China News Agency, Berlin, August 8 (Reporter Peng Dawei) According to data released by the German Federal Statistics Office on the 7th, German foreign trade exports in June increased by 14.9% month-on-month and decreased by 9.4% year-on-year; imports increased by 7% month-on-month and decreased by 10 year-on-year. %. Among them, Germany's imports and exports to China in June increased significantly by 20.2% and 15.4% year-on-year respectively.
The data released on the same day showed that Germany's exports in June were 96.1 billion euros and imports were 80.5 billion euros, an increase of 14.9% and 7% respectively from the previous month. Compared with Germany's February 2020 before the implementation of the "closed city" due to the new crown epidemic, Germany's exports and imports fell by 16% and 12.5% respectively in June this year.
In terms of imports, Germany's largest source of imports in June was China. That month, Germany imported 9.7 billion euros worth of goods from China, a year-on-year increase of 20.2%. During the same period, Germany imported 4.4 billion euros of goods from the United States, a year-on-year decrease of 17.4%; imports from the United Kingdom were 2.4 billion euros, a year-on-year decrease of 21%.
In terms of exports, China also ranked Germany's largest export destination in the world in June. In June, German exports to China were 8.3 billion euros, up 15.4% year-on-year; exports to the United States were 7.3 billion euros, down 20.7% year-on-year; exports to the UK fell 15.7% year-on-year to 5 billion euros.
After experiencing the historical low in April this year, German foreign trade is gradually coming out of the impact of the epidemic. German media pointed out that German exporters have felt the trend of economic recovery in many countries around the world. A survey conducted by the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich in July this year showed that the German export industry is cautiously optimistic about the future. (Finish)