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There were hardly any changes in the ranking of the largest customers in the first half of the year: Exports to China, in first place, were up 12.2% on the previous year at 10.2 billion euros. The USA, in second place, sold 8.5 billion euros - a small drop of 0.9%. France remains in third place. Here, electrical exports rose by 2% to 6.2 billion euros from January to June. The highest growth among the top ten buyer countries was achieved with the Netherlands. They pushed the UK into 5th place.