Selling into Germany
The highest audit threshold in Europe — and the longest relationships once you clear it.
How this market behaves
- Supplier qualification is document-driven and rule-bound
- Once approved, volumes are stable and payment discipline is high
- Mittelstand industrial buyers are structurally short of qualified capacity
What has to be in place
- CE marking and EU Declaration of Conformity where applicable
- RoHS and REACH declarations across the bill of materials
- Import duty confirmed in TARIC for your specific tariff line before any landed-cost quote
- IATF 16949 for automotive programmes — without it, automotive is effectively closed
Duty rates and regulatory requirements change. Every figure we give you is re-verified against the current tariff database before it goes into a binding quote — and where we cannot confirm something, the report says so instead of guessing.
Is there a route for your product here?
Tell us what you make. Within 24 hours we say whether Germany is worth pursuing for your category — and whether we have partner coverage there today.