How dependent is Italy on France?

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%.

• France sells 14.2% of what the world exports of live cattle; next come Canada (14.8%), Mexico (11%) and Australia (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 8.1 times what Italy buys from France.
• France sells 33.8% of what the world exports of wine; next come Spain (8.9%), Australia (5.1%) and Chile (4.3%). The rest of the world exported 43 times what Italy buys from France.
• France sells 17.7% of what the world exports of fuel and lubricant additives; next come United States (21.7%), Singapore (14%) and Belgium (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 33.5 times what Italy buys from France.
• France sells 39.1% of what the world exports of wooden barrels and casks; next come United States (35.9%), Spain (13%) and Austria (1.2%). The rest of the world exported 18.5 times what Italy buys from France.
• France sells 11.4% of what the world exports of condoms and other rubber hygiene articles; next come Thailand (25.2%), China (17.4%) and Malaysia (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 30.5 times what Italy buys from France.
• France sells 4.5% of what the world exports of other organic compounds; next come India (39.6%), China (11.5%) and United States (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 36.3 times what Italy buys from France.
• France sells 21.5% of what the world exports of natural gums and resins; next come Sudan (15.1%), Afghanistan (10.3%) and India (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 72.4 times what Italy buys from France.
• France sells 10.3% of what the world exports of wooden railway sleepers; next come United States (41.7%), China (11.2%) and Belgium (6%). The rest of the world exported 60.7 times what Italy buys from France.
• France sells 7.6% of what the world exports of vanilla; next come Madagascar (62.4%), Uganda (4.4%) and Canada (3.6%). The rest of the world exported 83 times what Italy buys from France.
• France sells 31.2% of what the world exports of slate in blocks or slabs; next come Spain (16.7%), India (10.1%) and China (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 7.8 times what Italy buys from France.

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

Italy is France’s 3rd-largest customer, with 8% of its exports.

• Trade between Italy and France
• Who does Italy rely on?
• Who does France rely on?
• Dependence of Italy on China
• Dependence of Italy on the United States
• Dependence of Italy on Spain
• Dependence of Italy on Germany
• Dependence of Italy on the Netherlands
• Dependence of Italy on Switzerland
• Dependence of Italy on Brazil
• Trade profile of Italy
• Trade profile of France
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

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.