Editing Economy of Germany (section)

===Industry===
{{See also|Mittelstand|Automotive industry in Germany}}
[[File:BASF1.jpg|thumb|The world's largest coherent chemistry plant [[BASF]] in [[Ludwigshafen]]]]
Industry and construction accounted for 30.7% of the gross domestic product in 2017 and employed 24.2% of the workforce.<ref name="CIAWFGM"/> Germany excels in the production of [[Car|automobiles]], [[machine]]ry, electrical equipment, and chemicals. With the manufacture of 5.2 million vehicles in 2009, Germany was the world's fourth-largest producer and largest exporter of automobiles. [[List of automobile manufacturers of Germany|German automotive companies]] enjoy an extremely strong position in the so-called premium segment, with a combined world market share of about 90%. All new automobiles sold in Germany must be [[Zero-emissions vehicle|zero-emission vehicles]] from 2035.<ref>{{cite news |title='We are a car country': German conservatives commit to reverse combustion engine ban |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/we-are-a-car-country-german-conservatives-commit-to-reverse-combustion-engine-ban/ |work=Euractiv |date=11 March 2024}}</ref>

Small- to medium-sized manufacturing firms (''[[Mittelstand]]'' companies) which specialise in technologically advanced niche products and are often family-owned form a major part of the German economy.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Venohr, Bernd |author2=Meyer, Klaus E. |title=The German Miracle Keeps Running: How Germany's Hidden Champions Stay Ahead in the Global Economy |url=http://www.berndvenohr.de/download/veroeffentlichungen/forschung/The_German_Miracle_Keeps_Running.pdf |work=Working Paper 30 |publisher=FHW Berlin |year=2007 |access-date=9 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326211823/http://www.berndvenohr.de/download/veroeffentlichungen/forschung/The_German_Miracle_Keeps_Running.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2009}}</ref> It is estimated that about 1,500 German companies occupy a top three position in their respective market segment worldwide. In about two thirds of all industry sectors German companies belong to the top three competitors.<ref>{{cite web |author=Venohr, Bernd |title=The power of uncommon common sense management principles - The secret recipe of German Mittelstand companies - Lessons for large and small companies |url=http://www.druckersociety.at/repository/2010/day01/15'30-17'00/Venohr_101118_PPT_Beamerversion.pdf |year=2010 |access-date=8 December 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017010124/http://www.druckersociety.at/repository/2010/day01/15%2730-17%2700/Venohr_101118_PPT_Beamerversion.pdf |archive-date=17 October 2011}}</ref>

Germany is the only country among the top five arms exporters that is not a permanent member of the [[United Nations Security Council]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Wall |first=Robert |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-17/china-replaces-u-k-in-top-five-arms-exporters-headed-by-u-s-.html |title=China Replaces U.K. in Top-Five Arms Exporters Headed by U.S. |publisher=Bloomberg.com |date=2013-03-17 |access-date=2014-08-13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813213550/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-17/china-replaces-u-k-in-top-five-arms-exporters-headed-by-u-s-.html |archive-date=13 August 2014}}</ref>