Germany | Imports and Exports | World | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023
| Commodity | Reporter | Partner | Trade flow | Indicator | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 44. Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | Germany | World | Exports | Value (US$) | 8,030,257,586.00 | 8,764,114,133.53 | 9,149,940,447.46 | 7,866,431,558.86 | 8,163,317,500.99 | 8,848,832,369.16 | 9,874,565,363.40 | 9,501,559,680.85 | 9,903,248,469.90 | 13,402,148,632.20 | 13,386,572,823.78 | 10,884,891,460.82 |
| Value Growth, YoY (%) | -10.14 | 9.13 | 4.40 | -14.02 | 3.77 | 8.39 | 11.59 | -3.77 | 4.22 | 35.33 | -0.11 | -18.68 | ||||
| Imports | Value (US$) | 7,459,433,384.00 | 8,602,222,541.85 | 9,178,325,243.76 | 8,024,554,580.82 | 8,311,145,240.82 | 8,711,010,336.01 | 9,618,292,500.15 | 8,819,587,983.76 | 8,659,704,100.23 | 11,860,457,931.67 | 11,877,258,807.39 | 9,253,549,239.58 | |||
| Value Growth, YoY (%) | -8.00 | 15.32 | 6.69 | -12.57 | 3.57 | 4.81 | 10.41 | -8.30 | -1.81 | 36.96 | 0.14 | -22.09 |
The value of exports of commodity group 44 "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" from Germany totalled $ 10.8 billion in 2023. Sales of commodity group 44 from Germany decreased by 18.6% in value terms compared to 2022. exports of commodity group 44 "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" decreased by $ 2.5 billion (cumulative exports of commodity group 44 from Germany amounted $13.3 billion in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 44 "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" amounted to 0.641% of total exports from Germany (cumulative merchandise exports from Germany totalled $ 1.69 trillion in 2023). The share of commodity group 44 in total exports from Germany decreased by 0.152 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.793% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Germany were equal to $ 1.68 trillion).
Where does Germany export Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal?
Top export destinations of "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" from Germany in 2023:
- Austria with a share of 11% (1.19 billion US$)
- France with a share of 10% (1.09 billion US$)
- USA with a share of 9.09% (989 million US$)
- Switzerland with a share of 8.62% (939 million US$)
- Netherlands with a share of 7.42% (808 million US$)
- China with a share of 5.46% (594 million US$)
- Poland with a share of 5.22% (569 million US$)
- Belgium with a share of 5.09% (554 million US$)
- Italy with a share of 4.53% (493 million US$)
- United Kingdom with a share of 4.32% (471 million US$)
Exports structure of 44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal - from Germany in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 26% (2.88 billion US$): 4407 - Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
- 16.4% (1.78 billion US$): 4411 - Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances
- 13.2% (1.44 billion US$): 4418 - Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled parquet panels, shingles and shakes
- 8.58% (934 million US$): 4403 - Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
- 7.39% (804 million US$): 4410 - Particle board and similar board (for example, oriented strand board and waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances
- 5.07% (552 million US$): 4401 - Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms
- 4.41% (480 million US$): 4415 - Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood
- 4.34% (472 million US$): 4421 - Other articles of wood.n.e.s. in heading no. 4414 to 4420
- 3.03% (330 million US$): 4412 - Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood
- 1.85% (201 million US$): 4409 - Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed.
The value of imports of commodity group 44 "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" to Germany totalled $ 9.25 billion in 2023. Sales of commodity group 44 to Germany decreased by 22% in value terms compared to 2022. imports of commodity group 44 "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" decreased by $ 2.62 billion (the value of imports of commodity group 44 to Germany was equal to $11.8 billion in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 44 "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal" accounted for 0.629% of total import flow to Germany (in 2023, total imports to Germany amounted to $ 1.46 trillion). The share of commodity group 44 in total imports to Germany decreased by 0.117 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 0.747% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Germany were equal to $ 1.58 trillion).
Where does Germany import Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal from?
Top trading partners (import of "Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal") of Germany in 2023:
- Poland with a share of 18.1% (1.68 billion US$)
- Austria with a share of 13.4% (1.24 billion US$)
- Czech Republic with a share of 9.29% (859 million US$)
- China with a share of 7.11% (658 million US$)
- Belgium with a share of 3.77% (349 million US$)
- Finland with a share of 3.77% (349 million US$)
- Denmark with a share of 3.73% (345 million US$)
- Netherlands with a share of 3.67% (340 million US$)
- Italy with a share of 3.61% (334 million US$)
- Sweden with a share of 3.47% (321 million US$)
Imports structure of 44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal - to Germany in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 13.4% (1.24 billion US$): 4418 - Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled parquet panels, shingles and shakes
- 10.6% (985 million US$): 4407 - Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
- 10.3% (959 million US$): 4412 - Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood
- 8.94% (827 million US$): 4410 - Particle board and similar board (for example, oriented strand board and waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances
- 8.48% (784 million US$): 4421 - Other articles of wood.n.e.s. in heading no. 4414 to 4420
- 7.92% (733 million US$): 4415 - Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood
- 5.35% (495 million US$): 4411 - Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances
- 5.21% (482 million US$): 4403 - Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
- 3.67% (340 million US$): 4401 - Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms
- 2.77% (256 million US$): 4409 - Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed.
