AFP, Frankfurt :
Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, clocked up a record volume of exports and attained its largest ever trade surplus in 2014, data compiled by the federal statistics office Destatis showed Monday.
Germany exported a record 1.134 trillion euros ($1.28 trillion) worth of goods last year and imported goods worth 916.5 billion euros.
That pushed the trade surplus-the balance between imports and exports- to an annual total of 217 billion euros, Destatis calculated in a statement.
Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, clocked up a record volume of exports and attained its largest ever trade surplus in 2014, data compiled by the federal statistics office Destatis showed Monday.
Germany exported a record 1.134 trillion euros ($1.28 trillion) worth of goods last year and imported goods worth 916.5 billion euros.
That pushed the trade surplus-the balance between imports and exports- to an annual total of 217 billion euros, Destatis calculated in a statement.
