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Supply chains and manufacturing: China and France

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 9.62 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to France and bought USD 7.79 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel runs both ways in similar amounts: China sold USD 9.62 billion and France sold USD 7.79 billion in 2025.

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 7.02Low 7.02 / High 9.632025: 9.62

20197.02
20207.3
20219.63
20229.47
20238.94
20249.08
20259.62

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 5.18Low 4.34 / High 7.792025: 7.79

20195.18
20204.34
20215.23
20225.03
20236.13
20246.2
20257.79

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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