Strategic Lens

Fertiliser: China and France

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 25.2 million of fertilisers to France and bought USD 5.0 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in fertilisers grew about 3.7 times, from USD 8.3 million in 2019 to USD 30.2 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 25.2 million of fertilisers, against USD 5.0 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

China's exports to France: fertilisers

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

2019: 5.4Low 5.2 / High 25.22025: 25.2

20195.4
20207.4
20215.2
202221.7
202310.8
20248.7
202525.2

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: fertilisers

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

2019: 2.8Low 2.3 / High 52025: 5

20192.8
20202.3
20214.8
20222.6
20232.5
20244.9
20255

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026