Food and Beverage Industry
A Large Potential Market for Foreign Exporters
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Industry Overview
Germany's 82 million inhabitants make the food and beverage market the largest in Europe. The sector ranks fifth among the local industries and has a workforce of over 535,000 in the 5,800 predominantly small and medium sized enterprises.
Germany's main trading partners in the food and beverage industry are other EU countries followed by Russia, the United States and Switzerland. Even though part of the local demand is satisfied with domestically produced goods, the country is a net importer in major groups of food and drink products. In the past ten years, food imports have steadily increased, thus underlying the rising demand for foreign as well as exotic foods.
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