How dependent is France on Italy?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Italy sells 22.9% of what the world exports of ceramic tiles; next come Spain (18.6%), China (17.3%) and India (13.4%). The rest of the world exported 24.6 times what France buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 28.2% of what the world exports of pasta; next come South Korea (9%), China (7.6%) and Turkey (5.7%). The rest of the world exported 20.4 times what France buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 19.7% of what the world exports of water; next come China (13%), Fiji (4.4%) and United States (3.6%). The rest of the world exported 11.5 times what France buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 39.6% of what the world exports of tomato preserves; next come China (17.1%), United States (8%) and Spain (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 18.4 times what France buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 19.6% of what the world exports of tanned cattle hides; next come Brazil (10%), United States (9.4%) and China (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 50.5 times what France buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 18.3% of what the world exports of other steel bars; next come Germany (11.4%), China (7%) and Spain (6.5%). The rest of the world exported 22.4 times what France buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 40.3% of what the world exports of vermouth and flavored wine; next come Spain (8.5%), Germany (7.4%) and Latvia (5.8%). The rest of the world exported 5 times what France buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 23.2% of what the world exports of silk fabric; next come China (38.1%), India (14.7%) and Uzbekistan (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 11.3 times what France buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 26.3% of what the world exports of fur garments and articles; next come China (33.2%), Turkey (7.9%) and Greece (3.1%). The rest of the world exported 13.6 times what France buys from Italy.
• Italy sells 8.8% of what the world exports of buttons and snap fasteners; next come China (37.7%), Hong Kong (12.8%) and Spain (8%). The rest of the world exported 35.8 times what France buys from Italy.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

France is Italy’s 3rd-largest customer, with 9% of its exports.

• Trade between France and Italy
• Who does France rely on?
• Who does Italy rely on?
• Dependence of France on China
• Dependence of France on Switzerland
• Dependence of France on Spain
• Dependence of France on Belgium
• Dependence of France on South Korea
• Dependence of France on Germany
• Dependence of France on Morocco
• Dependence of France on the United Kingdom
• Dependence of France on Brazil
• Dependence of France on the Netherlands
• Dependence of France on Australia
• Dependence of France on Canada
• Trade profile of France
• Trade profile of Italy
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
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Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.