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Who buys France’s aircraft and helicopters? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, France exported $38.7 billion of aircraft and helicopters (39 thousand tonnes), 24.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were Ireland (18%), the United States (10%) and Germany (7%). France was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of aircraft and helicopters.

Summary

Value
$38.7billion
Tonnes
39thousand tonnes
Share of world total
24.9%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Ireland7.1Tonnes: 6,783USD per tonne: $1,040,71318.3%Air
United States3.8Tonnes: 4,379USD per tonne: $875,9739.9%Air
Germany2.6Tonnes: 1,973USD per tonne: $1,314,3796.7%Land
China2.3Tonnes: 1,929USD per tonne: $1,182,1715.9%Air
Turkey2.2Tonnes: 2,370USD per tonne: $909,8785.6%Air
United Kingdom2.1Tonnes: 2,992USD per tonne: $693,5985.4%Air
India1.9Tonnes: 2,280USD per tonne: $852,0875%Air
Japan1.5Tonnes: 1,087USD per tonne: $1,410,5244%Air
Thailand1.2Tonnes: 2,013USD per tonne: $606,5293.2%Air
South Korea1.1Tonnes: 1,163USD per tonne: $981,9123%Air
Canada1.1Tonnes: 1,492USD per tonne: $730,6622.8%Air
Taiwan0.84Tonnes: 939USD per tonne: $893,3972.2%Air
Chile0.8Tonnes: 418USD per tonne: $1,901,9172.1%Air
Kazakhstan0.79Tonnes: 671USD per tonne: $1,177,8282%Air
Ethiopia0.59Tonnes: 669USD per tonne: $875,3111.5%Air
Australia0.49Tonnes: 240USD per tonne: $2,063,6531.3%Air
Singapore re-exports0.45Tonnes: 521USD per tonne: $861,9831.2%Air
Finland0.44Tonnes: 472USD per tonne: $929,9741.1%Air
Switzerland0.44Tonnes: 206USD per tonne: $2,124,1781.1%Land
Colombia0.44Tonnes: 396USD per tonne: $1,102,0631.1%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

Ireland has been its main destination since 2021

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Ireland 7.1
  • United States 3.8
  • Germany 2.6
  • China 2.3
  • Turkey 2.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Ireland0.117.1
United States1.63.8
Germany3.32.6
China0.342.3
Turkey0.162.2

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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