The German automobile industry generated more than 400 billion euros worth of revenue in 2015. 35 percent of this revenue were generated domestically. The share of earnings achieved abroad hence amounted to roughly 65 percent. The number of passenger vehicles exported from Germany added up to almost 4.5 million in 2015. This was a much larger amount than in the previous year. The largest share of exports in 2015 made their way to Europe, but Asia and North/South America were also regular buyers of a large quantity of cars from Germany. The German automobile supply industry generated roughly 76 billion euros worth of revenue in 2015, according to the VDA (German Association of the Automotive Industry). In 2009, this industry branch generated significantly lower revenues with roughly 50 billion euros. The number of employees in the German automobile supply industry amounted to more than 300,000 in 2015.

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