Strategic Lens

Technology: India and France

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 983 million of electrical and electronic equipment to France and bought USD 711 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in electrical and electronic equipment runs both ways in similar amounts: India sold USD 983 million and France sold USD 711 million in 2025.
  • BothTwo-way trade in electrical and electronic equipment grew 56 percent, from USD 1.09 billion in 2019 to USD 1.69 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: electrical and electronic equipment

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

2019: 383.4Low 383.4 / High 983.12025: 983.1

2019383.4
2020463.4
2021551.9
2022824.6
2023692.6
2024840.7
2025983.1

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: electrical and electronic equipment

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

2019: 704.6Low 514.4 / High 710.72025: 710.7

2019704.6
2020575.7
2021637.8
2022532.8
2023514.4
2024595.4
2025710.7

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

  • BothIn February 2026 the two launched the Indo-French Centre for AI in Health and the Indo-French Centre for Digital Science and Technology.
  • BothBharat Innovates in June 2026 brought about 120 Indian startups together with French partners, and about 19 agreements were signed.

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