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German exports due a boost in 2013
Published: 30 Dec 12 11:42 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/money/20121230-47047.html
Germany, one of the world's top exporters, should post a new record for exports next year, driven by demand from Asia, the head of the BGA federation of exporters and wholesalers said on Sunday.
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Despite the eurozone crisis, Germany achieved record exports in 2012, added Börner, amounting to €1.103 trillion, and a trade surplus of €174 billion.
Börner said the bullish projection was based on "stability and no new volatility on the financial markets. Europe, the United States and China have a lot of homework to do in the new year in this respect," he said.
He said order books for next year were full "especially from the growth markets in Asia" and added that the low value of the euro on the currency markets was helping trade with the United States and Japan.
However, he cautioned that "the European debt crisis will be with us for a long time yet" and said he was especially concerned about what he said were "increasingly protectionist trends in several eastern European countries."
"By going alone down this protectionist road, these countries are harming not only our exports but also massively harming themselves," said Börner.
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Please do not be offended by the question ,I can see China's goods overrunning every shop but what good from here.
@ Englishted
Machinery, cars and hi-tech apparatus are some the most exported products.