Customs barriers abroad and bureaucratic hurdles in Germany: Germany’s exporter: Inside, a break -in of their business awaits in the current year. The Foreign Trade Association BGA predicts an export minus of 2.5 percent.
“A sustainable upswing in German export is currently not in sight – the achievement of previous growth rates remains unlikely,” says the President of the Federal Association of Wholesale, Foreign Trade (BGA), Dirk Jandura.
In 2024, according to the latest official figures, the export -strong German economy had delivered a total value of around 1,549 billion euros abroad, thus 1.7 percent less than a year earlier. In the first six months of the current year, the exports “Made in Germany” added up to 786 billion euros according to numbers from the Federal Statistical Office.
Trump’s tariffs let exports break into the USA
The US government’s aggressive customs policy is increasingly becoming a burden on exporting Germany. In the business with the most important trading partner, Germany’s exporter in July had the fourth decline in a row that exports to the United States have decreased to the deepest level since December 2021.
“Many of the new US tariffs are so high that business is simply impossible-for numerous German exporters, this in fact means the loss of the US market,” Jandura ordered. “Our outdoor traders: Accordingly, the inside look darker into the future: Almost 60 percent see themselves directly or indirectly affected.”
Most imports have been in place since August 7: Customs customs duties from the European Union in the USA. The tariffs for steel and aluminum had screwed up to 50 percent up to 50 percent in early June.
“Foreign trade at the limit”
The BGA President sees German foreign trade “on the crossroads” and demands a determined countermeasure from politics: “If we want to stop the downward trend in export and dampen the rapid increase in import, our companies urgently need more freedom: less bureaucracy, safe supply chains and, above all, the conclusion of new free trade agreements to overcome tariffs and trade obstacles.”