$15.6 billion-$2.2 billion
2013$13.6 billion$16.3 billion-$2.8 billion
2014$13.6 billion$17.3 billion-$3.7 billion
2015$12.7 billion$15.2 billion-$2.5 billion
2016$13.2 billion$15.6 billion-$2.4 billion
2017$14.5 billion$15.8 billion-$1.3 billion
2018$16.6 billion$17.2 billion-$600 million
2019$15.7 billion$19.4 billion-$3.7 billion
2020$16.1 billion$17.5 billion-$1.4 billion
2021$19.7 billion$20 billion-$330 million
2022$17.3 billion$20.7 billion-$3.4 billion
2023$17.8 billion$22.1 billion-$4.3 billion
2024$17.4 billion$21.7 billion-$4.3 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Slovakia

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

  1. Auto parts$3.7 billion · 21%
    386 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Cars$571 million · 3.3%
    35 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Spark-ignition engines$428 million · 2.5%
    12 thousand tonnes
  4. Other industrial machines$319 million · 1.8%
    10 thousand tonnes
  5. Other plastic articles$307 million · 1.8%
    22 thousand tonnes
  6. Cables and wire$296 million · 1.7%
    14 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  7. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$244 million · 1.4%
    6 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  8. Centrifuges and filters$239 million · 1.4%
    5 thousand tonnes
  9. Aluminum sheet$238 million · 1.4%
    72 thousand tonnes
  10. Metal hardware and fittings$229 million · 1.3%
    35 thousand tonnes

What Slovakia sells to Germany

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

  1. Cars$6.9 billion · 31.9%
    412 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$2.9 billion · 13.2%
    246 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  3. Vehicle lights and signals$640 million · 3%
    20 thousand tonnes
  4. Monitors and projectors$435 million · 2%
    15 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  5. Cables and wire$410 million · 1.9%
    33 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  6. New tires$406 million · 1.9%
    126 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  7. Control panels$377 million · 1.7%
    4 thousand tonnes
  8. Ball and roller bearings$363 million · 1.7%
    25 thousand tonnes
  9. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$309 million · 1.4%
    27 thousand tonnes
  10. Transformers and power supplies$307 million · 1.4%
    15 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Koper (Slovenia).

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Koper (Slovenia) is 3,430 nautical miles (6,352 km) long: ≈ 8–10 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover and Strait of Gibraltar.

Slovakia is landlocked: it ships through Koper (Slovenia).

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$34.5 billion · 88.3%
  2. Air$4.6 billion · 11.7%

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

How much each matters to the other

Slovakia was Germany’s 19th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Germany was Slovakia’s largest (18%).

Slovakia in Germany’s trade
1.4%
Slovakia’s rank among Germany’s partners
19th
Germany in Slovakia’s trade
17.9%
Germany’s rank among Slovakia’s partners
1st

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Slovakia

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.