Increases in pallet imports and exports

Article by Martina Nöstler (translated by Eva Guzely) | 24.03.2025 - 10:18

In January, year-on-year increases were recorded in both imports and exports of wooden pallets. Poland was able to further strengthen its position as Germany’s number one supplier, while the Netherlands were the most important foreign market for German flat pallets in January.

In January, Germany imported a total of 4.7 million flat pallets. According to Destatis, this corresponds to a year-on-year increase of 15%. An upward trend can be observed in deliveries from all main supplying countries, with the exception of three. Imports from Denmark decreased by 49% to around 72,000 pieces, while those from Belgium were down by 21% and amounted to only 67,000 pieces. Pallet imports from Austria fell slightly by 1% to 153,000 pieces.

Meanwhile, purchases of flat pallets from Poland grew by 23% to over 2 million pieces. Marked increases were also recorded in imports from the Czech Republic (+21% to 812,000 pieces), Latvia (+28% to 419,000 pallets) and Ukraine (+17% to 164,000 pieces).

Scroll down to read about Germany’s exports of flat pallets.

At the beginning of this year, Germany’s exports of flat pallets grew by 6% to 2.5 million pieces. The Netherlands remain the most important market (+8% to 519,000 pieces). Deliveries to Switzerland (+15% to 389,000 pieces), Belgium (+30% to 353,000 pallets) and Poland (+20% to 141,000 pieces) also increased substantially compared to January 2024.

A negative trend can be observed in exports of flat pallets to Italy (-4% to 97,000 pieces), Denmark (-18% to 64,000 pallets) and Sweden (-20% to 40,000 pieces).