German industry association raises 2023 export growth forecast to 2% – report

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germanys BDI industry association expects exports to grow by 2% in 2023, double its forecast in January, its president told the Rheinische Post newspaper in comments published on Saturday.

柏林（路透社）——德国 bdi 行业协会主席在周六发表的评论中对《莱茵邮报》表示，预计 2023 年出口将增长 2%，是 1 月份预测的两倍。

“Things are looking up, but only slowly – we must not be satisfied with that,” BDI President Siegfried Russwurm told the newspaper.

“情况正在好转，但只是缓慢——我们绝不能对此感到满意，”bdi 总裁齐格弗里德·拉斯沃姆 (siegfried russwurm) 告诉该报。

Even with the improved outlook, Germany still lags behind the forecast for global trade of 2.5% export growth, according to BDI figures cited in the report.

根据报告中引用的 bdi 数据，即使前景有所改善，德国仍落后于 2.5% 的全球贸易出口增长预测。

Export growth has slowed considerably since Germanys post-pandemic recovery. Exports grew by 2.9% in 2022 and 9.1% in 2021.

自德国大流行后复苏以来，出口增长已大幅放缓。 2022 年出口增长 2.9%，2021 年增长 9.1%。

The BDI president said Germany was falling behind other countries where energy prices are not as high.

bdi 主席表示，德国落后于其他能源价格不那么高的国家。

“The reality is that energy-intensive companies in particular are increasingly relocating parts of their production abroad,” Russwurm said.

russwurm 说：“现实情况是，尤其是能源密集型公司越来越多地将其部分生产转移到国外。”

(Writing by Friederike Heine, Editing by Rachel More)

（friederike heine 撰写，rachel more 编辑）