German exports plunge in April, trade surplus collapses | Malay Mail

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FRANKFURT, June 9 ― German exports tumbled 24 per cent month-on-month in April to €75.7 billion (RM363.8 billion), official data showed today, as Europe's top economy felt the full effects of coronavirus lockdowns worldwide. Compared with a year earlier, exports slumped 31.1 per cent in April...

An aerial view of containers at a loading terminal in the port of Hamburg, Germany August 1, 2018. German exports tumbled 24 per cent month-on-month in April to €75.7 billion , official data showed today. — Reuters pic

Germany's trade surplus ― widely criticised by partners and allies before the pandemic crisis as a sign of economic imbalances ― tumbled to just €3.2 billion in seasonally adjusted terms, the lowest since December 2000 and far short of the €17.8 billion reported in April 2019. Among important individual partner countries, sales to China took a “comparatively moderate” hit of 12.6 per cent year-on-year, Destatis noted, while exports to France fell by almost half, Italy 40 per cent and the US more than one-third.

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