EKG Report No. 363
Interim report Export Credit Guarantees 2025: Package of measures to strengthen the German export industry successfully placed on the market - cover volume stable
The package of measures to strengthen the German export industry is meeting with lively demand. In particular, the extended approach to checking the eligibility of export transactions (flex&cover) and the modified Shopping line cover have met with great approval.
Stable cover volume
The volume of cover in the first six months of the year was virtually unchanged compared to the same period last year. In the first half of 2025, the German government issued Export Credit Guarantees amounting to 7.4 billion euros (1st half of 2024: 7.9 billion euros). A good half of the new business covered was individual cover (EUR 4.2 billion). The individual cover business was largely characterized by covering large-volume transactions.
Poland in 1st place in the country ranking
In a country comparison, Poland, Türkiye and Brazil took the top three places in terms of new cover volume. Cover for two offshore wind farms gave Poland the top spot. Further information on the course of business can be found in the Export Credit Guarantees Interim Report 2025:
Financing expert Amol Mane: Strong domestic demand underpins sustainable growth in India - export potential for German companies
German companies have traditionally maintained good economic relations with India. The volume of trade between Germany and India has risen steadily in recent years. In 2024, German companies exported goods worth 18.3 billion US dollars to India - 2.6 percent more than in the previous year, which is a new record. Economic cooperation between Germany and India spans a wide range of sectors. At the forefront are the automotive, mechanical engineering, chemicals and pharmaceuticals and information technology sectors.
Solid growth strengthens German exporters
Amol Mane, financing expert in India and part of the regional expert network of Export Credit Guarantees that the German government maintains abroad, sees India's solid growth as a very good basis for German exporters to achieve sustainable success in India. As a financing expert, Mane informs Indian importers and local commercial banks about the advantages of federally backed financing. Mane's aim is to convince Indian companies to focus even more on Germany when it comes to procurement. The financing expert is optimistic that he will succeed. With its strong domestic demand, India offers significant opportunities for German companies.
Außenwirtschaftstag with Economics Minister Katherina Reiche
The Außenwirtschaftstag of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy will take place on October 28, 2025. The main topics will be trade policy and geostrategic developments, strategies for diversifying trade and supply relationships and the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in foreign trade.
Dialog with the export industry
The Außenwirtschaftstag is an excellent opportunity for the Ministry to enter into dialog with the German export industry and other foreign trade partners. The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Katherina Reiche, will open the Außenwirtschaftstag. This will be followed by various panels on different foreign trade topics.
The Außenwirtschaftstag will take place at the Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft in Berlin Mitte. Further information and the event program can be found under the following link:
Colombia: Cover for loans in local currency possible
With immediate effect, medium and long-term local currency loans in Colombian pesos can be secured with export credit guarantees from the federal government in suitable cases.
Both Colombian banks and importers as well as German exporters see this measure as an important step towards expanding trade relations between Germany and Colombia.
Colombian economy favors loans in local currency
When it comes to foreign trade financing, Colombian companies primarily rely on loans in local currency and less on foreign currency loans.
German exporters, on the other hand, see great potential for market development in the possibility of federally backed supplier loans in local currency.
Thanks to the possibility of local currency cover that has now been opened up, German exports can be financed more easily on the Colombian market. This strengthens the competitiveness of German exporters and underlines the relevance of export credit guarantees in this market.
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