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Germany Trade & Invest

US Overtakes China as Germany’s Largest Trading Partner

Berlin (ots) - Exports to the United States have propelled the US to the top of the list of Germany's business partners. According to calculations by Germany Trade & Invest, Germany’s international business promotion agency, trade between Germany and the US reached €255 billion in 2024, marking an annual increase of 0.8%. Meanwhile, trade with China decreased by 2.9%, falling to €247 billion. This is the first time ...

DHL Group

PM: DHL Express Leitfaden unterstützt kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) bei globaler Expansion / PR: DHL Express report provides guidance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on expanding to global markets

DHL Group

PM: Weltpostverein wird 150 Jahre alt und bekommt eigene Briefmarke / PR: Universal Postal Union celebrates its 150th anniversary and receives dedicated stamp in Germany

Germany Trade & Invest

Germany Records Record Rise in Installed Robotics

Berlin (ots) - The number of new industrial robots deployed in Germany rose by 7% in 2023 – marking the largest annual increase ever recorded. According to the International Federation of Robotics' "World Robotics 2024" report, 28,335 new industrial robots were installed in Germany. This significant rise is especially notable as robot installations declined in the world's four leading countries for robotics: China, ...

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Germany Trade & Invest

Germany Records Big Rise in Foreign Direct Investment in 2023

Berlin (ots) - The volume of international business expansions to and in Europe’s largest economy increased by over 37 percent last year. Germany attracted 34.8 billion euros worth of international business projects in 2023 – that’s the result of Germany Trade & Invest’s (GTAI) annual FDI study. The figure includes both greenfields and expansions. It does not include any mergers or acquisitions. The comparable ...

DHL Group

PM: DHL Group präsentiert bei der 13. WTO-Ministerkonferenz Expertenwissen zur Förderung eines nachhaltigen und inklusiven Handels / PR: DHL Group to provide expert insights at the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference

Germany Trade & Invest

Robust 2024 Growth Forecast for Digital Industry in Germany

Berlin (ots) - Leading digital industry association Bitkom says that the sector is poised to outperform other parts of the German economy in the coming year. Bitkom predicts that the German information technology and communications market will grow by 4.4 percent in 2024 – three to four times as much as prognoses for German GDP as a whole. In 2023, the industry grew by 2 percent, reaching EUR 215 billion, according to ...

Germany Trade & Invest

Germany Remains Top International Business Expansion Location

Berlin (ots) - Despite negative headlines and transnational economic challenges, a lot went right for the German business sector in 2023, says the country’s international economic promotion agency, Germany Trade & Invest. German GDP may have been stuck treading water in 2023, but that didn’t deter major international companies from launching major expansion projects in Europe’s largest economy. In August, Taiwanese ...

Visable GmbH

Applegate and Visable: B2B platform providers forge strategic partnership to strengthen international trade of UK-based businesses

Paris / Hamburg / Barnstaple (ots) - Visable, the parent company of Europe’s leading online B2B platforms EUROPAGES and wlw (formerly "Wer liefert was"), and Applegate, the premier B2B marketplace in the United Kingdom, have entered into an exclusive partnership. As the official reselling partner in the UK, ...

Brenntag SE

Brenntag achieved excellent results in an exceptional market environment in the second quarter 2021

Essen (ots) - Brenntag (ISIN DE000A1DAHH0), the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution, reports excellent results in an exceptional market environment in the second quarter 2021. In addition to the continued strong organic earnings growth, Brenntag pushes ahead with substantial acquisitions ...

BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie

BDI statement on the final debate in parliament on a British Internal Market Bill: "Another piece of bad news for companies on both sides of the English Channel"

Berlin (ots) - With respect to the final debate in parliament on a British Internal Market Bill, BDI Director General Joachim Lang says: "Another piece of bad news for companies on both sides of the English Channel" - "The Internal Market Bill is another piece of bad news for companies on both sides of the English ...

BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie

BDI on the British Internal Market Bill: "Government losing credibility on a huge scale"

Berlin (ots) - With reference to the parliamentary introduction of the British Internal Market Bill, BDI Director General Joachim Lang says: "The British government is losing credibility on a huge scale." - "With its current course, the British government is losing credibility on a huge scale in the post-Brexit negotiations. There is no getting around the fact that the ...

Handelskammer Hamburg

"Hamburg is hub for the new Silk Road in Europe" / Chamber of Commerce China Summit with Vice Premier Liu, EU Competition Commissioner Vestager and German Transport Minister Scheuer

Hamburg (ots) - Hamburg Chamber of Commerce head Tobias Bergmann emphasised to 450 guests Hamburg's great significance as part of the New Silk Road at the closing lunch of the China Summit, which was held in the chamber's Commerce Hall. "Hamburg will have a key role as terminus and hub of the land and marine Silk ...

Handelskammer Hamburg

'Hamburg Summit': Call for deepening Chinese-European cooperation Chamber of Commerce President Bergmann urges joint action to counter protectionism

Hamburg (ots) - Chamber of Commerce President Tobias Bergmann opened the eighth 'Hamburg Summit: China meets Europe', running November 26 to 27 in the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. Given the current uncertainty in the global political situation, Bergmann called for a clear commitment to counter protectionist ...