date:Jun 07, 2013
According to the German Agriculture Ministry both tonage and average value rose for most product groups.
Exports to countries within the EU came to 11.7 billion, about three quarter of the total export amount.
Compared to the previous quarter this was a rise of nine per cent.
However the ministry said that the long term gains came with exports to third countries.
The growth rate in the third country exports was 5.3 per cent reaching 3.8 billion.
However, exports to two key countries outsie