Germany’s exports to the United States are diverse including categories such as automobiles, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and of course, food and beverage. In 2022, the total value of German exports to the United States was around $165 billion. The United States is an important market for German exports, with the U.S. being the top destination for its exports.
As for food and beverage exports, according to Tagesspiegel in 2020 Germany’s top exported food and beverages were pig-related products. The second largest category of food and beverage exports were “food preparations” such as soups, sauces, seasonings, baking powders and the like. Also included in the list were chocolate products, cheese, coffee products and pastry.
Most of Germany’s food and beverage trade is currently amongst European Union countries with its main food destination being the Netherlands followed by France and Italy. Within the top ten food and agricultural product export destination, only two are not EU countries: the United Kingdom and China.
What does this mean for Germans selling food and beverages? There are other markets to take advantage of, namely the United States. With German-Americans being the largest self-reported ethnic ancestry group in the United States at approximately 49 million people, there is a huge market for German food and beverage products.
