Procurement volume

The procurement volume corresponds to the contractual obligations that DB Group has entered into with suppliers. On subsequent realization, these become capital expenditures or expenses (mainly cost of materials and other operational expenses). Total procurement volume in the first half of 2024 amounted to € 21.6 billion (in the first half of 2023: € 20.9 billion):

• Freight and freight-forwarding services decreased slightly to € 5.5 billion (in the first half of 2023: € 6.0 billion), mainly as a result of the further normalization of freight rates. Slightly increased transport volume had a partly compensating effect.
• Industrial products fell to € 3.7 billion (in the first half of 2023: € 4.1 billion) as a result of reduced vehicle purchases.
• In construction and engineering services, the purchasing volume increased to € 5.6 billion (in the first half of 2023: € 4.6 billion) due to increasing capital expenditures in infrastructure, among others the expansion line Hanau —Gelnhausen.
• Third-party services rose to € 5.1 billion (in the first half of 2023: € 4.4 billion). This resulted, among other things, from the higher volume of vehicle conversions and construction supervision and security services in connection with the increased capital expenditures in infrastructure.
• Cable- and pipe-bound power and fuel decreased to € 1.7 billion (in the first half of 2023: € 1.8 billion).