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Trade between Germany and Tunisia

In 2024, Germany exported $1.9 billion to Tunisia and imported $3 billion. Germany ran a deficit of $1.1 billion with Tunisia, compared with a deficit of $659 million in 2019. Tunisia was Germany’s 56th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Germany was Tunisia’s 3rd (10%).

Summary

Germany → Tunisia
$1.9billion
Tunisia → Germany
$3billion
Germany’s balance
-$1.1billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Tunisia

Trade between Germany and Tunisia grew 2.3-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.9
  • Imports 3
  • Balance -1.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1 billion$1.1 billion-$44 million
1996$1 billion$1.1 billion-$104 million
1997$1.2 billion$1.1 billion$89 million
1998$1.3 billion$1.3 billion-$2 million
1999$993 million$1.2 billion-$217 million
2000$923 million$1.1 billion-$169 million
2001$1.1 billion$1.1 billion-$63 million
2002$945 million$1.1 billion-$151 million
2003$1.1 billion$1.2 billion-$140 million
2004$1.2 billion$1.3 billion-$93 million
2005$1.2 billion$1.3 billion-$88 million
2006$1.3 billion$1.3 billion$35 million
2007$1.6 billion$1.5 billion$102 million
2008$1.8 billion$2.1 billion-$296 million
2009$1.7 billion$1.8 billion-$55 million
2010$1.9 billion$1.9 billion$4 million
2011$1.9 billion$2.1 billion-$222 million
2012$1.7 billion$1.9 billion-$191 million
2013$1.7 billion$2 billion-$298 million
2014$1.8 billion$2.2 billion-$443 million
2015$1.5 billion$2.2 billion-$695 million
2016$1.6 billion$2.2 billion-$679 million
2017$1.8 billion$2.5 billion-$714 million
2018$1.8 billion$2.2 billion-$387 million
2019$1.5 billion$2.2 billion-$659 million
2020$1.3 billion$2 billion-$705 million
2021$1.5 billion$2.4 billion-$929 million
2022$1.6 billion$2.8 billion-$1.2 billion
2023$1.8 billion$3.2 billion-$1.3 billion
2024$1.9 billion$3 billion-$1.1 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Tunisia

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

  1. Cars$163 million · 8.7%
    10 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Copper wire$141 million · 7.5%
    15 thousand tonnes
  3. Low-voltage switches and connectors$138 million · 7.4%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Cables and wire$108 million · 5.8%
    5 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Other plastic articles$96 million · 5.1%
    841 tonnes
  6. Parts for switchgear$80 million · 4.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Heavy cotton fabric$37 million · 2%
    4 thousand tonnes
  8. Insulating fittings and electrical conduit$34 million · 1.8%
    1 thousand tonnes
  9. Plastic-coated fabric$30 million · 1.6%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$30 million · 1.6%
    318 tonnes · Germany’s destinations

What Tunisia sells to Germany

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

  1. Cables and wire$1.2 billion · 40.6%
    45 thousand tonnes · Tunisia’s destinations
  2. Men's suits and trousers$351 million · 11.7%
    6 thousand tonnes
  3. Low-voltage switches and connectors$126 million · 4.2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Women's suits and dresses$112 million · 3.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  5. Auto parts$97 million · 3.2%
    7 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  6. Rubber and plastic footwear$79 million · 2.6%
    1 thousand tonnes
  7. Leather footwear$57 million · 1.9%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Transformers and power supplies$54 million · 1.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Centrifuges and filters$54 million · 1.8%
    4 thousand tonnes
  10. Electric motors and generators$52 million · 1.7%
    2 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Tunis.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Tunis is 2,531 nautical miles (4,687 km) long: ≈ 6–7.5 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$3.3 billion · 68.6%
  2. Air$1.5 billion · 31.4%

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

How much each matters to the other

Tunisia was Germany’s 56th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Germany was Tunisia’s 3rd (10%).

Tunisia in Germany’s trade
0.2%
Tunisia’s rank among Germany’s partners
56th
Germany in Tunisia’s trade
10.1%
Germany’s rank among Tunisia’s partners
3rd

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Tunisia

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.