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Nuclear and space: France and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, France sold USD 722 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft to United Kingdom and bought USD 181 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft grew 152 percent, from USD 359 million in 2019 to USD 903 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 United Kingdom: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 294.1Low 132.6 / High 722.12025: 722.1

2019294.1
2020132.6
2021513.5
2022200.6
2023480.5
2024375.4
2025722.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

France's imports from United Kingdom: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 64.7Low 6 / High 181.12025: 181.1

201964.7
20206
2021101.5
2022168.3
2023163.3
2024168.2
2025181.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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