How much does the U.S. import from Germany?

Across the 56 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from Germany totaled $39.2B in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It counts only the tracked families where Germany ranks among the largest named sources.

What tariff rate do imports from Germany actually pay?

In 2025, imports from Germany paid an effective rate of 11.28% across tracked families. The rate is calculated duties divided by customs value, which captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and trade-program use that statutory rates cannot. A year earlier the rate was 1.56%.

Is the tariff burden on Germany rising or falling?

Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from Germany moved +9.7 points year over year to 11.28% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.

Tariff Monitor

Tariffs on Imports From Germany

In 2025, U.S. importers brought in $39.2B of goods from Germany across the 56 manufacturing families MFG Calcs tracks, paying an effective tariff rate of 11.28%, up from 1.56% the year before. Germany's largest tracked categories: turbines and fluid-power drives, switchgear, connectors, and controls, robots and automated machinery. Tracked-family totals are a floor on total bilateral trade, from USITC DataWeb data.

The current reading

Tracked imports from Germany: $39.2B in 2025 across 56 manufacturing families, a floor on total bilateral trade.
Effective tariff rate paid: 11.28% (1.56% the year before), calculated duties ÷ customs value.
History depth: 12 years of annual named-source boards.

Largest tracked families from Germany

Turbines and fluid-power drives
Switchgear, connectors, and controls
Robots and automated machinery
Internal combustion engines
Measuring and inspection instruments

Frequently asked questions

How much does the U.S. import from Germany? Across the 56 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from Germany totaled $39.2B in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It counts only the tracked families where Germany ranks among the largest named sources.
What tariff rate do imports from Germany actually pay? In 2025, imports from Germany paid an effective rate of 11.28% across tracked families. The rate is calculated duties divided by customs value, which captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and trade-program use that statutory rates cannot. A year earlier the rate was 1.56%.
What does the U.S. import most from Germany? Among tracked manufacturing families, Germany's largest recent categories are turbines and fluid-power drives, switchgear, connectors, and controls, robots and automated machinery, internal combustion engines. Each has its own live rate page linked below.
Is the tariff burden on Germany rising or falling? Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from Germany moved +9.7 points year over year to 11.28% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.

About this data

Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling; verify rates with a licensed customs broker before relying on them.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.