Reporting parties can use XML files to submit external transaction and stock reports electronically and securely to the Bundesbank via NExt (until the beginning of 2026).

The current account balance, including its component balances, is available monthly by country. The euro area is Germany’s most important trading partner. However, among individual countries, the highest revenues are generated with the United States, and the highest expenditures with China.

On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the German balance of payments, an anniversary volume was published by Springer-Verlag, which can also be downloaded free of charge at the following link.