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Where does France get its butter? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $1.6 billion of butter (226 thousand tonnes), 13% of the world total. Its main sources were the Netherlands (36%), Belgium (21%) and Ireland (16%). France was the world’s largest importer of butter.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
226thousand tonnes
Share of world total
13%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Netherlands re-exports567Tonnes: 82,797USD per tonne: $6,85135.9%Sea
Belgium re-exports339Tonnes: 46,291USD per tonne: $7,33121.5%Land
Ireland254Tonnes: 36,006USD per tonne: $7,05716.1%Sea
Germany176Tonnes: 24,777USD per tonne: $7,09911.1%Land
Finland77.4Tonnes: 11,304USD per tonne: $6,8494.9%Sea
United Kingdom48.2Tonnes: 5,034USD per tonne: $9,5743.1%Sea
Denmark34.2Tonnes: 4,901USD per tonne: $6,9792.2%Sea
Poland23.2Tonnes: 3,519USD per tonne: $6,5831.5%Sea
Spain21.6Tonnes: 3,238USD per tonne: $6,6681.4%Land
Italy14.4Tonnes: 1,896USD per tonne: $7,6190.91%Land
New Zealand12.4Tonnes: 3,759USD per tonne: $3,3010.78%Sea
Portugal7.4Tonnes: 2,042USD per tonne: $3,6060.47%Sea
Sweden2.2Tonnes: 417USD per tonne: $5,3480.14%Sea
Iran2Tonnes: 255USD per tonne: $7,7510.12%Sea
Romania0.38Tonnes: 40USD per tonne: $9,3710.02%Sea
Australia0.36Tonnes: 60USD per tonne: $6,0270.02%Sea
Turkey0.24Tonnes: 56USD per tonne: $4,2500.02%Sea
Estonia0.16Tonnes: 23USD per tonne: $7,0690.01%Sea
Iceland0.12Tonnes: 22USD per tonne: $5,3580.01%Sea
Switzerland0.09Tonnes: 5USD per tonne: $17,1920.01%Land

Trend

Who it buys from

The Netherlands has been its main source since 2012

Value in USD millions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Netherlands 567
  • Belgium 339
  • Ireland 254
  • Germany 176
  • Finland 77.4

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands75.5567
Belgium105339
Ireland126254
Germany75176
Finland2.277.4

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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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