Germany's trade surplus doubles in H1 as imports decline

BERLIN, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Germany's trade surplus in the first half (H1) of 2023 more than doubled year-on-year to 98.7 billion euros (108.6 billion U.S. dollars), the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said Friday.

While exports rose by 3.3 percent to 797.8 billion euros in the first six months, the value of goods imported by Europe's largest economy fell by 4.3 percent to 699.1 billion euros, according to