German exports plunge 11.8% in March: official data

May 08, 2020: Exports from Germany plunged 11.8 percent in March, their worst month-on-month fall since the country's 1990 reunification, statistics authority Destatis said for the first month to feel the full impact of the coronavirus.

                  Some 108.9 billion euros ($118 billion) of German goods were sold abroad, while the country bought imports worth 91.6 billion euros -- down 5.1 percent month-on-month.

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