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Who buys France’s cars? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, France exported $25 billion of cars (1.7 million tonnes), 2.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were Belgium (16%), the United Kingdom (12%) and Germany (11%). France was the world’s 12th-largest exporter of cars.

Summary

Value
$25billion
Tonnes
1.7million tonnes
Share of world total
2.6%
World rank
12th
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
Belgium re-exports4Tonnes: 255,317USD per tonne: $15,83716.2%Land
United Kingdom3.1Tonnes: 160,608USD per tonne: $19,17112.3%Sea
Germany2.7Tonnes: 170,575USD per tonne: $15,55410.6%Land
Italy1.7Tonnes: 108,671USD per tonne: $15,8516.9%Land
Spain1.4Tonnes: 98,016USD per tonne: $13,8165.4%Land
Turkey1.3Tonnes: 92,415USD per tonne: $13,7765.1%Sea
Portugal1Tonnes: 98,381USD per tonne: $10,5664.2%Sea
Poland1Tonnes: 80,406USD per tonne: $12,6054.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.91Tonnes: 61,654USD per tonne: $14,8083.7%Sea
Algeria0.74Tonnes: 51,850USD per tonne: $14,2593%Sea
Czechia0.6Tonnes: 45,259USD per tonne: $13,2592.4%Sea
United States0.59Tonnes: 27,234USD per tonne: $21,5852.4%Sea
Switzerland0.44Tonnes: 20,703USD per tonne: $21,2171.8%Land
Austria0.43Tonnes: 23,973USD per tonne: $17,8671.7%Sea
Denmark0.34Tonnes: 18,909USD per tonne: $17,7881.3%Sea
Greece0.31Tonnes: 25,548USD per tonne: $12,2661.3%Sea
Sweden0.3Tonnes: 26,717USD per tonne: $11,3031.2%Sea
Slovenia0.28Tonnes: 25,934USD per tonne: $10,9491.1%Sea
Ireland0.28Tonnes: 13,877USD per tonne: $19,8951.1%Sea
Romania0.26Tonnes: 21,548USD per tonne: $11,9581%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Belgium has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • Belgium 4
  • United Kingdom 3.1
  • Germany 2.7
  • Italy 1.7
  • Spain 1.4

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium1.34
United Kingdom2.83.1
Germany3.32.7
Italy2.41.7
Spain1.31.4

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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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