Geography Reference
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Table 19
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Trade in R&D-intensive goods, Germany, 2005
Export
Import
Trade
balance
Share
of total
exports
Share
of total
imports
Share
of trade
balance
in billion €
in %
R&D- intensive goods
428.3
264
164.3
59.9
55.6
68.4
High- tech
96.7
95.8
0.9
13.5
20.2
0.4
Aircraft and spacecraft
21.4
21.2
0.2
3
4.5
0.1
Telecommunications and
20
18.3
1.7
2.8
3.9
0.7
sound- apparatus and
equipment
Automatic data-processing
machines
19.8
26.9
−7.1
2.8
5.7
−2.9
Electronics
12.6
13.7
−1.1
1.8
2.9
−0.5
Optics, medical technology,
12.3
5.5
6.8
1.7
1.2
2.8
Medicinal and
pharmaceutical
products
7
7.7
−0.4
1
1.6
−0.3
Radioactive goods, nuclear
reactors
2.1
1.6
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
Pest control, pest
management,
crops science
1.5
0.8
0.7
0.2
0.2
0.3
Medium high-tech
328.6
161.4
161.4
46
35.2
67.1
Motor vehicles, parts and
accessories
147.1
85.2
85.2
20.6
13.1
35.4
Machinery
60.6
38.2
38.2
8.5
4.7
15.9
Chemical materials and
products
49.1
16.9
16.9
6.9
6.8
7
Oi ce machines and electrical
machinery
24
7.7
7.7
3.4
3.4
3.2
Medicinal
23.6
6.6
6.6
3.3
3.6
2.7
Medical technology,
instruments,
optical equipment
13.3
6.6
6.6
1.9
1.4
2.8
Rubber manufactures
5.4
0.6
0.6
0.8
1
0.3
Radio and television
technique
2.9
−2.3
−2.3
0.4
1.1
−0.9
Railway vehicles
2.7
1.8
1.8
0.4
0.2
0.8
Non- R&D- intensive goods
286.6
210.6
76
40.1
44.4
31.6
TOTAL manufacturing
715
474.6
240.4
100
100
100
Source:
BMBF (2007), p. 34, adapted.
