Today I am
writing my blog in Germany. We are in Berlin and I am very excited about it
because I have never been here before. The weather is beautiful and the sun is
shining so what do you want more?
Germany has
the largest national economy in Europe and the third largest in the world after
US and Japan. I will tell you something about the German trade because this is
very interesting. The total value of exports is $1.337 trillion. This is larger
than the German import ($1.12 trillion). The primary exports and imports are
machinery, chemicals, metals and manufactures but the biggest German export are
vehicles. In 2009, Germany produced more than 5 million cars and was the
world’s largest car producer and exporter. The most popular brands are
Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Audi, BMW, Opel and Volkswagen.
The primary
export and import partners are France, USA, UK, the Netherlands, China, Belgium…
A lot of
world’s largest companies are headquartered in Germany especially some brands
we all know: Siemens, Metro, Bosch, MAN, Aldi, Lidl, Henkel, Puma, Adidas,
Deutsche Bank, Nivea…
There is a
difference between the southern and the northern ‘Bundesländer’. The states in
the south such as Bayern, Baden Württemberg and Hessen are economically
stronger than others. The best economical region is the Ruhr area in the west
between Bonn and Dortmund.
Germany does
not possess a lot of natural resources except for lignite and potash salt. About
two thirds of the energy (oil and natural gas) is imported from other
countries.
Germany is
also the leading manufacturer of wind turbines and solar technology in the
world. You can visit the largest international congresses and trade fairs in
Hanover, Frankfurt and Berlin.
I hope you
have learned something more about our economical strong neighbour. I didn’t
even know that some companies we know are German.
The next
country is Denmark and I am looking forward to it!
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