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German Exports and Imports per Month (Außenhandel) — Destatis since 1950

Value of German exports and imports per month (EUR, not seasonally adjusted) with Destatis change vs. the same month of the previous year, and the trade balance (exports minus imports, computed here). Monthly since 1950.

Call it (no API key)

GET https://api.agentdatahub.de/api/v1/call/de-foreign-trade?months=13&compact=1

Full metadata: without compact=1 · Markdown: format=llm · Only some fields: add &fields=a,b.c · MCP: tool call_api with {"apiId":"de-foreign-trade"}

Parameters

Example response (live, compact)

{
  "apiId": "de-foreign-trade",
  "data_freshness": "live",
  "data": {
    "latest": {
      "period": "2026-08",
      "exports_eur_thousand": 123448292,
      "exports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 6.7,
      "imports_eur_thousand": 108571224,
      "imports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 5.4,
      "trade_balance_eur_thousand_computed": 14877068
    },
    "unit": "thousand EUR, not seasonally adjusted",
    "history": [
      {
        "period": "2025-08",
        "exports_eur_thousand": 115702385,
        "exports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": -3.8,
        "imports_eur_thousand": 102979949,
        "imports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 0.4,
        "trade_balance_eur_thousand_computed": 12722436
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-09",
        "exports_eur_thousand": 138023129,
        "exports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 5.7,
        "imports_eur_thousand": 120554713,
        "imports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 7,
        "trade_balance_eur_thousand_computed": 17468416
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-10",
        "exports_eur_thousand": 139689179,
        "exports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 4.5,
        "imports_eur_thousand": 121923686,
        "imports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 2.1,
        "trade_balance_eur_thousand_computed": 17765493
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-11",
        "exports_eur_thousand": 132091542,
        "exports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": -0.6,
        "imports_eur_thousand": 117374882,
        "imports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 3.8,
        "trade_balance_eur_thousand_computed": 14716660
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-12",
        "exports_eur_thousand": 119088095,
        "exports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 6.6,
        "imports_eur_thousand": 105647869,
        "imports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 8.1,
        "trade_balance_eur_thousand_computed": 13440226
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-01",
        "exports_eur_thousand": 122496675,
        "exports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": -3.2,
        "imports_eur_thousand": 106918886,
        "imports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": -6.5,
        "trade_balance_eur_thousand_computed": 15577789
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-02",
        "exports_eur_thousand": 131925296,
        "exports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 0.8,
        "imports_eur_thousand": 111664444,
        "imports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": -0.6,
        "trade_balance_eur_thousand_computed": 20260852
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-03",
        "exports_eur_thousand": 150274921,
        "exports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 6,
        "imports_eur_thousand": 129500037,
        "imports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 8.5,
        "trade_balance_eur_thousand_computed": 20774884
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-04",
        "exports_eur_thousand": 136516714,
        "exports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 2.9,
        "imports_eur_thousand": 122076392,
        "imports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 5.4,
        "trade_balance_eur_thousand_computed": 14440322
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-05",
        "exports_eur_thousand": 129490555,
        "exports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": -1.4,
        "imports_eur_thousand": 113598513,
        "imports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 0.9,
        "trade_balance_eur_thousand_computed": 15892042
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-06",
        "exports_eur_thousand": 147011014,
        "exports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 13.7,
        "imports_eur_thousand": 128233365,
        "imports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 13.2,
        "trade_balance_eur_thousand_computed": 18777649
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-07",
        "exports_eur_thousand": 143606333,
        "exports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 6.1,
        "imports_eur_thousand": 121139847,
        "imports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 2.5,
        "trade_balance_eur_thousand_computed": 22466486
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-08",
        "exports_eur_thousand": 123448292,
        "exports_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 6.7,
        "imports_eur_thousand": 108571224,
        "imports_change
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