German exports rose in May despite international trade conflicts, the Federal Statistics Office said on Monday.
Goods worth 113.9 billion euros (127.8 billion dollars) were exported during the month, the office said from its headquarters in the city of Wiesbaden.
The figure was 4.5 per cent higher than the same month a year earlier. Compared to the previous month, exports increased by 1.1 per cent.
Meanwhile, imports to Germany rose by 4.9 per cent year-on-year to 93.4 billion euros during May, down 0.5 per cent on the previous month.
From January to May, exports totalled 560.1 billion euros, 2.4 per cent more than in the same period of the previous year, the Wiesbaden office said.
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