Deutsche Bundesbank — German external trade (BBDA1)

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Official time series data on German external trade, published by the Deutsche Bundesbank as the BBDA1 dataflow through its SDMX 2.1 REST API. A single endpoint delivers data in XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, or JSON formats, selectable via a format parameter. Users can extract specific series using a key path together with startPeriod, endPeriod, and lastNObservations filters, allowing targeted retrieval of trade statistics for national economic analysis, research, and monitoring of Germany's foreign trade performance over time.German external trade (BBDA1) — official time series from the Deutsche Bundesbank, published as the BBDA1 dataflow over SDMX 2.1 REST. One endpoint serves XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csv) and JSON (?format=json); extract exactly the series you need with a key path and startPeriod / endPeriod / lastNObservations filters.

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Data schema (29 fields)

Filterable via the API (12)

BBK_STD_FREQBBK_STD_AREA_WORLDBBK_STD_ADJUSTMENTBBK_DOET_DIRECTIONBBK_DOET_CONCEPTBBK_DOET_CLASSIFICATIONBBK_DOET_DESTINATIONBBK_DOET_INCOBBK_PRICEUNITBBK_DO_BASISBBK_DO_SUFFIXTIME_PERIOD

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Field	Type	Description
BBK_STD_FREQ	dimension	1 codes (e.g. M)
BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD	dimension	1 codes (e.g. DE)
BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT	dimension	2 codes (e.g. N, Y)
BBK_DOET_DIRECTION	dimension	3 codes (e.g. EX, IM, SD)
BBK_DOET_CONCEPT	dimension	1 codes (e.g. S)
BBK_DOET_CLASSIFICATION	dimension	11 codes (e.g. A, GP09I028, GP09I029)
BBK_DOET_DESTINATION	dimension	42 codes (e.g. A1, AT, AU)
BBK_DOET_INCO	dimension	1 codes (e.g. A)
BBK_PRICEUNIT	dimension	2 codes (e.g. V, C)
BBK_DO_BASIS	dimension	2 codes (e.g. ABA, A21)
BBK_DO_SUFFIX	dimension	2 codes (e.g. A, L)
TIME_PERIOD	time	Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params.
OBS_VALUEObservation value	number	The observed numeric value for each cell.
TIME_FORMAT	attribute	—
BBK_DECIMALS	attribute	—
BBK_ID	attribute	—
BBK_UNIT_ENG	attribute	—
BBK_UNIT_MULT	attribute	—
BBK_TITLE_ENG	attribute	—
BBK_COMM_SRC_ENG	attribute	—
WEB_CATEGORY	attribute	—
BBK_COMM_METH_ENG	attribute	—
BBK_COMM_GEN_ENG	attribute	—
BBK_UMR_ENG	attribute	—
BBK_DIFF	attribute	—
BBK_DIFF_Y	attribute	—
OBS_STATUS	attribute	—
BBK_DIFF_A	attribute	—
BBK_DIFF_Y_A	attribute	—

Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1OBS_VALUE: 4278238 · TIME_PERIOD: 1993-01

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "4278238",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1993-01",
  "BBK_DO_BASIS": "ABA",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_DOET_INCO": "A",
  "BBK_DO_SUFFIX": "A",
  "BBK_PRICEUNIT": "V",
  "BBK_DOET_CONCEPT": "S",
  "BBK_DOET_DIRECTION": "EX",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "DE",
  "BBK_DOET_DESTINATION": "A1",
  "BBK_DOET_CLASSIFICATION": "A"
}

Record 2OBS_VALUE: 5349564 · TIME_PERIOD: 1993-02

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "5349564",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1993-02",
  "BBK_DO_BASIS": "ABA",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_DOET_INCO": "A",
  "BBK_DO_SUFFIX": "A",
  "BBK_PRICEUNIT": "V",
  "BBK_DOET_CONCEPT": "S",
  "BBK_DOET_DIRECTION": "EX",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "DE",
  "BBK_DOET_DESTINATION": "A1",
  "BBK_DOET_CLASSIFICATION": "A"
}

Record 3OBS_VALUE: 5729405 · TIME_PERIOD: 1993-03

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "5729405",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1993-03",
  "BBK_DO_BASIS": "ABA",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_DOET_INCO": "A",
  "BBK_DO_SUFFIX": "A",
  "BBK_PRICEUNIT": "V",
  "BBK_DOET_CONCEPT": "S",
  "BBK_DOET_DIRECTION": "EX",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "DE",
  "BBK_DOET_DESTINATION": "A1",
  "BBK_DOET_CLASSIFICATION": "A"
}

Record 4OBS_VALUE: 4995931 · TIME_PERIOD: 1993-04

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "4995931",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1993-04",
  "BBK_DO_BASIS": "ABA",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_DOET_INCO": "A",
  "BBK_DO_SUFFIX": "A",
  "BBK_PRICEUNIT": "V",
  "BBK_DOET_CONCEPT": "S",
  "BBK_DOET_DIRECTION": "EX",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "DE",
  "BBK_DOET_DESTINATION": "A1",
  "BBK_DOET_CLASSIFICATION": "A"
}

Record 5OBS_VALUE: 5024839 · TIME_PERIOD: 1993-05

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "5024839",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1993-05",
  "BBK_DO_BASIS": "ABA",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_DOET_INCO": "A",
  "BBK_DO_SUFFIX": "A",
  "BBK_PRICEUNIT": "V",
  "BBK_DOET_CONCEPT": "S",
  "BBK_DOET_DIRECTION": "EX",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "DE",
  "BBK_DOET_DESTINATION": "A1",
  "BBK_DOET_CLASSIFICATION": "A"
}

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curl -s 'https://api.statistiken.bundesbank.de/rest/metadata/dataflow/BBK' -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1'

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