Germany’s imports rose 0.9% month-on-month to EUR 118.1 billion in August 2026, below market expectations of a 2.8% gain but rebounding from a downwardly revised 5.5% decline in the previous month. Imports from third countries increased 2.2% from a month earlier to EUR 58.8 billion, driven mainly by an 11% rise in purchases from China, while imports from the US fell 0.5% and those from the UK declined 3.8%. Meanwhile, imports from EU member states fell 0.4% to EUR 59.3 billion, dragged down by declines in imports from both eurozone countries, which fell 0.3%, and EU countries outside the eurozone, which dropped 0.7%. On a yearly basis, total imports grew 6%, accelerating from an upwardly revised 3.2% increase in the previous month. In the first eight months of the year, Germany’s total imports reached EUR 946.7 billion, up 4.4% from the corresponding period a year earlier.