globaltraffic.earth

Where does France get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $5.6 billion of electric cables (439 thousand tonnes), 3.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Morocco (17%), Tunisia (12%) and Spain (11%). France was the world’s 5th-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$5.6billion
Tonnes
439thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.3%
World rank
5th
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
Morocco953Tonnes: 81,282USD per tonne: $11,72517.1%Sea
Tunisia656Tonnes: 34,889USD per tonne: $18,81211.8%Sea
Spain631Tonnes: 62,563USD per tonne: $10,08111.3%Land
China524Tonnes: 39,186USD per tonne: $13,3799.4%Sea
Italy490Tonnes: 62,106USD per tonne: $7,8958.8%Land
Germany393Tonnes: 33,604USD per tonne: $11,6937%Land
United States214Tonnes: 2,063USD per tonne: $103,9043.8%Air
Portugal175Tonnes: 19,326USD per tonne: $9,0393.1%Sea
Belgium re-exports166Tonnes: 11,385USD per tonne: $14,5753%Land
Turkey132Tonnes: 11,228USD per tonne: $11,7932.4%Sea
Egypt123Tonnes: 6,844USD per tonne: $15,4822.2%Sea
Czechia119Tonnes: 10,585USD per tonne: $11,2432.1%Sea
Poland102Tonnes: 6,063USD per tonne: $16,8831.8%Sea
Romania102Tonnes: 6,039USD per tonne: $16,9161.8%Sea
United Kingdom94Tonnes: 4,952USD per tonne: $18,9841.7%Sea
Netherlands re-exports69.5Tonnes: 4,700USD per tonne: $14,7871.2%Sea
India66.1Tonnes: 934USD per tonne: $70,7571.2%Air
Mexico62.8Tonnes: 317USD per tonne: $198,4621.1%Air
Croatia53.4Tonnes: 5,502USD per tonne: $9,7030.96%Sea
Austria41.5Tonnes: 3,700USD per tonne: $11,2140.74%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Morocco has been its main source since 2022

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

  • Morocco 0.95
  • Tunisia 0.66
  • Spain 0.63
  • China 0.52
  • Italy 0.49

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
Partner19952024
Morocco0.070.95
Tunisia0.060.66
Spain0.160.63
China0.020.52
Italy0.180.49

Sources and methodology

Other products of this country

Sources and licenses

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.

See all products