Strategic Lens

Agriculture and food: China and France

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 710 million of agricultural and food products to France and bought USD 3.06 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, France sold USD 3.06 billion of agricultural and food products, against USD 710 million the other way.
  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products is 45 percent below its 2021 peak of USD 6.83 billion.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

China's exports to France: agricultural and food products

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

2019: 588.4Low 487 / High 710.42025: 710.4

2019588.4
2020487
2021501.6
2022707
2023621.6
2024665.1
2025710.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from France: agricultural and food products

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

2019: 3.89Low 3.06 / High 6.332025: 3.06

20193.89
20204.6
20216.33
20224.9
20235.71
20244.69
20253.06

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026