Contribution to Export ¹

Germany is characterised by a strongly export-oriented and diversified economic structure. In 2023 (2024), Germany exported goods worth a total of around €1.58 trillion (€1.57 trillion).^2,3 Products of the extractive industries accounted for some €5.2 billion (€4.7 billion) of this amount, equivalent to 0.33% (0.30%) of total exports. At around €2.9 billion (€2.5 billion), crude oil and natural gas accounted for the largest share of exports.

Data on the exported goods of the extractive industries also include previously imported goods, so-called re-exports (cf. “The extractive industry in Germany”).  Domestically-extracted natural gas is almost completely consumed in Germany. The “Crude oil and natural gas” sector is followed by “Quarried natural resources, other mining products” with approx. €1.6 billion (€1.6 billion). Exports also included ores worth approx. €0.3 billion (€0.3 billion) and coals valued at about €0.4 billion (€0.3 billion). Here too, the figures include re-exports.^4,5

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