German trade surplus shrinks on Ukraine, energy crisis

German trade surplus shrinks on Ukraine, energy crisis

Frankfurt: Germany’s much-vaunted trade surplus shrank in 2022, official data showed Thursday, as soaring energy prices in the wake of the Ukraine war pushed up the cost of imports. Germany exported goods to the value of 1.56 trillion euros ($1.7 trillion), up 14 percent on a year earlier, federal statistics agency Destatis said in seasonally … Read more