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Trade between Germany and Taiwan

In 2024, Germany exported $12.5 billion to Taiwan and imported $13.1 billion. Germany ran a deficit of $603 million with Taiwan, compared with a deficit of $1.7 billion in 2019. Taiwan was Germany’s 25th largest trading partner (0.9% of its trade), and Germany was Taiwan’s 9th (3%).

Summary

Germany → Taiwan
$12.5billion
Taiwan → Germany
$13.1billion
Germany’s balance
-$603million

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Taiwan

Trade between Germany and Taiwan grew 2.6-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 12.5
  • Imports 13.1
  • Balance -0.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$4.5 billion$5.4 billion-$893 million
1996$4.2 billion$5.4 billion-$1.3 billion
1997$5.2 billion$5.2 billion$46 million
1998$5.3 billion$6 billion-$683 million
1999$5.1 billion$5.9 billion-$720 million
2000$5.4 billion$6.6 billion-$1.1 billion
2001$4.3 billion$5.9 billion-$1.6 billion
2002$4.4 billion$5.4 billion-$1 billion
2003$4.9 billion$6 billion-$1.1 billion
2004$5.9 billion$6.7 billion-$832 million
2005$5.9 billion$6.4 billion-$492 million
2006$5.9 billion$7.6 billion-$1.6 billion
2007$6.6 billion$7.7 billion-$1.1 billion
2008$6.9 billion$8 billion-$1.1 billion
2009$5.2 billion$7.1 billion-$1.9 billion
2010$7.5 billion$8.5 billion-$1 billion
2011$8.5 billion$9.8 billion-$1.3 billion
2012$7.2 billion$7.7 billion-$524 million
2013$7.3 billion$8.3 billion-$946 million
2014$8.7 billion$9.1 billion-$473 million
2015$8.3 billion$8.7 billion-$446 million
2016$8.4 billion$9.1 billion-$682 million
2017$8.9 billion$10.4 billion-$1.4 billion
2018$9.7 billion$11.6 billion-$2 billion
2019$9.1 billion$10.8 billion-$1.7 billion
2020$9.6 billion$10.3 billion-$725 million
2021$12 billion$13.7 billion-$1.8 billion
2022$13.3 billion$16.7 billion-$3.4 billion
2023$12.1 billion$15.9 billion-$3.8 billion
2024$12.5 billion$13.1 billion-$603 million

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Taiwan

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

  1. Cars$2.7 billion · 21.9%
    112 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Microchips$1.6 billion · 12.7%
    143 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Other industrial machines$855 million · 6.8%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$832 million · 6.7%
    3 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Electrical test instruments$344 million · 2.8%
    263 tonnes
  6. Airplanes and helicopters$275 million · 2.2%
    203 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  7. Mounted lenses and objectives$258 million · 2.1%
    113 tonnes
  8. Silicon wafers for electronics$252 million · 2%
    287 tonnes
  9. Vaccines, blood and antisera$241 million · 1.9%
    93 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  10. Generating sets$182 million · 1.5%
    9 thousand tonnes

What Taiwan sells to Germany

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

  1. Microchips$3.9 billion · 29.4%
    1 thousand tonnes · Taiwan’s destinations
  2. Computers$1.3 billion · 9.7%
    3 thousand tonnes · Taiwan’s destinations
  3. Cameras and broadcast equipment$1.1 billion · 8.1%
    4 thousand tonnes
  4. Computer and office machine parts$656 million · 5%
    5 thousand tonnes
  5. Motorcycle and bicycle parts$633 million · 4.8%
    11 thousand tonnes
  6. Screws, bolts and nuts$479 million · 3.7%
    121 thousand tonnes
  7. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$342 million · 2.6%
    5 thousand tonnes
  8. Parts for broadcast equipment$299 million · 2.3%
    1 thousand tonnes
  9. Medical and dental instruments$179 million · 1.4%
    3 thousand tonnes · Taiwan’s destinations
  10. Auto parts$168 million · 1.3%
    14 thousand tonnes · Taiwan’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Kaohsiung.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Kaohsiung is 13,911 nautical miles (25,764 km) long: ≈ 32–41.5 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 (13,911 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 (10,482 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$8.4 billion · 32.6%
  2. Air$17.3 billion · 67.4%

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

How much each matters to the other

Taiwan was Germany’s 25th largest trading partner (0.9% of its trade), and Germany was Taiwan’s 9th (3%).

Taiwan in Germany’s trade
0.9%
Taiwan’s rank among Germany’s partners
25th
Germany in Taiwan’s trade
2.7%
Germany’s rank among Taiwan’s partners
9th

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Taiwan

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.