Saxony's Foreign Trade in 2025: Exports Decline Slightly, Imports Rise
In 2025, imports into Saxony rose to 39 billion euros—twice the rate of growth seen across Germany as a whole—marking a 12 percent increase from the previous year. This was the highest level Saxony’s imports have ever reached.
With a 2 percent increase to 4.7 billion euros, China took the top spot in the ranking of Saxony’s import partners. Imports from the United States rose significantly by 172 percent to 3.2 billion euros. This was driven by aircraft, whose import value increased 22-fold to approximately 2.4 billion euros. After China, the Czech Republic (4.5 billion euros) and Poland (3.5 billion euros) are the most important import partners for Saxony.
In 2025, Saxony exported goods worth 50.6 billion euros. According to the Statistical Office of the Federal State of Saxony, this is one percent less than in the previous year. The decline hit Saxony’s main export products—passenger cars and motorhomes—the hardest, with a drop of 1.3 billion euros to 15.9 billion euros. The primary factors behind this were a nearly 50% drop in shipments to China to 1 billion euros and a decline of nearly 14% to the U.S. to 2.5 billion euros. For the first time, the United Kingdom was the most important export destination in this sector, with 2.9 billion euros (-2 percent). In contrast, Saxon automakers were able to increase their exports to France by 20 percent to 1.4 billion euros.
In 2025, the United States was the most important destination for Saxon exports, closely followed by China (which ranked first the previous year) and the United Kingdom. Overall, Europe remained the most important market for Saxon goods, accounting for 63 percent of exports.