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In this page: Customs Procedures | Industrial and Manufacturing Profile | Identifying a Supplier | Controlling the Quality of the Products | Organizing Goods Transport To and From Germany

 

Customs Procedures

Export Clearance
The export procedure foresees, in principle, two stages:

First the exporter/declarant presents the goods, his export declaration and, when necessary, his export authorization or license at the customs office responsible for the place where he is established or where the goods are packed or loaded for export (Article 161 (5) CC). The export declaration must be submitted by electronic means, through the Export Control System (ECS).

Subsequently, the goods are presented at the customs office of exit which examines the goods presented based on the information received from the customs office of export and makes sure that they correspond to those declared and supervises their physical departure (Article 332 UCC IA).

In the case of goods exported by rail, post, air or sea, the customs office of exit may be the office competent for the place where the goods are taken over under a single transport contract for transport to a third country (e.g. port, airport, railway station).

Necessary Declaration
The Customs declaration must contain the commercial invoice, which is a record or evidence of the transaction between the exporter and the importer. The commercial invoice contains the basic information on the transaction:
- code, number, name, quantity and price of the product;
- destination of the goods and the address of the person or place of reception;
- name and registration number of the transport company;
- place of warehousing.
Restrictions
It is only prohibited to export cultural artefacts, specimens of flora and fauna which are threatened with extinction and war material, arms, munitions and such like.
Export Taxes
None

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Industrial and Manufacturing Profile

The industrial sector constitutes 26.8% of Germany's GDP in 2019 (World Bank).
Main industries in Germany: Aerospace, Automotive, Chemical, Communications Technology, Contact Centre, Electronics, Food and Beverage, Healthcare, Logistics, Machinery and Equipment, Nanotechnology, Renewable Energies and Resources, Tourism.

Sector-specific professional associations

118 professional associations listed for Germany.

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Type of Manufacturers

Original Equipment Manufacturers
The car manufacturing industry can be cited with Volkswagen, Audi, BMW or even Bosch for supplying of technology and services in the areas of automotive, industrial technology, consumer goods, and building technology. However, German legislation is very strict with regard to software as Germany legislated that software cannot be granted an OEM license so as to allow it to be sold as computer equipment.
Original Design Manufacturers
Comprises of a company that manufactures a product which in actual fact is sold under the brand of another company.
Subcontractors
The cost of labor in Germany is too high to enable it to be competitive in this type of business relationship.  Nevertheless, in some particular cases inside the country, big companies use smaller companies which are in the same sector and who are chosen as sub-contractors on the same projects.
Useful Resources
Federation of German Industries - BDI

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Identifying a Supplier

German multisector Business directories

ABC der deutschen Wirtschaft - Directory of German companies

All.biz - Germany - Directory of companies in Germany

Biz Pages Germany - Business directory for Germany

BizIn Europe Germany - Business directory for Germany

City By App Germany - Business directory for Germany

Enroll Business Germany - Business directory for Germany

Expatica Germany - Business directory for Germany

Export Import Deutschland - German business directories

Flix.de - Business directory in Germany

Gelbe Seiten - YellowPages in Germany.

 

To see 7 more, check out our Business Directories database.

German Marketplaces

Sample of marketplaces incorporated in Germany (A to Z)

Abfallshop

Bayern International

Cargoclix

Docu-AIS

e-Vergabe

European Energy Exchange

Exportpages

FranchiseKey

greenprofi

GULP

 

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Upcoming Trade shows in Germany

June 12th, 2023
Natural resource management, ecology - Pollution - Mechanical, precision - Machine tools, agricultural machinery - Hardware, tools, accessories - Raw materials, materials, metals - Metallurgy, steel, foundry - Outsourcing, hardware equipping - Earth sciences - Engineering - Cleaning, surveillance, protection
June 12th, 2023
Natural resource management, ecology - Pollution - Machine tools, agricultural machinery - Hardware, tools, accessories - Professional hardware - Raw materials, materials, metals - Metallurgy, steel, foundry - Earth sciences - Engineering - Cleaning, surveillance, protection
June 12th, 2023
Hardware, tools, accessories - Raw materials, materials, metals - Metallurgy, steel, foundry - Outsourcing, hardware equipping
June 12th, 2023
Painting, door and window frames, wall and floor coverings - Sanitary equipment, kitchen, swimming pool - Natural resource management, ecology - Pollution - Paints, glues, fertilisers, oils - Raw materials, materials, metals - Materials - Metallurgy, steel, foundry - Earth sciences - Engineering - Cleaning, surveillance, protection
June 13th, 2023
Automobiles, lorries - Automobile manufacturing, lorries - Automobile subcontracting, lorries - Cycles, motorcycles - Machine tools, agricultural machinery - Robotics - Precision, measures, optics, watches - Industry service - Maintenance - Embedded systems - Science and technology - Research, innovation - Engineering
June 13th, 2023
Automobiles, lorries - Automobile manufacturing, lorries - Automobile subcontracting, lorries - Cycles, motorcycles - Machine tools, agricultural machinery - Robotics
June 13th, 2023
Painting, door and window frames, wall and floor coverings - Plastics, rubber - Robotics - Hardware, tools, accessories - Graphic art, desktop publishing - Printing, reproduction - Industry service - Outsourcing, hardware equipping - Design - Software
June 14th, 2023
Insurance, mutual funds, pension funds - Banks - Investment funds, other financial institutions - Stock Exchange, investments - Financing, aid - Natural resource management, ecology - Automobiles, lorries - Automobile subcontracting, lorries - Energy - Renewable energy - Industry service - Service Industry: unspecified - Outsourcing, hardware equipping - Recycling
June 14th, 2023
Hygiene, perfumes, cosmetics - Pharmaceutical industry: products, laboratories - Pharmacies, analysis laboratories - Aesthetics, hairdressing
June 14th, 2023
Natural resource management, ecology - Energy - Oil - Gas - Electric energy - Renewable energy

To see 1.103 more, check out our Trade shows database

Controlling the Quality of the Products

Quality Control Organizations
German Bureau of Standards

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Organizing Goods Transport To and From Germany

Main Useful Means of Transport
With a turnover of approximately EUR 260 billion, logistics is the third largest sector of our economy: every year, 4.3 billion tonnes of goods are transported on German roads, railways and waterways.
According to the latest data by Eurostat, rail transport represented 19.8% of the total freight transport in Germany, whereas inland waterways was 7.4% and road transport accounted for nearly 73%.
Due to the size of the country and its location in the middle of Europe, German roads continue to top the list for European-wide international road freight transport: 27.0 % of all tonne-kilometres performed in international road freight transport (corresponding to around 163 billion tonne-kilometres) took place in Germany, with a decrease of 4.5% compared to 2017.
 
 

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By Sea

Ports
Port of Hamburg
 Port of Bremen
 Port of Rostock
 Port of Wilhelmshaven
Transport Professionals
DHL
 Maersk
Government Transport Organisations
Ministry of Transport

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By Air

Airports
Berlin Airport
Transport Professionals
List of German airline companies
Government Transport Organisations
German Civil Aviation

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By Road

Transport Professionals
DHL
Government Transport Organisations
DEGES (German only)

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By Rail

Transport Professionals
DHL
 Fedex
 UPS
Government Transport Organisations
Federal Railway Authority

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