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The fact sheet provides an up-to-date overview of the most important economic and structural data on the German Electro and Digital Industry.

After their slight decline in August, exports of the German electro and digital industry managed to grow once again in September 2025. With €22.2bn, they strongly exceeded their pre-year value by…

The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is set to become a central pillar of the European circular economy. Its purpose is to create transparency across the entire product life cycle – from manufacturing…

At the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin, French and German electrical and digital industry associations issued a joint position paper calling for a clear strategy for Europe's…

Incoming orders for the German electro and digital industry were up 9.3% (year over year) in September 2025. Domestic bookings rose by one tenth (+10.3%), while foreign clients raised their orders…

The Chinese electro market is by far the largest in the world. From 2010 to 2024 its volume nearly trippled. However, in view of the structural challenges facing the Chinese economy (including trade…

This position focuses on non-grain-oriented and grain-oriented electrical steel (NGOES/GOES). The EU’s planned reset of steel safeguards – halving quota thresholds and applying a 50 percent…

The US electro market is the second largest in the world and its importance as a destination for German electro exports is only surpassed in by the Chinese market. Since the turn of the millennium,…

According to the latest calculations by the ZVEI, the global market for goods of the electro and digital industry reached a value of €5,765bn in 2024. For the current year, the global electro market…

Updated once a year, the international fact sheet presents the most important data and forecasts on the global Electro and Digital industry.