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Studies and reports on the export of recycling and efficiency technologies

Germany’s often-quoted position as the “export world champion” is based not on hyperbole but on long-established and proven facts. Specifically, in terms of monetary goods exports, Germany topped the international league for the fifth time in succession in 2007. In 2007, three-quarters of Germany’s total exports went to European countries, two-thirds of them to European Union member states alone. Between 1995 and 2006, exports to Germany’s 25 most important partner countries increased by 135%.

The export potential arising from foreign demand specifically for waste disposal technologies (processing technologies, composting technology, mechanical-biological treatment and waste incineration) has been identified in various studies commissioned by the Federal Environment Ministry (BMU) and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). For example, an investment requirement amounting to € 43.8 billion for the period 2004-2020 has been identified for selected countries (including the EU, Russia, Turkey, ASEAN countries, China and India). It is assumed that a proportion of the plant technology will be manufactured in the destination countries themselves. Actual import demand is therefore estimated at around € 20 billion, with exports from Germany likely to account for around € 5.7 billion (at current prices).

The Environmental Technology Atlas estimates the current world market volume for waste disposal technologies at around € 30 billion; German companies hold a market share of about 25% in this sector.

Please find a selection publications on the export of waste management and recycling technologies below. Most of the publications are available in German only.

Date	Title
01.05.2009	Study by the Federal Ministry of Environment: "GreenTech made in Germany - Environmental Technology Altas for Germany"
01.11.2007	UBA-Broschüre: "Umweltpolitische Innovations- und Wachstumsmärkte aus Sicht der Unternehmen"
01.11.2007	UBA-Studie: "Potentialanalyse der deutschen Entsorgungswirtschaft"
01.06.2007	Vertiefende Analyse zu Umweltschutz und Innovation (BMU / UBA)
01.05.2007	"Konjunkturmotor Export" (Statistisches Bundesamt)
01.11.2006	BMBF-Studie: "Zur technologischen Leistungsfähigkeit der deutschen Umweltschutzwirtschaft im internationalen Vergleich"
01.05.2006	UBA-Studie: "Leistungsfähigkeit der deutschen Umwelt- und Klimaschutzwirtschaft im internationalen Vergleich"
01.04.2004	UBA-Hintergrundpapier: "Umweltschutz und Beschäftigung"

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