As well as being an exporting powerhouse, Germany is also a major buyer of goods and services from the rest of the eurozone.

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The Public Services Department has suggested increasing recycling to 70% of waste and investigate exporting the rest after a year of work.

BBC: Guernsey waste strategy 'far from ready'

The former director of Surrey-based Brooklands International Freight Services strongly denied the charges, saying he believed he was exporting batteries for the car industry in the Netherlands.

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