Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Brazil and France

First country

Second country

In 2025, Brazil sold USD 416 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to France and bought USD 3.37 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 84 percent, from USD 2.06 billion in 2019 to USD 3.78 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, France sold USD 3.37 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 416 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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 291.2Low 226.6 / High 440.32025: 415.8

2019291.2
2020226.6
2021269.3
2022440.3
2023362.5
2024349.6
2025415.8

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 1.77Low 1.23 / High 3.372025: 3.37

20191.77
20201.23
20211.42
20221.74
20232.05
20242.28
20253.37

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026