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 ■ EXPORT GATEWAY
Germany’s top trading partners
Both the People’s Republic of China and the USA are among Germany’s strongest trading partners. Yet countries in Europe also maintain strong foreign trade links with Germany.
  Europe’s third largest seaport, the Port of Hamburg is Germany’s largest universal port by a wide margin. As a hub, but also an element in the added value supply chain thanks to all the logistics services it provides, the Port of Hamburg is a vital transhipment centre. That applies to both seaborne German imports and exports and the for-
eign trade of neighbouring countries. A host of special- ized logistics companies in and around the port, along with the dense and heavily used network linking the Port of Hamburg with its hinterland – spearheaded by rail as a reliable and environment-friendly carrier – facilitate this. As on deep-sea services, Port of Hamburg customers
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