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Who buys France’s steel? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, France exported $11.6 billion of steel (9.4 million tonnes), 3.3% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (24%), Italy (15%) and Spain (11%). France was the world’s 9th-largest exporter of steel.

Summary

Value
$11.6billion
Tonnes
9.4million tonnes
Share of world total
3.3%
World rank
9th
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
Germany2.8Tonnes: 2,032,237USD per tonne: $1,36824%Land
Italy1.8Tonnes: 1,416,820USD per tonne: $1,25615.4%Land
Spain1.3Tonnes: 1,481,134USD per tonne: $89111.4%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.8Tonnes: 902,673USD per tonne: $8836.9%Sea
United Kingdom0.5Tonnes: 409,378USD per tonne: $1,2214.3%Sea
Turkey0.47Tonnes: 404,801USD per tonne: $1,1674.1%Sea
Poland0.46Tonnes: 319,095USD per tonne: $1,4544%Sea
United States0.35Tonnes: 151,310USD per tonne: $2,3113%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.33Tonnes: 361,328USD per tonne: $9072.8%Sea
Czechia0.26Tonnes: 173,652USD per tonne: $1,4932.2%Sea
Slovakia0.2Tonnes: 152,574USD per tonne: $1,3191.7%Sea
India0.17Tonnes: 112,562USD per tonne: $1,5311.5%Sea
Switzerland0.17Tonnes: 174,443USD per tonne: $9681.5%Land
South Korea0.16Tonnes: 13,890USD per tonne: $11,7301.4%Sea
Portugal0.16Tonnes: 148,014USD per tonne: $1,0761.4%Sea
China0.15Tonnes: 25,008USD per tonne: $6,0361.3%Sea
Greece0.14Tonnes: 151,240USD per tonne: $9261.2%Sea
Sweden0.13Tonnes: 64,190USD per tonne: $2,0231.1%Sea
Morocco0.1Tonnes: 97,827USD per tonne: $1,0110.85%Sea
Mexico0.1Tonnes: 65,227USD per tonne: $1,5090.85%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • Germany 2.8
  • Italy 1.8
  • Spain 1.3
  • Belgium 0.8
  • United Kingdom 0.5

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany22.8
Italy1.51.8
Spain0.671.3
Belgium10.8
United Kingdom0.550.5

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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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