In the first five months, Germany imported around 25.75 million flat pallets, i.e. 19% or 4.1 million pieces more than in the same period last year, as figures published by Destatis show. Poland remained the most important supplying country with an 18% increase and a quantity of 11.23 million pallets delivered to Germany. Poland once again exceeded the 10-million-pallet-mark. The last time before 2024 that imports fell below that mark was in the pandemic year 2020.
Marked increases were recorded in pallet imports from the Czech Republic (+23% to 4.1 million pieces) and the Baltic States. Latvia sold 2.08 million pallets (+38%) to Germany, and Lithuania delivered 1.37 million pallets (+39%) there. Austria managed to slightly increase its trade with Germany (+8% to 820,000 pieces).
Among the few relevant trading partners with a decrease is Denmark, from where 460,000 pallets (-18%) were imported.
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In exports, too, Germany recorded an increase in the first five months, albeit a smaller one than in imports. According to Destatis, exports of flat pallets increased by 6% year on year to 13.17 million pieces.
The Netherlands remained the number one buyer of German pallets with 2.65 million pieces (+2%). German producers achieved substantial increases, among others, in sales in Belgium (+24% to 1.75 million pallets) and Poland (+21% to 720,000 pieces). As in imports, there was a further decrease in exports to Denmark (-10% to 365,000 pallets).
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