Nov 9 (Reuters) - German exports rose more than expected in September by 2% compared with the previous month, driven mainly by demand from European Union countries, data from the federal statistics office showed on Monday.
Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a 0.5% increase, following two consecutive drops in August and July.
Alexander Krueger, chief economist at Bethmann HAL Bank, said the figures bode well for Germany's economy overall, showing some resilience to competition from China.
"Foreign trade is likely to underpin economic growth for the time being, but not drive it," he said.
For the country's imports, a month-on-month gain of 4.2% surpassed expectations of 0.5%.
Reporting by Anastasiia Kozlova and Klaus Lauer Writing by Ludwig Burger, editing by Thomas Seythal and Friederike Heine
Source: Reuters