Miller Magazine Issue: 120 December 2019

GERMANY 89 MILLER / DECEMBER 2019 Germany: Europe’s second-largest agricultural producer Germany is the most populous and economi- cally powerful country in the European Union (EU). It is influential in agricultural policy, both within the EU and globally. Germany is the second-largest importer and third-largest exporter of consumer-oriented agricultur- al products worldwide and by far the most important European market for foreign pro- ducers. Germany is Europe’s second-largest agricultural producer behind France.