china now officially first exporter in the world. germany falls behind and ranks second.

[demoleft]

in the first 11 months of 2009, exported commodities from china reached a value of 1070 billion dollars, while germany reached a peak of 1050 billion dollars.

German exports in November 2009: –3.1% on November 2008

WIESBADEN – According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Germany exported commodities to the value of Euro 73.7 billion and imported commodities to the value of Euro 56.3 billion in November 2009. Hence, German exports decreased by 3.1% and imports by 14.8% in November 2009 against November 2008. Compared to the previous month, the calendar and seasonally adjusted development of exports and imports showed different trends. While exports rose 1.6% on October 2009, imports fell by 5.9%.

source: destatis.de
http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/EN/press/pr/2010/01/PE10__006__51,templateId=renderPrint.psml

[thunder rising]

1. I guess the export statistic doesn't include debt...go figure.

[Mari333]

2. US companies have been using the slave labour there for decades

and we keep letting them move our jobs over there.
and sending back poison products.

[dmallind]

3. And number 3 is.............NT