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List of Top 10 Highest Value German Import Products

Cars, automobile parts and crude oil were among the 20 highest value German import products in 2016.

The most valuable German import products also include medicines, computers, smartphones and aircraft.

The following list shows on which products German importers spent the most money. Unlike most information currently available on the web, the items below are detailed at the 4-digit tariff code level.

This level of granularity can help entrepreneurs identify more precisely which products in which Germany has strong demand but competitive disadvantages compared with other nations — and therefore opportunities for innovation.

Germany is the world’s third-largest importer.

Highest Value German Import Products

Below are the 20 highest value import products delivered to German importers in 2016. Shown within brackets is the change in value from 2009 to 2016 for each item.

  1. Cars: US$51.1 billion (Up 31% from 2009 to 2016)
  2. Automobile parts/accessories: $37.2 billion (Up 66.2%)
  3. Crude oil: $28.7 billion (Down -33.9%)
  4. Medication mixes in dosage: $25.9 billion (Up 26.5%)
  5. Phone system devices: $21.2 billion (Up 87.4%)
  6. Computers, optical readers: $20.7 billion (Up 21.9%)
  7. Blood fractions (including antisera): $18.2 billion (Up 49.9%)
  8. Processed petroleum oils: $17.1 billion (Down -4.7%)
  9. Aircraft, spacecraft: $13.9 billion (Down -9.4%)
  10. Integrated circuits/microassemblies: $13.6 billion (Up 54.9%)
  11. Insulated wire/cable: $9.5 billion (Up 42.7%)
  12. Turbo-jets: $9.5 billion (Up 49%)
  13. Heterocyclics, nucleic acids: $8.7 billion (Up 116%)
  14. Electro-medical equipment (e.g. xrays): $8.4 billion (Up 27.9%)
  15. Printing machinery: $8.1 billion (Down -26.2%)
  16. Seats (excluding barber/dentist chairs): $7.9 billion (Up 32.5%)
  17. Lower-voltage switches, fuses: $7.1 billion (Up 47.1%)
  18. Rubber tires (new): $6.6 billion (Up 29.8%)
  19. Piston engine parts: $6.3 billion (Up 60.8%)
  20. TV receivers/monitors/projectors: $6 billion (Down -21.4%)

Among these product categories, heterocyclics and nucleic acids posted the greatest increase in German import purchases up 116% in 2016 compared to 2009.

In second place were imported phone system devices including smartphones, which improved 87.4% over the same 7-year period.

German imports of automobile parts and accessories also showed an impressive gain up 66.2%, trailed by a 60.8% uptick for piston engine parts.