German exports to the United States fell in 2025 after a record year
Goods exports from Germany to the United States, € billion
Imports from the United States came to €94.3 billion in 2025. That left a German surplus of €51.9 billion, after €69.6 billion in 2024.
Data table
Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis), annual foreign trade releases. 2025 release, February 2026.
Germany is the third-largest foreign investor in the United States
Foreign direct investment position by country of ultimate owner, end of 2025, $ billion
All foreign investors together held $5.86 trillion at the end of 2025. German owners accounted for 12 percent of it.
Data table
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Direct Investment by Country and Industry, 2025, country table as published by SelectUSA.
Largest export market
The United States has bought more German goods than any other country in every year since 2015.
Destatis, February 2026
Second-largest trading partner
Goods trade between the two countries came to €240.5 billion in 2025. Only China traded more with Germany, at €251.8 billion.
Destatis, February 2026
Jobs in the United States
Foreign-owned companies employed 8.57 million people in the United States in 2024. British, Japanese and German owners accounted for the most jobs.
Bureau of Economic Analysis, July 2026
Annual figures, as first published. The next trade figures are due in February 2027, the next investment figures in July 2027.