The initiative, part of Germany's Eur2 billion hydrogen abroad strategy, would secure long-term hydrogen supply contracts via annual auctions, with funding approved to 2030, it said.
First cargoes of hydrogen or derivatives such as ammonia were expected from 2024.
Energy minister Peter Altmaier named six potential exporters (Saudi Arabia, Canada, Australia, Russia, Ukraine and Chile) with whom he had had talks in recent months.
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