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Supply chains and manufacturing: India and France

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 1.18 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to France and bought USD 1.63 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel runs both ways in similar amounts: India sold USD 1.18 billion and France sold USD 1.63 billion in 2025.
  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 62 percent, from USD 1.73 billion in 2019 to USD 2.81 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

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

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

2019: 0.79Low 0.63 / High 1.292025: 1.18

20190.79
20200.63
20210.85
20221.13
20231.29
20240.86
20251.18

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 0.95Low 0.68 / High 1.942025: 1.63

20190.95
20200.68
20211
20221.15
20231.94
20241.5
20251.63

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

More on this relationship

Benefits

  • BothThe world's largest MRO facility for Safran's CFM LEAP engines was built in Hyderabad, and a facility for M88 Rafale engines is being set up in India.
  • BothAir India, IndiGo and AirAsia India operate extensive Airbus fleets.

Sources: Wikipedia: France–India relations (revision of 18 September 2026)

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