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Procurement volume
The procurement volume corresponds to the contractual obligations to suppliers that DB Group has entered into. On subsequent realization these become capital expenditures or expenses (mainly cost of materials and other operating expenses). The total procurement volume amounted to € 34.9 billion in the year under review (previous year: € 34.7 billion).
€ million | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
| Procurement volume 1) | 18,821 | 18,358 | 15,920 |
Share of local procurement volume (%) | 89 | 92 | 90 |
The procurement volume is the total of all the net order values — from individual orders and from framework contracts — that have been completed.
1) Not including DB Schenker, DB Arriva and foreign companies of DB Cargo
The share of local procurement volume in Germany was € 15.9 billion in the year under review.