Electrical industryThird record year in a row
The ZVEI's annual figures show that 2016 was the third record year in a row for the German electrical and electronics industry - in terms of both exports and imports. There was a change at the top of the ranking of top buyers.
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... of the top ten buyer countries of German electrical and electronic exports saw a change at the top in 2016: With an increase of 8.3% to €16.3 billion, China once again displaced the USA (+2.0% to €16.1 billion) from first place. The rest of the ranking remained the same. In absolute terms, the ...