German imports outstripped exports last year (2005) as revealed in the commodities import-export data provided on preliminary basis by the Statistical Department.
* Textile: Imports - 11, 735 million Euro Exports - 10,756 million Euro
* Wearing apparel, products of dressing and dyeing of fur : Imports - 15,997 million Euro Export - 7,996 million Euro.
* Leather, luggage, saddlery, harness and footwear : Imports - 5,983 million Euro Exports - 3,085 million Euro.
* Chemicals and chemical products : Imports - 70,461 million Euro Exports - 102,830 million Euro.