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Nuclear and space: France and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, France sold USD 1.32 billion of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft to United States and bought USD 49.1 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft grew 194 percent, from USD 468 million in 2019 to USD 1.37 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, France sold USD 1.32 billion of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft, against USD 49.1 million the other way.

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 States: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 0.33Low 0.16 / High 1.42025: 1.32

20190.33
20200.4
20210.16
20220.3
20230.87
20241.4
20251.32

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 States: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 141.5Low 19.3 / High 141.52025: 49.1

2019141.5
202033.4
202119.3
202232.3
202352.1
202439.8
202549.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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