It is a ripe, very competitive market. German companies can rank first in the world in key sectors.
The evolution of the various top ranking areas of activities and constant competition between industrial centres make up the strength of a decentralized economy.
Germany ranked first as the world’s first exporting country in 2004 again, thereby being ahead of the US. This performance is all the more remarkable that it occurred within an economic context marked by a strong Euro and high oil prices.
Franco –German trade has remained privileged. The geographical closeness, the economic synergies of both countries as well as a political willingness to get nearer each are the cause of these close commercial links.
Nevertheless we have observed that intercultural and language problems have remained a reality for first-time importers.
