Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: France and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, France sold USD 94.9 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Russia and bought USD 123 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel runs both ways in similar amounts: France sold USD 94.9 million and Russia sold USD 123 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel fell 88 percent, from USD 1.81 billion in 2019 to USD 218 million 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

France's exports to Russia: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 1.4Low 0.09 / High 1.572025: 0.09

20191.4
20201.36
20211.57
20220.47
20230.18
20240.11
20250.09

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

France's imports from Russia: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 411.4Low 94.5 / High 411.42025: 122.7

2019411.4
2020253.4
2021384.8
2022243.8
2023132.7
202494.5
2025122.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026