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Nuclear and space: China and France

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 8.8 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft to France and bought USD 335 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft grew 146 percent, from USD 140 million in 2019 to USD 344 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, France sold USD 335 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft, against USD 8.8 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: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 14.6Low 0.1 / High 18.62025: 8.8

201914.6
20206.4
20210.1
20220.1
20230.2
202418.6
20258.8

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: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 125.5Low 125.5 / High 335.42025: 335.4

2019125.5
2020316.9
2021196.4
2022164.2
2023266.8
2024172.1
2025335.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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