Berlin’s exports accounted for 13 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2010, with a volume of 12.3 billion euros. In the same year goods to a value of 9.7 billion euros were imported.
The main goods exported consist of pharmaceutical products, vehicles and automotive parts, equipment for generating and distributing electricity, as well as tobacco products.
The leading foreign trade partners for seaborne exports are the USA, Japan and China, and for seaborne imports, the USA, China and Canada.