Germany, World Champion in the Export of Environmental Products
Environmental products ?made in Germany? have a good name all over the world. The latest figures from the year 2003 which are at hand right now prove: Germany exported 35 billion US Dollars worth of potential environmental protection products. For the first time after ten years, German enterprises are leading again with a share in world trade of nearly 19 per cent, followed by the USA and Japan. This is one of the results of a research project which the Lower Saxon Economic Institute for Reserach carried out on behalf of the Federal Environmental Agency.
The president of the Federal Environmental Agency, Prof. Dr. Andreas Troge, was glad of the results: ?For a highly developed country such as Germany it is important to profit from its advantages in competition - the development of state-of-the-art technologies. Since 2000, German enterprises could raise their share of potential environmental protection products in world trade continuously.?
Most of the inventions in the field of environmental technology come from Germany. 23 per cent of all the patents applied for at the European Patent Office every year are German patents. Germany outnumbers the USA (22 per cent) and Japan (19 per cent). Enterprises in the field of air and noise protection and recycling are particularly successful.
Since 2000, German enterprises could raise their share of potential environmental protection products in world trade continuously. No other country was so successful. While in Germany meanwhile five per cent of the export of the manufacturing industry are potential environmental protection products, the average of the other OECD countries is of the order of 3,8 per cent.
Prof. Troge: ?The figures of the project reveal: ambitious environmental politics ensure the added value in Germany for the long term. For example the early beginning of the protection of climate in Germany was profitable for the economy in the international competition. Successful environmental politics stimulate innovations and a lot of them can be transfered all over the world.?
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