West Germany also pays for a wide variety of services, including a maintenance fee for the highway running through East German territory from the West to Berlin. It is estimated that East Germany earns about two billion marks a year through these various devices.
目前西德政府也固定付與西柏林、西德相接的東德高速公路維修費，加上探親客的「強迫中獎」及其他消費，估計東德每年有廿億馬克的收入。