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Where does France get its solar panels and cells? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $1.5 billion of solar panels and cells (452 thousand tonnes), 2% of the world total. China sold 72% of the total, followed by Germany (7%) and Denmark (3%). France was the world’s 14th-largest importer of solar panels and cells.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
452thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2%
World rank
14th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China1.1Tonnes: 388,977USD per tonne: $2,87072.3%Sea
Germany0.1Tonnes: 15,318USD per tonne: $6,7556.7%Land
Denmark0.04Tonnes: 11,159USD per tonne: $3,7002.7%Sea
Malaysia0.04Tonnes: 6,217USD per tonne: $5,7842.3%Sea
United States0.03Tonnes: 44USD per tonne: $701,9572%Air
Spain0.03Tonnes: 7,464USD per tonne: $4,0522%Land
Japan0.03Tonnes: 2,372USD per tonne: $11,7191.8%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.02Tonnes: 4,845USD per tonne: $4,7471.5%Sea
Taiwan0.02Tonnes: 11USD per tonne: $1,768,0221.3%Air
Israel0.02Tonnes: 7USD per tonne: $2,502,1611.1%Air
Belgium re-exports0.01Tonnes: 3,189USD per tonne: $3,5470.73%Land
Singapore re-exports0.01Tonnes: 2,574USD per tonne: $3,6140.6%Sea
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 123USD per tonne: $75,2810.6%Air
Luxembourg0.01Tonnes: 2,665USD per tonne: $3,1520.54%Land
Vietnam0.01Tonnes: 1,946USD per tonne: $3,7920.48%Sea
Italy0.01Tonnes: 978USD per tonne: $7,5190.48%Land
Philippines0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $2,165,1640.48%Air
Thailand0.01Tonnes: 8USD per tonne: $884,6730.45%Air
Switzerland0.01Tonnes: 341USD per tonne: $15,0440.33%Land
Portugal< 0.01Tonnes: 893USD per tonne: $2,8240.16%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2020

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

  • China 1.1
  • Germany 0.1
  • Denmark 0.04
  • Malaysia 0.04
  • United States 0.03

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.011.1
Germany0.020.1
Denmark< 0.010.04
Malaysia< 0.010.04
United States0.040.03

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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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