Official customs data
France foreign trade statistics
Last 12 published months: April 2023 – March 2024
Which countries supply France, where do its exports go and which goods matter most? This page uses the national foreign trade statistics published as open data by the French customs authority (DGDDI) and links each flow to the customs formalities it involves.
- Imports
- €699.2B
- 265,305,015 t
- Exports
- €583.2B
- 173,005,947 t
- Trade balance
- −€116B
Monthly trend
Imports· March 2024: -10.6% year on yearExports· March 2024: -5.9% year on year
Value
| Imports | Exports | |
|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | €65.9B | €54.7B |
| April 2023 | €58.1B | €45.9B |
| May 2023 | €61.4B | €50.4B |
| June 2023 | €64.2B | €54.7B |
| July 2023 | €58.2B | €48.2B |
| August 2023 | €52.5B | €41.2B |
| September 2023 | €58.5B | €47.5B |
| October 2023 | €61.8B | €51.2B |
| November 2023 | €60.2B | €51.2B |
| December 2023 | €53.4B | €46.4B |
| January 2024 | €55.6B | €45.8B |
| February 2024 | €56.3B | €49.4B |
| March 2024 | €58.9B | €51.4B |
Main partner countries
| # | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GermanyImports €88.8B · Exports €77.8B | €166.6B | 13% |
| 2 | BelgiumImports €54.9B · Exports €47B | €101.9B | 7.9% |
| 3 | ItalyImports €51.5B · Exports €50B | €101.6B | 7.9% |
| 4 | United StatesImports €51.4B · Exports €44.2B | €95.6B | 7.5% |
| 5 | ChinaImports €69.6B · Exports €25.2B | €94.8B | 7.4% |
| 6 | SpainImports €49.2B · Exports €43.8B | €93B | 7.3% |
| 7 | United KingdomImports €26B · Exports €35.7B | €61.7B | 4.8% |
| 8 | NetherlandsImports €30.3B · Exports €22.4B | €52.7B | 4.1% |
| 9 | SwitzerlandImports €17.1B · Exports €20.7B | €37.8B | 3% |
| 10 | PolandImports €16B · Exports €14.6B | €30.6B | 2.4% |
| 11 | TürkiyeImports €11.2B · Exports €12B | €23.2B | 1.8% |
| 12 | IrelandImports €10.1B · Exports €7.3B | €17.5B | 1.4% |
| 13 | JapanImports €9.5B · Exports €7.8B | €17.4B | 1.4% |
| 14 | IndiaImports €9.2B · Exports €8.1B | €17.3B | 1.3% |
| 15 | CzechiaImports €9.3B · Exports €6.3B | €15.6B | 1.2% |
| 16 | South KoreaImports €9.2B · Exports €6.1B | €15.4B | 1.2% |
| 17 | PortugalImports €7.8B · Exports €7B | €14.9B | 1.2% |
| 18 | SwedenImports €7.8B · Exports €6.2B | €14B | 1.1% |
| 19 | MoroccoImports €7.4B · Exports €6.5B | €13.9B | 1.1% |
| 20 | SingaporeImports €2.4B · Exports €9.3B | €11.7B | 0.9% |
| 21 | AustriaImports €6.4B · Exports €5.2B | €11.6B | 0.9% |
| 22 | AlgeriaImports €6.8B · Exports €4.7B | €11.5B | 0.9% |
| 23 | RomaniaImports €6.2B · Exports €5.2B | €11.4B | 0.9% |
| 24 | HungaryImports €6B · Exports €4.3B | €10.2B | 0.8% |
| 25 | Saudi ArabiaImports €5.3B · Exports €4.2B | €9.5B | 0.7% |
| 26 | TunisiaImports €5.1B · Exports €3.3B | €8.4B | 0.7% |
| 27 | SlovakiaImports €5.3B · Exports €3.1B | €8.3B | 0.6% |
| 28 | BrazilImports €3.9B · Exports €4.3B | €8.2B | 0.6% |
| 29 | CanadaImports €4.1B · Exports €4B | €8.1B | 0.6% |
| 30 | DenmarkImports €3.6B · Exports €4.2B | €7.8B | 0.6% |
All chapters
- 01Live animals€2.8B
- 02Meat and edible meat offal€10.5B
- 03Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates€7.1B
- 04Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin€13.6B
- 05Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified€730.7M
- 06Live trees and other plants; cut flowers and ornamental foliage€1.5B
- 07Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers€7.6B
- 08Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons€8B
- 09Coffee, tea, maté and spices€4.9B
- 10Cereals€8.9B
- 11Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten€2.3B
- 12Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder€4.6B
- 13Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts€1.2B
- 14Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified€68.3M
- 15Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils€5.5B
- 16Preparations of meat, fish, crustaceans or molluscs€4.2B
- 17Sugars and sugar confectionery€4.1B
- 18Cocoa and cocoa preparations€6.5B
- 19Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products€11.4B
- 20Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants€7.4B
- 21Miscellaneous edible preparations€7.5B
- 22Beverages, spirits and vinegar€26B
- 23Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder€8.1B
- 24Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes€1.9B
- 25Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement€2.7B
- 26Ores, slag and ash€2B
- 27Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation€115.5B
- 28Inorganic chemicals€10.4B
- 29Organic chemicals€27.4B
- 30Pharmaceutical products€68.6B
- 31Fertilisers€2.9B
- 32Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints and varnishes; inks€6.7B
- 33Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations€31.9B
- 34Soap, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, waxes, candles€7.1B
- 35Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes€3.5B
- 36Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches€558.2M
- 37Photographic or cinematographic goods€485.2M
- 38Miscellaneous chemical products€24.3B
- 39Plastics and articles thereof€45.6B
- 40Rubber and articles thereof€14B
- 41Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather€1.1B
- 42Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags€18.1B
- 43Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof€209.3M
- 44Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal€8B
- 45Cork and articles of cork€376.2M
- 46Manufactures of straw or other plaiting materials; basketware€181.3M
- 47Pulp of wood; recovered paper or paperboard€1.7B
- 48Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, paper or paperboard€14.9B
- 49Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other printed products€3.4B
- 50Silk€143.1M
- 51Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric€326.6M
- 52Cotton€686M
- 53Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn€1.2B
- 54Man-made filaments€1.1B
- 55Man-made staple fibres€959.2M
- 56Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage and ropes€1.7B
- 57Carpets and other textile floor coverings€754M
- 58Special woven fabrics; tufted fabrics; lace; tapestries; embroidery€551.9M
- 59Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics€1B
- 60Knitted or crocheted fabrics€552.5M
- 61Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted€17.5B
- 62Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted€19.7B
- 63Other made-up textile articles; worn clothing; rags€4.2B
- 64Footwear, gaiters and the like€14B
- 65Headgear and parts thereof€1.3B
- 66Umbrellas, walking sticks, whips€161M
- 67Prepared feathers and down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair€197.2M
- 68Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica€3.7B
- 69Ceramic products€3.1B
- 70Glass and glassware€7.6B
- 71Pearls, precious stones, precious metals; imitation jewellery; coin€21.9B
- 72Iron and steel€26.7B
- 73Articles of iron or steel€21B
- 74Copper and articles thereof€7.8B
- 75Nickel and articles thereof€2.7B
- 76Aluminium and articles thereof€13.6B
- 78Lead and articles thereof€373.3M
- 79Zinc and articles thereof€1.2B
- 80Tin and articles thereof€151.8M
- 81Other base metals; cermets€2.5B
- 82Tools, implements, cutlery of base metal€3.7B
- 83Miscellaneous articles of base metal€5.4B
- 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances€150.4B
- 85Electrical machinery and equipment; sound and television recorders and reproducers€108.1B
- 86Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and track fixtures€2B
- 87Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock€135.4B
- 88Aircraft, spacecraft and parts thereof€48.5B
- 89Ships, boats and floating structures€5.7B
- 90Optical, photographic, measuring, checking, medical or surgical instruments€38.3B
- 91Clocks and watches€6.1B
- 92Musical instruments€599.8M
- 93Arms and ammunition€324.3M
- 94Furniture; bedding; lamps and lighting; prefabricated buildings€15.6B
- 95Toys, games and sports requisites€8.1B
- 96Miscellaneous manufactured articles€4.3B
- 97Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques€3B
- 99Special Combined Nomenclature codes€579.8M
Where the figures come from
Trade with non-EU countries comes from customs declarations. Trade with other Member States comes from the monthly statistical survey on intra-EU trade in goods (EMEBI). The DGDDI publishes the data on data.gouv.fr under an open licence.
Amounts are declared values in euros, added up over the last 12 published months. Each record is one flow (import or export), one 8-digit Combined Nomenclature code (CN8) and one partner country.
Limits to keep in mind
- Totals may differ from the official headline figures (revised data, statistical confidentiality, military equipment).
- Some flows are declared under grouped or confidential codes: they count towards the totals but do not appear in country rankings.
- The country shown is the country of origin for non-EU imports, the country of consignment for intra-EU trade and the country of destination for exports.
Using these figures for your shipments
Chapter rankings show which tariff codes are actually used for a type of goods, a useful starting point to check your own classification. Country pages summarise the formalities for intra-EU trade or trade with non-EU countries.
Frequently asked questions
What is France's largest trading partner?
Germany has long been France's largest trading partner, imports and exports combined. The ranking over the last 12 published months is shown on this page, with a detailed page for each of the top 30 partners.
How often is the data updated?
The DGDDI publishes trade statistics every month. Customs Check regenerates these pages when the open dataset on data.gouv.fr is updated; each page states the period covered.
What does CN8 mean?
The Combined Nomenclature (CN) is the EU's tariff classification. Its 8-digit code refines the 6-digit international HS code; an import declaration adds two TARIC digits.
Can these statistics replace a customs declaration?
No. They are aggregated figures for analysis. Each shipment must be declared with its own code, value and origin; the Customs Check validator helps you review the file before submission.
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