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Where does France get its steel? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $10.9 billion of steel (9.7 million tonnes), 3.1% of the world total. Its main sources were Belgium (28%), Germany (24%) and Spain (13%). France was the world’s 8th-largest importer of steel.

Summary

Value
$10.9billion
Tonnes
9.7million tonnes
Share of world total
3.1%
World rank
8th
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
Belgium re-exports3Tonnes: 2,506,977USD per tonne: $1,20227.7%Land
Germany2.6Tonnes: 2,504,552USD per tonne: $1,02823.6%Sea
Spain1.4Tonnes: 1,362,497USD per tonne: $1,01112.6%Sea
Italy1.2Tonnes: 968,768USD per tonne: $1,25511.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.35Tonnes: 368,138USD per tonne: $9443.2%Sea
Austria0.26Tonnes: 178,754USD per tonne: $1,4502.4%Sea
United Kingdom0.25Tonnes: 178,013USD per tonne: $1,4102.3%Sea
Sweden0.24Tonnes: 127,672USD per tonne: $1,8832.2%Sea
Luxembourg0.2Tonnes: 241,382USD per tonne: $8461.9%Land
India0.17Tonnes: 150,816USD per tonne: $1,1261.6%Sea
China0.13Tonnes: 92,598USD per tonne: $1,4191.2%Sea
Portugal0.1Tonnes: 88,413USD per tonne: $1,1170.92%Sea
Finland0.1Tonnes: 42,077USD per tonne: $2,3380.91%Sea
Vietnam0.1Tonnes: 123,734USD per tonne: $7900.9%Sea
Brazil0.09Tonnes: 135,407USD per tonne: $6910.86%Sea
Poland0.08Tonnes: 71,477USD per tonne: $1,1780.77%Sea
Slovakia0.07Tonnes: 65,863USD per tonne: $1,0170.61%Sea
Russia0.06Tonnes: 117,794USD per tonne: $5380.58%Sea
Switzerland0.06Tonnes: 49,205USD per tonne: $1,2090.55%Land
United States0.06Tonnes: 4,958USD per tonne: $11,9430.54%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Belgium has been its main source since 2015

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

  • Belgium 3
  • Germany 2.6
  • Spain 1.4
  • Italy 1.2
  • Netherlands 0.35

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium2.63
Germany1.72.6
Spain0.561.4
Italy0.931.2
Netherlands0.260.35

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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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