Die Finanzsanktionen gegenüber dem Iran dienen der Durchführung von Maßnahmen des Sicherheitsrats der Vereinten Nationen und der Europäischen Union.

XML format can be used to submit payment reports pursuant to Annexes Z 4, Z 8 and Z 10 to Z 15 to the Foreign Trade and Payments Regulation. Files can be transmitted using an internet browser or, for larger volumes of data, using an automatic procedure.

International trade in services refers to the exchange of intangible services such as financial services, tourism or IT between countries. Unlike in goods trade, no physical goods are exchanged. Globalisation, technological developments and the opening-up of markets have greatly increased its importance.

German enterprises constitute net debtors vis-à-vis non-residents: Standing at €1831 billion at the end of May 2026, their liabilities arising from financial operations and trade credits, exceeded their corresponding assets of €1539 billion by €292 billion. Compared with the previous month, this is a change of €27 billion.

Financial operations with foreign non-banks are of particular importance here, while those with foreign banks play a secondary role. The first group accounts for 71 % of claims and 82 % of liabilities. At 20 % and 16 % respectively, the share of trade credits in these total figures remains comparatively small.