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Trade between Germany and Spain

In 2024, Germany exported $50 billion to Spain and imported $39.5 billion. Germany ran a surplus of $10.5 billion with Spain, compared with a surplus of $10.8 billion in 2019. Spain was Germany’s 12th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Germany was Spain’s 2nd (11%).

Summary

Germany → Spain
$50billion
Spain → Germany
$39.5billion
Germany’s balance
$10.5billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Spain

Trade between Germany and Spain grew 2.9-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 50
  • Imports 39.5
  • Balance +10.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$17.3 billion$13.8 billion$3.5 billion
1996$18.4 billion$14.6 billion$3.8 billion
1997$18.9 billion$13.5 billion$5.4 billion
1998$21.4 billion$14.6 billion$6.8 billion
1999$24.1 billion$14.1 billion$10 billion
2000$23.7 billion$13.3 billion$10.4 billion
2001$25.1 billion$13.1 billion$12 billion
2002$27.8 billion$14.3 billion$13.5 billion
2003$35.8 billion$17.5 billion$18.3 billion
2004$42.4 billion$20.1 billion$22.3 billion
2005$44.8 billion$21.8 billion$23 billion
2006$48.4 billion$23.3 billion$25.1 billion
2007$60.9 billion$26.6 billion$34.3 billion
2008$57.4 billion$29.8 billion$27.6 billion
2009$39.8 billion$26.4 billion$13.4 billion
2010$38.8 billion$26.5 billion$12.3 billion
2011$44.4 billion$30.3 billion$14.2 billion
2012$37.3 billion$29.7 billion$7.6 billion
2013$38.6 billion$31.7 billion$6.9 billion
2014$44.1 billion$32.8 billion$11.2 billion
2015$41.8 billion$29.5 billion$12.2 billion
2016$42.2 billion$30.5 billion$11.7 billion
2017$45.3 billion$34.7 billion$10.6 billion
2018$48.2 billion$36.3 billion$12 billion
2019$46.4 billion$35.6 billion$10.8 billion
2020$40 billion$34.3 billion$5.7 billion
2021$46.1 billion$37.8 billion$8.3 billion
2022$46.6 billion$38.5 billion$8.1 billion
2023$50.8 billion$41.2 billion$9.7 billion
2024$50 billion$39.5 billion$10.5 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Spain

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

  1. Cars$5.8 billion · 11.7%
    292 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$3.4 billion · 6.8%
    302 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$2.1 billion · 4.3%
    24 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Vaccines, blood and antisera$1.2 billion · 2.3%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Spark-ignition engines$1.1 billion · 2.2%
    46 thousand tonnes
  6. Trucks$773 million · 1.6%
    59 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  7. Plastic packaging$668 million · 1.3%
    220 thousand tonnes
  8. Diesel engines$651 million · 1.3%
    25 thousand tonnes
  9. Aircraft parts$533 million · 1.1%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Other industrial machines$533 million · 1.1%
    19 thousand tonnes

What Spain sells to Germany

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

  1. Cars$9.1 billion · 23.1%
    575 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$2.5 billion · 6.4%
    281 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$1.7 billion · 4.3%
    42 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  4. Trucks$1 billion · 2.6%
    80 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  5. Citrus fruit$981 million · 2.5%
    831 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  6. Airplanes and helicopters$826 million · 2.1%
    568 tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  7. Other fresh vegetables$820 million · 2.1%
    423 thousand tonnes
  8. Aircraft parts$543 million · 1.4%
    1 thousand tonnes
  9. New tires$534 million · 1.4%
    84 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  10. Other fresh fruit (berries, kiwi)$516 million · 1.3%
    159 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Valencia.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Valencia is 2,111 nautical miles (3,910 km) long: ≈ 5–6.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

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

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$73.4 billion · 82.1%
  2. Air$16 billion · 17.9%

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

How much each matters to the other

Spain was Germany’s 12th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Germany was Spain’s 2nd (11%).

Spain in Germany’s trade
3.2%
Spain’s rank among Germany’s partners
12th
Germany in Spain’s trade
10.7%
Germany’s rank among Spain’s partners
2nd

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Spain

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.