The current export statistics from the Bavarian State Office for Statistics show that the Main Franconia economic region recorded a 1.2 percentage point drop in its export quota for 2020 compared to the previous year. The IHK Würzburg-Schweinfurt announced that the rate has now fallen to 43.0 percent (2019: 44.2 percent).
“Against the background of the corona pandemic, the bottom line is that this is a very moderate slump. This means that the export quota is at the level of 2016/2017,” said Kurt Treumann, International Division Manager at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, analyzing the statistics. In 2017 the rate was 43.2 percent, in 2018 it was 44.7 percent.
Only the district of Schweinfurt has a plus
A look into the detail: The two independent cities Schweinfurt and Würzburg as well as all Main Franconian districts (except Schweinfurt) recorded a decline in the export quota for 2020. The districts of Würzburg and Kitzingen suffered the biggest slump with a minus of 2.4 percentage points each. This is followed by the district of Main-Spessart (minus 1.8 percentage points), the district of Haßberge (minus 1.5 percentage points), the district of Bad Kissingen (minus 1.3 percentage points), the city of Würzburg (minus 1.1 percentage points), the District of Rhön-Grabfeld (minus 0.7 percentage points) and the city of Schweinfurt (minus 0.4 percentage points). Only in the district of Schweinfurt did the export quota increase by 0.8 percentage points last year.
Risks continue to weigh on them
“For the export of Main Franconian goods and services, the continued positive course of the corona pandemic is of decisive importance,” explains Treumann. Because despite a cautious optimism, the fairway in which internationally active companies operate remains uneasy. In addition to markets such as the USA and China, the EU internal market for shipments of goods and services is of vital importance. When considering the export quota, it must also be taken into account that international business was continuously torpedoed by trade conflicts, new tariffs and trade barriers well before the Corona crisis, said Treumann. “The risks in international business will not decrease. We need open markets and business-friendly framework conditions. Overregulation is poison for the export-oriented economy.”
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