The Ministry of Economic Affairs announced on Thursday that the federal government secured €14.5 billion worth of export deals and overseas investments for German firms in 2025, using export‑credit and investment guarantees.
These guarantees protect the German economy from payment defaults caused by political and economic disruptions, and are said to give an “important contribution to protecting employment in SMEs and large enterprises”.
The largest coverage was directed at Turkey, Poland, and Brazil, while three‑quarters of the guarantees applied to transactions in developing and emerging markets. For instance, the government provided export‑credit guarantees for building two wind farms in Poland, an electric steel plant in Brazil, and for delivering five substations to supply basic electricity to the population in northern Iraq.
Overall covered volume fell by about 5 %, reaching €79.1 billion compared with the previous year. The ministry noted that the situation for German foreign trade and overseas investors had worsened further in 2025, with geopolitical crises, trade‑policy conflicts, declining investment activity and strong international competition posing significant challenges for German exporters and investors.
