Shipped Where
Imported from Germany, 2025
$156 billion
Share of all US imports
4.6%
Rank among sources
#6 of 218
Arrived by ship
49%

Germany is the sixth largest source of US imports: $156 billion in 2025.

That is 4.6% of everything the US imported. The top product line is cars. Down from fifth in 2015.

What the US buys from Germany

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. Cars$20.7B · 13.3%
  2. Blood products, antibodies and vaccines$20.4B · 13.1%
  3. Medicines$4.9B · 3.1%
  4. Medical instruments$4.6B · 2.9%
  5. Car Parts$4.3B · 2.8%
  6. Jet engines and gas turbines$2.7B · 1.7%
  7. Specialized machinery, not elsewhere specified$2.4B · 1.6%
  8. Airplanes$1.7B · 1.1%
All 23 products from Germany
  1. Apparatus based on x-rays or alpha, beta$1.6B · 1.0%
  2. Machines, for dishwashing, for cleaning, drying, filling$1.5B · 0.9%
  3. Valves and taps$1.5B · 0.9%
  4. Filters and centrifuges$1.5B · 0.9%
  5. Liquid pumps$1.4B · 0.9%
  6. Electrical control panels$1.4B · 0.9%
  7. Transmission shafts and gears$1.3B · 0.9%
  8. Orthopedic and implantable devices$1.3B · 0.8%
  9. Lab analysis instruments$1.2B · 0.8%
  10. Air pumps and compressors$1.2B · 0.8%
  11. Measuring and checking instruments$1.2B · 0.8%
  12. Platinum$1.1B · 0.7%
  13. Elevators, conveyors and lifting machinery$1.1B · 0.7%
  14. Transformers and power supplies$1.0B · 0.7%
  15. Aircraft parts$993M · 0.6%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

Germany's rank among US import sources

Where Germany placed each year, by value of goods the US imported

  1. 2010 to 2022: fifth
  2. 2023: rises to fourth
  3. 2025: falls to sixth

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from Germany, 2025. Letters match the list.

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49% of goods from Germany arrived by ship. Atlanta, GA handled 10% on its own.

  1. AAtlanta, GA $15.8B · 10.1%
  2. BNewark, NJ $14.3B · 9.2%
  3. CChicago, IL $13.7B · 8.8%
  4. DCharleston, SC $11.9B · 7.6%
  5. EBaltimore, MD $8.5B · 5.5%
  6. FNorfolk, VA $8.5B · 5.5%

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