(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Germany's imports and exports both increased year-on-year in
2022 amid the energy crisis and high inflation, according to
preliminary figures published by the Federal Statistical Office
(Destatis) on Thursday, trend reports citing xinhua .
Exports of Europe's largest economy rose by 14.3 percent
year-on-year to 1.56 trillion euros (1.72 trillion U.S. dollars),
while imports jumped 24.3 percent to a value of 1.49 trillion
euros.
The increases were 'largely based on price effects,' the German
Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) commented on the figures.
As with inflation, the development was mostly driven by soaring
energy prices.
Last year's export balance 'turns out to be less good than it
seems,' Tanja Goenner, chief executive of the Federation of German
Industries (BDI), said.
Germany's once sizable export surplus more than halved
year-on-year to less than 80 billion euros in 2022. According to
Destatis, this was the lowest figure since 2000 and the fifth
decline in succession.
The country's foreign trade started to show signs of weakening
in the second half of last year. In December 2022, both exports and
imports fell by more than 6 percent compared to the previous month,
according to the latest figures.
The 'massive decline' in exports last month was 'symptomatic of
a challenging year for German foreign trade overall,' DIHK expert
Melanie Vogelbach said.
(1 euro = 1.10 U.S. dollar)
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