Foreign trade and payments

Reporting forms Z5, Z5a

Please find below the forms for the stock reports Annex Z5 and Z5a to the Foreign Trade and Payment Regulation which are available as Excel files.

Annex Z5 (Excel-Format Version 7.0)

•  Annex Z5 to the Foreign Trade and Payments Regulation - Claims and liabilities arising from financial operations with non-resident banks

Annex Z5 a (Excel-Format Version 7.0)

• Annex Z5a sheet 1 to the Foreign Trade and Payments Regulation - Claims and liabilities arising from financial operations with non-resident affiliated enterprises
• Annex Z5a sheet 1 to the Foreign Trade and Payments Regulation -Claims and liabilities arising from financial operations with other non-resident non-banks
• Annex Z5a sheet 2 to the Foreign Trade and Payments Regulation - Claims and liabilities to non-residents affiliated enterprises arising from transactions in goods and services
• Annex Z5a sheet 2 to the Foreign Trade and Payments Regulation - Claims and liabilities to other non-residents non-banks arising from transactions in goods and services

Notes on how to complete the forms are given under "Code Lists" and "Notices".

Procedure

Parties required to report

• Enterprises, households and general government, if their external assets or liabilities exceed €5 million on the reporting day (end of month).

Methods of submitting reports

• On paper
• via ExtraNet (electronic reporting)

Reporting deadline

• Z5 forms are to be submitted by the tenth calendar day and Z5a sheet 1 and Z5a sheet 2 reports as well as nil reports for all types of reports are to be submitted by the twentieth calendar day following the end of the reporting month.

Where to submit reports

Reports on paper are to be sent to

• Deutsche Bundesbank
• Servicezentrum Außenwirtschaftsstatistik
• 55148 Mainz , Germany