Your company is already operating in Germany and you would now like to export worldwide?
Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) is the economic development agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. With two locations in Germany, 60 offices abroad and its network of partners throughout the world, GTAI supports German companies setting up in foreign markets, promotes Germany as a business location and assists foreign companies setting up in Germany.
As well as supporting export promotion, we also recruit and advise foreign investors. We also strengthen the image of Germany as a business location and promote the new federal states.
GTAI is the first point of contact for Germany’s export-oriented small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector. Our business analysts regularly report on 150 countries and provide the knowledge base for planning and conducting foreign business activities.
GTAI is the first port of call at the federal level for foreign businesses that would like to learn about investment possibilities in Germany. To make investing in Germany as easy as possible, GTAI advises and supports foreign investors from market entry to locating in Germany.
GTAI promotes Germany's advantages as a business location internationally. This benefits not only Germany as a business location benefits, but also the image of German companies as reliable partners, suppliers and service providers worldwide.
Find out about opportunities in those regions in Germany undergoing structural change including those areas affected by the German coal phase-out. Discover your future business potentials.
GTAI has 412 employees, of which 325 are located in Germany and 87 abroad. The workforce includes limited company employees, assigned officials and salaried staff of the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA), as well as foreign workers employed through the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce Abroad.
In addition to the headquarters in Berlin and the location in Bonn, Germany Trade & Invest is represented on all continents of the world:
GTAI provides direct access to all of the relevant actors in the German economy. As the center of a broad network at home and abroad, GTAI maintains close relationships with a number of partners:
