Common Questions: What does Germany produce?
Germany produces, among other things, electronics equipment, automobiles, pharmaceuticals, precision engineering products, communications equipment, and chemicals. The country’s best known cultural exports include the music of Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Ludwig van Beethoven and the works of Thomas Mann, Schiller, Brecht, Kant, Nietzsche, Goethe, and Luther.
In 2012, Germany exported goods worth about $1.5 trillion. Primary exports include foodstuffs, textiles, transport equipment, machinery, metals, rubber, and plastic products. Its primary export partners include the European Union, the United States, China, Switzerland, and Russia. Germany is the world’s largest producer of lignite, a combustible sedimentary rock also known as brown coal, primarily used for power generation. It’s also a large producer of natural gas, copper, uranium, iron ore, salt, potash, and timber. Germany leads the world in the production of solar power equipment and windmills.
Volkswagen, Daimler-Benz, Siemens, BMW, BASF, Bayer, Mack, Adidas, Puma, Deutsche Bank, Henkel, Miele are some well-known German companies gone global. Other renowned brands include SAP, Nivea, Mercedes, Porsche, Audi, and Lufthansa. At the heart of Germany’s export engine lies the Mittelstand, the country’s small to medium-sized enterprises. Producing everything from sophisticated software to high-quality engineering equipment, these businesses make up most of Germany’s corporate landscape and provide 60% of the country’s jobs. German law considers any organization with less than 500 employees a small or medium enterprise.
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