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Trading Partners

The total trading volume of North Rhine-Westphalia from imports and exports amounts to EUR 286.4 billion (2009). NRW's most important trading partner is the EU (27) with a trading volume of EUR 187.5 billion (2009).

The most important trading partners in terms of their share of the global trading volume of North Rhine-Westphalia in 2009 were (in EUR bn):

Source: IT.NRW, March 2010

Germany's number one export state

17.1 percent of all goods exported from Germany are "Made in NRW". With an export volume of EUR 138.6 billion, North Rhine-Westphalia is 18th in the world, comparable to Spain and Taiwan.

 

Source: IT.NRW, March 2010

The main exports are:

Machinery and equipment	17.0 %
Chemicals and chemical products	15.1 %
Basic metals	10.5 %
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	8.5 %
Electrical equipment	5.9 %
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	5.8 %

 

Nearly half of all exports go to seven key partner countries:

Netherlands	10.6 %
France	9.3 %
United Kingdom	6.3 %
Italy	6.0 %
Belgium	6.0 %
Austria	5.3 %
China	5.0 %

 

 

One of Europe's largest regional markets

With an import volume of almost EUR 147.8 billion, North Rhine-Westphalia is Germany's strongest import state. 21.9 percent of all German imports are delivered to NRW. The import volume of NRW is comparable to that of Mexico, India and Singapore and larger than  that of Russia, Taiwan and Australia.

Source: IT.NRW, March 2010

The main imports are:

Computer, electronic and optical products	9,6 %
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	8,8 %
Basic metals	8.4 %
Oil and natural gas	8.1 %
Chemicals and chemical products	7.7 %
Machinery and equipment	5.9 %

 

Nearly 55 percent of NRW imports come from seven main supplying countries:

Netherlands	15.9 %
China	8.7 %
France	7.4 %
Belgium	7.1 %
United Kingdom	6.7 %
Italy	5.6 %
Poland	3.8 %

 

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