Imports into Germany from China in Q2 2026: data brief
Imports into Germany from China were €27.66bn in Q2 2026, up 10.4% (€2.61bn) on Q2 2025.
Top 3 rising headings
- Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or… (HS 2937): €222m, up 1809.4% from €12m
- Electric generating sets and rotary converters (HS 8502): €104m, up 460.9% from €19m
- Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the… (HS 8703): €784m, up 312.8% from €190m
Top 3 falling headings
- Video game consoles and machines, articles for funfair, table or… (HS 9504): €70m, down 70.2% from €235m
- Unmanned aircraft (HS 8806): €12m, down 45.3% from €21m
- Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (HS 2936): €66m, down 43.6% from €118m
Headings (HS4) worth at least €10m in both quarters.
Among these six headings, value per kg runs from €5.36 for Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis to €23,959 for Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or… Why € per kg matters →
Cite as: Cambridge China Bridge, "China–Germany Trade Pulse", Q2 2026, https://camchinabridge.co.uk/china-eu-trade-pulse/germany/briefs/2026-q2/. Source: Eurostat (Comext, DS-045409); quarterly totals, changes and value per kg calculated by Cambridge China Bridge. Open data:https://github.com/bonoxu/camchinabridge-open-data
The full China–Germany Trade Pulse: every chapter, the largest movers and each quarter since 2019 →
Method and sources
- Source: Eurostat, Comext database, dataset DS-045409 (EU trade since 1988 by HS2-4-6 and CN8): reporter Germany, partner China, imports, through Eurostat's free dissemination API.
- Values are in euros as Eurostat publishes them. Quarterly totals, changes on a year earlier, rankings and value per kg are calculated by Cambridge China Bridge from the monthly figures. Chapters 99 (other products) and 00 (confidential totals) are excluded.
- Eurostat revises recent months; the page is rebuilt monthly and always shows the latest figures Eurostat has published.
- Weight-based € per kg ranks categories; it does not measure freight cost directly, which depends on volume.
Source: Eurostat. Re-use of Eurostat data is authorised provided the source is acknowledged (Eurostat copyright notice). The figures on this page are aggregated and calculated from Eurostat's monthly data by Cambridge China Bridge. Journalists and researchers may quote them with a link to this page.