With an annual export volume of 1300 bn Euros in 2011, Germany is one of the world`s biggest exporting nations. Goods of German origin are in great demand worldwide. Many of the manufacturers are not directly represented on overseas markets. So they use the services of German export trading companies for selling their products abroad. German export trading companies are acting as intermediaries between manufacturers and potential customers worldwide; offering information on German high-quality goods, the ways open to purchases and explaining the modern skills of foreign trade business.

The German export trade maintains a large system of branches, agencies and representatives all over the world to be as near as possible to the clients. Even some of the majors of the German industry are following the tradition of having German export trading companies represent their interests in overseas markets. Many export trading companies are also acting as import traders and are thus capable of facilitating the Import to Germany of indigenous products of the country where they are represented. To interested parties in overseas countries, the German export trade offers product lines adjusted to local demand, marketing Services in the widest possible meaning, financing facilities and after-sales service.
Today, German export trading companies handle between 25 and 30 percent of all German exports, the share even exceeding 50 percent in overseas business. In overseas markets that cannot be entered easily, the branch or agency of German export trading companies frequently is the most and sometimes only important partner to contact for -Made in Germany- products.

Export traders offer the following services to customers abroad