BDI Foreign Economic Report
The BDI Foreign Economic Report provides information on current foreign trade trends quarterly. It focuses on global economic developments and German foreign trade.
Global economic integration is one of Germany’s key economic strategies. The export of goods and services constitutes around half of Germany’s gross domestic product.
German-American economic relations occupy a special position in BDI’s work. The USA is German industry’s most important commercial partner outside the EU. The country accounts for around 8% of German exports and some 30% of German foreign investments.
In Germany the growing focus of politics and business is Latin America. The German federal government introduced a Latin American and Caribbean concept in August 2010, on which the Latin American Initiative of the German economy collaborated.
Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been characterised in the last few years by political stability and steady economic growth. On average, the economy to the South of the Sahara has grown by more than 5% annually and has therefore enjoyed by far its most successful growth phase in the last forty years.
The economic importance of North Africa as well as of the Middle East for Germany and the EU has increased greatly over the past years.
For many years the Asia-Pacific region has been the world region with the highest dynamic economic growth. Issues relating to Asia therefore have a correspondingly high priority on the BDI agenda, key topics being the promotion of SMEs, trade and climate and innovation.
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Contact
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BDI - Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.
Tel: +49 (0) 30 2028-0
Fax: +49 (0)30 2028-2450
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Contact person
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Oliver Wieck
Tel: 030 2028-1562
Fax: 030 2028-2562
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Address
Street address
Breite Straße 29
10178 Berlin
GermanyPostal address
BDI – Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e. V.
11053 Berlin
Germany
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