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All information and data provided is based on the  6th D-EITI Report. The reporting period is the year 2021. In addition to the data of the reporting year, data of past years as well as data of more recent years are provided in the download section. The individual datasets are grouped thematically below. A compilation of D-EITI data can be found here.

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The figures on hard coal and lignite are based on statistics of the coal industry. The figures for crude oil and natural gas are taken from the report “Crude oil and natural gas in the Federal Republic of Germany” (Erdöl und Erdgas in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) by the State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology, Hanover (LBEG). The figures for potash and potash salt products, special clay, rock salt, boiled salt, industrial brine, kaolin, quartz gravel and sand, gravel and sand, crushed natural stone, artificial stone and lime, marl & dolomite stone are based on the report  “Germany – Raw Materials Situation” by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) This is an annual publication, which also includes information about the extraction of natural resources in Germany. Furthermore, the data on the value of the associated production volumes is not included in the official statistics. Data is therefore taken from other publications, such as the annual reports of the associations (with regard to aggregates, especially from the annual reports of MIRO) or various publications of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In detail, the production values of hard coal, lignite, crude oil and natural gas are based on estimates from the average cross-border prices of the BGR report Germany – Raw Materials Situation. The values for potash and potash salt products, special clays (values according to Destatis), rock salt and industrial brine (values according to Destatis) and kaolin (values according to Industrial Materials Price Database) are also taken from the same publication. The values for the production of quartz sand and gravel, gravel and sand and broken natural stone are taken from the annual report “Germany -Raw Materials Situation” as well. The values for the production of natural stone, limestone, marl and dolomite stone are taken from the data provided by the Federal Statistical Office. The data was not subjected to any specific verification procedure.
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The figures on hard coal and lignite are based on statistics of the coal industry. The figures for crude oil and natural gas are taken from the report “Crude oil and natural gas in the Federal Republic of Germany” (Erdöl und Erdgas in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) by the State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology, Hanover (LBEG). The figures for potash and potash salt products, special clay, rock salt, boiled salt, industrial brine, kaolin, quartz gravel and sand, gravel and sand, crushed natural stone, artificial stone and lime, marl & dolomite stone are based on the report  “Germany – Raw Materials Situation” by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) This is an annual publication, which also includes information about the extraction of natural resources in Germany. Furthermore, the data on the value of the associated production volumes is not included in the official statistics. Data is therefore taken from other publications, such as the annual reports of the associations (with regard to aggregates, especially from the annual reports of MIRO) or various publications of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In detail, the production values of hard coal, lignite, crude oil and natural gas are based on estimates from the average cross-border prices of the BGR report Germany – Raw Materials Situation. The values for potash and potash salt products, special clays (values according to Destatis), rock salt and industrial brine (values according to Destatis) and kaolin (values according to Industrial Materials Price Database) are also taken from the same publication. The values for the production of quartz sand and gravel, gravel and sand and broken natural stone are taken from the annual report “Germany -Raw Materials Situation” as well. The values for the production of natural stone, limestone, marl and dolomite stone are taken from the data provided by the Federal Statistical Office. The data was not subjected to any specific verification procedure.
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The data was taken from the current national accounts of the Federal Statistical Office (as of October 2023). The “Mining and Quarrying” economic sector includes the extraction of naturally- occurring solid mineral resources (coal, salt, ores, quarried natural resources), liquid mineral resources (crude oil) and gaseous mineral resources (natural gas). In the statistical classification of economic activities (WZ 2008), the “Mining and quarrying” sector covers the whole of section B with the following sub-sectors: Coal mining (WZ08-05); crude oil and natural gas ex- traction (WZ08-06); ore mining (WZ08-07); Quarried natural resources, other mining products (WZ08-08) and the performance of services for mining and for quarrying (WZ08-09). A detailed list of these sub-sectors can be found in the publication “Classification of Economic Activities” (Klassifikation der Wirtschafts- zweige) of the Federal Statistical Office, pages 175 to 185. It should be noted that section B (“Mining and Quarrying”) includes the sub-sector “Provision of Services for Mining and Quarrying” (WZ08-09). This, however, does not include classical extraction activities. The official statistics on gross value added in section B do not contain a separate breakdown by sub-sector (see FN XX). Therefore, this figure also includes the gross value added from the sub-sectors WZ08-09 and WZ08-07, unlike in the previous D-EITI reports. In addition, there are other companies which extract natural resources; however, these are allocated to a different economic sector due to their main activities and are therefore not included in the following. The data disaagregated by Federal Stateis provided by the  Statistical Office of Baden-Wurttemberg on behalf of the Working Group “National Accounts of the Federal States” (AK VGRdL).

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Data on the employees was taken from the database of the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit).

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The German natural resources export data is based on information on the goods divisions of the goods catalogue from the production statistics of the Federal Statistical Office. These calculations include “coal” (GP09-05), “crude oil and natural gas” (GP09-06), “ores” (GP09-07) and “quarried natural resources, other mining products” (GP09-08). The German natural resource export data at the Federal State level is based on information on the goods divisions of the goods catalogue from the production statistics of the Federal Statistical Office. These calculations include the areas “coal” (GP19-05), “crude oil and natural gas” (GP19-06), “ores” (GP19-07) and “quarried natural resources other mining products” (GP19-08). The data on the exports  was taken from the Genesis Online Database by Destatis.

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The data on mining authorizations were provided by the mining authorities of the federal states on the basis of the official registers as of 31.12.2022.

Since 21 July 2017 and pursuant to § 76 (3) of the BBergG, the following information on granted and maintained mining rights can be viewed upon application to the mining authorities (without evidence of a legitimate
interest):

  • Owner
  • Extraction sites to which the mining right refers
  • Date of the application and granting of the right
  • Term
  • Natural resource(s) to which the mining right refers

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The tax amounts shown in the table are based on special evaluations of the corporation tax statistics from 2010 – 2018, the trade tax statistics of 2010 and 2018 and the statistics on the partnerships and communities from 2010 – 2012 and 2014 – 2018 as well as estimates and updates of the Federal Ministry of Finance.

Only the “Mining and Quarrying” sector was analysed. The “Mining and Quarrying” sector includes the extraction of the following naturally-occurring mineral resources: solids (such as coal, salt and ores), liquids (crude oil) and gaseous resources (natural gas). A detailed list of these sub-sectors can be found in the publication “Classification of Economic Activities” (Klassifikation der Wirtschaftszweige) of the Federal Statistical Office, pages 175 to 185.

Since the most recent statistical data relate to 2018, the following years were extrapolated to 2021. The rate of change in gross value added by the economic sector B, “Mining and Quarrying” as stated in the national accounts was used for the purpose of the update (source: “National Accounts – An Overview of Key Facts” [VGR – Wichtige Zusammenhänge im Überblick], page 20 et seq.)

The tax amounts reported for the extractive sector are amounts that had to be paid by the companies for the respective year (so-called assessment year). The statistical time frame is therefore different from that of the total income of the state which is recorded in the year of the inflow (cash year).

The data was taken from the current national accounts of the Federal Statistical Office. The state’s total income includes not only income from taxes, but social security contributions, proceeds from the disposal of assets or investments (government bonds) as well as fees, administrative income and profits from state enterprises. Detailed explanations and definitions of the total public budget can be found on the website of the Federal Statistical Office:

https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Staat/Oeffentliche-Finanzen/fachbegriffe-finanz-personalstatistiken-pdf.pdf?__blob=publicationFile (accessed September 11, 2023).

Corporation tax​

Statistical data from the years 2010 to 2018 was assessed. For the purposes of the assessment, the corporation tax amounts imposed on unlimited and limited corporation taxpayers before the deduction of capital gains tax or the like were taken into account. The update for the years to 2021 was made on the basis of the development of the gross value added of the economic sector B, “Mining and Quarrying.”

Trade tax​

Trade tax in Germany is collected by around 11,000 municipalities according to individually-determined and thus differing rates. The basis for the calculation of the trade tax is trade income. This is the profit determined pursuant to the income tax law or the corporation tax law. The amount of trade tax may be increased or reduced by additions and reductions as per the German Trade Tax Act. The trade income is the basis to determine a tax assessment amount in a nationwide uniform procedure. If the commercial enterprise has permanent establishments in several municipalities, the taxable amount is apportioned to the individual permanent establishment municipalities. The trade tax to be paid by the commercial enterprise is determined by applying the respective assessment rate of the municipality to the tax assessment amount or apportionment share. Trade tax is levied on corporations, partnerships and natural persons with their commercial income.

Only the taxable amounts determined during the assessment procedure are included in the trade tax statistics. The Federal Statistical Office used the results of a special evaluation of statistics for the years 2010 and 2018 to assign the positive taxable amounts of the companies in question to the relevant tax rates charged by the respective municipalities. This enabled the trade tax to be determined in an approximate manner.

Income tax​

Natural persons, as individual entrepreneurs or members of a partnership, can also make profits in the extractive sector – and are therefore subject to trade and income tax. However, income tax statistics do not include breakdowns by economic activity. This effectively means that these statistics will not be used for this study. The statistics on partnerships, however, are broken down into economic sectors, but they are only used to determine the earned income, which is subject either to corporation tax or income tax imposed on the parties involved (co-entrepreneurs).

Due to the above-mentioned problems, the income tax attributable to the extractive sector was estimated by means of the following procedures, using the trade tax statistics and the statistics on partnerships and communities:

An approximate profit was determined for the individual entrepreneurs, by means of retroactive calculation, using the positive taxable amounts assessed in the trade tax statistics for this group of persons. The sum of the income of partnerships, which, in the relevant industry, is attributable to natural persons as participants, was assessed from the statistics on part- nerships and communities.

An average tax rate of 28.6% was applied to this profit or to this sum of earnings. This average tax rate was calculated using a microsimulation model for persons with commercial incomes who pay income tax. With the trade tax offset against the income tax, the results in the table show the approximate income tax amounts.

Solidarity surcharge​

A solidarity surcharge is levied as a supplementary tax to income tax and corporation tax. It generally amounts to 5.5% of the established corporation tax and income tax (see previous explanations). Since 2021, no solidarity surcharge is levied on income tax if the tax does not exceed a certain limit.

Income tax and the solidarity surcharge are not included in the report for 2021. 

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“The Federal States” revenues from extraction royalties (Revenues) are made available to the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) by the Federal States for purposes related to the national financial equalisation mechanism as part of the monthly report on tax revenues. They are published in the settle- ments of the financial equalisation of the Federal States on the website of the BMF.

Only few Federal States publish their revenues from mine site royalties in their budgets. A summarised overview of the mine site royalties is not available. Most Federal States publish accumulated mine site and extraction revenues in their individual budgets.


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The data was taken from the “Annual Report for Business Operations” (Jahresbericht für Betriebe des verarbeitenden Gewerbes des Bergbaus und der Gewinnung von Steinen und Erden) issued by the Federal Statistical Office. This report refers to companies with at least 20 employees. As this statistical data is not the same as the statistical data on employees covered by the mandatory social security scheme, the data in the report does not cover all extractive business operations.

The data on the amounts of the subsidies was taken from the current subsidies report of the Federal Government. This report is published every two years (PDF).

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The data on concessions for electricity and energy taxes are based on the State Aid Transparency Public Search of the European Commission.

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The data on primary energy consumption was taken from the database of the Working Group on Energy Balances: https://ag-energiebilanzen.de/10-1-Evaluation-Tables-on-the-Energy-Balance.html

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Data on water withdrawal by federal state is based on information from the Federal Statistical Office.

Further data on water withdrawal can be found in the environmental economic accounts and in the statistics on non-public water supply and non-public wastewater disposal of the Federal Statistical Office.

 

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The figures on natural resources is provided by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR).

Quantity raw gas: Annual report -Crude oil and natural gas in the Federal Republic of Germany- by the State Office for Mining Energy and Geology, Lower Saxony https://www.lbeg.niedersachsen.de/erdoel-erdgas-jahresbericht/jahresbericht-erdoel-und-erdgas-in-der-bundesrepublik-deutschland-936.html

Furthermore, Bundesverband Erdgas, Erdöl und Geoenergie e.V. (BVEG) https://jahresbericht.bveg.de/erdgasfoerderung/

The figures on mine-site and extraction royalties is provided by the Federal Ministry of Finance.

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The previously performed payment reconciliations were replaced by an alternative quality assurance procedure for the first time on a pilot basis for the 2018 reporting period. Since then, the procedure has been continued and further developed. Explanations on the procedure as well as on the selection of sectors, companies and payment flows are presented in the D-EITI report (Chapter 10). The D-EITI report also contains recommendations by the Independent Administrator for future reporting under D-EITI (Chapter 11). The alternative quality assurance procedure is carried out by an Independent Administrator (Grant Thornton Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Düsseldorf).

 

The data collections of the 1st D-EITI Report – Report for 2016, the 2nd D-EITI Report – Report for 2017, the 3rd D-EITI Report – Report for 2018, the 4th D-EITI Report – Report for 2019 and the 5th D-EITI Report – Report for 2020 are available for download here.

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The multi-stakeholder group (MSG) of the German Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (D-EITI) has opted for the implementation of open data within D-EITI. The Open-Data-Concept is only applicable for data and information, which is public and/or allowed to be published by the MSG within the framework of the D-EITI, and only within the framework of the applicable legal bases. All data is freely available without restrictions according to the CC BY 4.0 license as well as the data license Germany version 2.0.

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In Federal States in which legislation does not include an excavation law and the State-level Nature Conservation Law does not apply to the extraction of non-energetic, ground-based natural resources in the context of dry excavations, this type of natural resource extraction falls within the scope of the relevant state building regulations.

Legal limitations also exist: State building regulations apply to the excavation of solid rock (limestone, basalt, etc.), for example, in quarries with an area of up to 10 hectares (ha) in which no blasting is carried out. In the event that this area is exceeded, or if water bodies are formed after completion of the extraction operations, the German Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG) and/or Water Resources Act (WHG) are applicable.
In Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia, the above-ground excavation of non-energetic, ground-based natural resources in the context of dry excavations is determined at state level by the existing excavation laws (AbgrG). For the excavation of solid rock (limestone, basalt, etc.) in quarries where blasting does not occur, the AbgrG applies to sites with an area of up to 10 ha. In the event that this area is exceeded, or if water bodies are formed after completion of the extraction operations, the German Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG) and/or Water Resources Act (WHG) are applicable. In the other Federal States, this type of natural resources extraction is regulated by the respective state building regulations or by the state-level nature conservation laws.

In general, the AbgrG applies to those raw materials the excavation of which is not directly subject to mining law or the mining authorities. These raw materials include (in particular) gravel, sand, clay, loam, limestone, dolomite and other rocks, bog mud and clays. However, the jurisdiction between AbgrG and mining law can vary from case to case in the case of certain raw materials, such as quartz gravels. The requested authority must always verify its own jurisdiction in each case. The AbgrG also encompasses surface area usage and the subsequent rehabilitation of the area.
The German Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG) is the most important and practice-relevant law in the field of environmental law. It constitutes the basis for the approval of industrial and commercial installations. In the natural resources extraction industry, quarrying companies must have approval to extract stones and earth. Every quarrying area of 10 hectares or more must undergo a full approval procedure, including public participation and UVP (environmental impact assessment). A more simplified approval procedure is used for quarrying areas of less than 10 hectares.

The sphere of responsibility for the legal immission control approval procedure is fully specified in the Immission Control Acts of the Federal States. The Federal States are tasked with the administrative enforcement of the approval procedure. Each individual state’s Environment Ministry – the highest local immission protection authority – usually bears the responsibility for this procedure. Subordinate authorities include regional councils, district authorities and lower-level administrative authorities. Administrative jurisdiction generally lies with the lower-level administrative authorities.
The GDP measures the value of goods and services produced domestically (creation of value) within a given period (quarter, year). The Federal Office of Statistics calculates the GDP as follows: production value minus intermediate consumption = the gross value added; plus taxes on products and minus subsidies = GDP
The gross value added is calculated by deducting intermediate consumption from the production values, so it only includes the value added created during the production process. The gross value added is valued at manufacturing prices, i.e. without the taxes due (product taxes), but including the product subsidies received.

During the transition from gross value added (at manufacturing prices) to GDP, the net taxes (product taxes less product subsidies) are added globally to arrive at an assessment of the GDP at market prices’. Source: Destatis
The planning approval procedure under mining law is used for the approval procedure of a general operating plan for projects which require an environmental impact assessment (§§ 52(2a), in conjunction with 57 a of the BBergG).
There are different definitions and methodological approaches at the international as well as at the national level as to what subsidies are and how they are calculated. According to the definition of the German government’s subsidy report, this report considers federal subsidies for private companies and economic sectors (ie grants as cash payments and tax breaks as special tax exemptions) which are relevant to the budget. Subsidies at the federal level can be viewed via the subsidy reports of the federal states (see Appendix 5 of the German government subsidy report).
In compliance with § 68(1), Water Resources Act (WHG), the excavation of landowners’ natural resources such as gravel, sand, marl, clay, loam, peat and stone in wet extraction operations requires a planning approval procedure. The reason for this is that groundwater is exposed in wet extraction, resulting in above-ground water. The planning approval procedure is implemented by lower-level water authorities.

The procedural steps of the planning approval procedure are governed by the general provisions of §§ 72 to 78 of the Administrative Procedures Act (VerwVfG). Within the meaning of § 68(3), nos. 1 and 2 of the WHG, the plan may only be established or approved if an impairment of the common good is not to be expected and other requirements of the WHG as well as other public-law provisions are fulfilled.