Chemical imports worldwide, EU, & Germany 2022

This statistic shows the chemical industry imports worldwide, the EU's imports, and Germany's imports in comparison over the years 2004 to 2022. In 2022, the countries of the European Union imported chemicals and pharmaceuticals worth almost 1,079 billion euros.

Comparison of global, EU, and German chemical imports from 2004 to 2022 (in million euros)

Characteristic	Worldwide	EU**	Germany
2022	2,902,833	1,079,210	220,981
2021	2,318,876	858,730	168,606
2020	1,902,662	696,814	145,245
2019	1,949,262	695,420	145,921
2018	1,884,673	678,686	146,908
2017	1,763,626	629,726	134,010
2016	1,624,163	642,542	123,458
2015	1,636,172	643,841	123,089
2014	1,516,189	606,841	115,463
2013	1,470,158	587,152	110,195
2012	1,508,765	594,978	111,202
2011	1,423,808	576,129	111,259
2010	1,257,640	515,750	101,593
2009	1,029,592	456,303	86,840
2008	1,163,051	515,557	97,417
2007	1,087,866	499,183	92,909
2006	1,012,776	461,105	83,825
2005	909,324	420,250	73,297
2004	808,620	381,895	66,464

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2004 to 2022

Special properties

*Total chemical industry, including pharmaceuticals; ** Data refers to EU-28 from 2004 to 2016 and to EU-27 from 2017 to 2021

Supplementary notes

This statistic was assembled using several editions of the report.
VCI stands for "Verband der Chemischen Industrie" (German Association of the Chemical Industry).

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