Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: France and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, France sold USD 737 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Japan and bought USD 4.18 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Japan sold USD 4.18 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 737 million the other way.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

France's exports to Japan: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by France

2019: 948.9Low 614.8 / High 948.92025: 737.2

2019948.9
2020836.7
2021789
2022763.2
2023733
2024614.8
2025737.2

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

France's imports from Japan: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by France

2019: 6.35Low 4.16 / High 6.352025: 4.18

20196.35
20204.77
20215.41
20224.16
20234.81
20244.25
20254.18

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026