Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: France and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, France sold USD 12.5 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United States and bought USD 17.5 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel runs both ways in similar amounts: France sold USD 12.5 billion and United States sold USD 17.5 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

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

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

2019: 12.47Low 7 / High 12.492025: 12.49

201912.47
20207
20218.09
20229.18
202310.19
202411.32
202512.49

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 13.35Low 9.26 / High 17.482025: 17.48

201913.35
20209.26
202110.83
202212.59
202314.15
202415.14
202517.48

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026