China News Agency, Berlin, September 12 (Reporter Peng Dawei) German media quoted the latest data from the German Federal Statistics Office on the 12th, saying that China imported nearly 23 billion euros of goods from Germany in the second quarter of 2020, becoming Germany's largest export for the first time. Destination country.

German media pointed out that this is due to China's recovery from the new crown epidemic faster than other countries.

  The German "Securities" and "Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung" and other media reported the news on the same day, citing data provided to Reuters by the German Federal Statistical Office upon inquiry.

  According to German data, as of 2019, China has become Germany's largest trading partner in the world for four consecutive years.

According to data released by the German Federal Statistics Office in March this year, the trade volume of goods between China and Germany in 2019 was 205.7 billion euros.

That year, the United States remained the largest importer of German goods (118.7 billion euros), followed by France (106.8 billion euros).

China ranked third with 96 billion euros.

  The latest data provided by the German Federal Statistical Office show that in the second quarter of this year (April-June), Germany exported nearly 23 billion euros of goods to China, surpassing the United States, which has been Germany's largest export destination for many years.

The latter imported about 20 billion euros of goods from Germany in the second quarter.

  In addition, according to the foreign trade data released by the German Federal Statistics Office a few days ago, China imported 8.7 billion euros of goods from Germany in that month, a slight decrease of 0.1% year-on-year; the United States' imports from Germany in July fell sharply by 17% year-on-year to 9.3 billion euros.

During the same period, Germany imported 10.3 billion euros of goods from China, ranking first among all German sources of imports, up 7.4% year-on-year; imports from the United States were 5.2 billion euros, down 14.8% year-on-year.

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