Germany |
|
| TRADE AND BUSINESS |
| Agriculture
- products |
potatoes,
wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages; cattle, pigs,
poultry |
| Exports |
$608 billion
f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Exports
- commodities |
machinery,
vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs,
textiles |
| Exports
- partners |
France 10.7%,
US 10.3%, UK 8.4%, Italy 7.3%, Netherlands 6.1%, Austria 5.1%,
Belgium 4.8%, Spain 4.6%, Switzerland 4.2% (2002) |
| Imports |
$487.3 billion
f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Imports-
commodities |
machinery,
vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals |
| Imports
- partners |
France 9.5%,
Netherlands 8.2%, US 7.7%, UK 6.5%, Italy 6.4%, Belgium 5.2%,
Austria 4%, China 4% (2002) |
| Currency |
euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced
the euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions
of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the
sole currency for everyday transactions within the member
countries |
| Exchange
rates |
euros per
US dollar - 1.06 (2002), 1.12 (2001), 1.09 (2000), 0.94 (1999),
1.76 (1998) |
| Fiscal
year |
calendar
year |
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