Just how strongly the recovering US market affects Germany as a production location is shown by the export figures. In the year 2010, German manufacturers increased exports of passenger cars produced in Germany to the US by 44 per cent to 516,000 units. Another 113,400 vehicles from other European assembly sites were likewise exported to the US.
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