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Who buys France’s pipeline natural gas? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, France exported $8.8 billion of pipeline natural gas (15.7 million tonnes), 5.2% of the world total. Italy bought 58% of the total, followed by Belgium (22%) and Switzerland (11%). France was the world’s 6th-largest exporter of pipeline natural gas.

Summary

Value
$8.8billion
Tonnes
15.7million tonnes
Share of world total
5.2%
World rank
6th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 8 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Italy5.1Tonnes: 10,527,010USD per tonne: $48057.8%Land
Belgium re-exports1.9Tonnes: 2,290,496USD per tonne: $82421.6%Land
Switzerland0.94Tonnes: 1,117,250USD per tonne: $83910.7%Land
Spain0.63Tonnes: 1,302,145USD per tonne: $4807.1%Land
Germany0.24Tonnes: 507,123USD per tonne: $4802.8%Land
Czechia< 0.01Tonnes: 5,525USD per tonne: $7150.05%Sea
Serbia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $15,6400%Sea
Burkina Faso< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Italy has been its main destination since 2022

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

  • Italy 5.1
  • Belgium 1.9
  • Switzerland 0.94
  • Spain 0.63
  • Germany 0.24

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Italy< 0.015.1
Belgium0.021.9
Switzerland0.030.94
Spain0.040.63
Germany00.24

Sources and methodology

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.

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