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How Dependent Is the German Economy on China for Exports?

Jürgen Matthes
ifo Institut, München, 2020

ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 02, 32-38

China is indeed Germany’s most important trading partner for goods. However, since the German economy has many major export partners, its dependence on China remains limited. More than 97 percent of nominal gross value added in German production locations does not depend on German value-added exports to China.

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