Strategic Lens

Defence and arms: Brazil and France

First country

Second country

In 2025, Brazil sold USD 4.0 million of arms and ammunition to France and bought USD 96.4 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in arms and ammunition grew about 10 times, from USD 9.7 million in 2019 to USD 100 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, France sold USD 96.4 million of arms and ammunition, against USD 4.0 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

Brazil's exports to France: arms and ammunition

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

2019: 5.9Low 3.2 / High 5.92025: 4

20195.9
20203.2
20213.9
20223.9
20235.1
20244.8
20254

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Brazil's imports from France: arms and ammunition

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

2019: 3.8Low 2.1 / High 96.42025: 96.4

20193.8
202050.5
202135.6
20222.1
202349.9
202415.7
202596.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026