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Trade between Australia and France

In 2024, Australia exported $1.8 billion to France and imported $5.4 billion. Australia ran a deficit of $3.6 billion with France, compared with a deficit of $3 billion in 2019. France was Australia’s 17th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Australia was France’s 37th (0.5%).

Summary

Australia → France
$1.8billion
France → Australia
$5.4billion
Australia’s balance
-$3.6billion

Balance

Australia’s trade balance with France

Trade between Australia and France grew 3.1-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Australia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 1.8
  • Imports 5.4
  • Balance -3.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$892 million$1.4 billion-$498 million
1996$782 million$1.5 billion-$758 million
1997$872 million$1.4 billion-$509 million
1998$818 million$1.3 billion-$512 million
1999$731 million$1.4 billion-$677 million
2000$746 million$1.4 billion-$696 million
2001$755 million$1.4 billion-$694 million
2002$936 million$1.9 billion-$922 million
2003$1 billion$2.6 billion-$1.5 billion
2004$1.2 billion$3.3 billion-$2.2 billion
2005$1.3 billion$3.8 billion-$2.5 billion
2006$1.5 billion$3.2 billion-$1.7 billion
2007$1.6 billion$3.9 billion-$2.2 billion
2008$2.2 billion$4.4 billion-$2.1 billion
2009$1.4 billion$4.1 billion-$2.7 billion
2010$1.7 billion$4.8 billion-$3.1 billion
2011$1.6 billion$5.9 billion-$4.3 billion
2012$1.7 billion$4.6 billion-$2.9 billion
2013$1.4 billion$4.4 billion-$3 billion
2014$1.2 billion$4.1 billion-$3 billion
2015$1.1 billion$3.3 billion-$2.2 billion
2016$965 million$3.2 billion-$2.2 billion
2017$1.4 billion$3.6 billion-$2.2 billion
2018$1.3 billion$3.9 billion-$2.5 billion
2019$1.2 billion$4.2 billion-$3 billion
2020$700 million$3.9 billion-$3.2 billion
2021$952 million$4.4 billion-$3.4 billion
2022$2.2 billion$4.7 billion-$2.5 billion
2023$2.1 billion$5 billion-$2.8 billion
2024$1.8 billion$5.4 billion-$3.6 billion

What they sell each other

What Australia sells to France

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Coal$699 million · 39.7%
    2.8 million tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  2. Rapeseed (canola)$256 million · 14.5%
    538 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  3. Airplanes and helicopters$182 million · 10.3%
    135 tonnes · France’s sources
  4. Massage and respiratory therapy devices$67 million · 3.8%
    419 tonnes
  5. Raw hides$66 million · 3.8%
    100 tonnes
  6. Radioactive elements$46 million · 2.6%
    834 tonnes
  7. Orthopedic and hearing devices$27 million · 1.6%
    8 tonnes
  8. Crude petroleum$24 million · 1.4%
    39 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  9. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$22 million · 1.3%
    132 tonnes · France’s sources
  10. Other minerals$21 million · 1.2%
    7 thousand tonnes

What France sells to Australia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Airplanes and helicopters$495 million · 9.2%
    240 tonnes · France’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$421 million · 7.8%
    3 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  3. Wine$280 million · 5.2%
    20 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  4. Perfumes$263 million · 4.9%
    3 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  5. Bulldozers and excavators$243 million · 4.5%
    4 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  6. Trucks$215 million · 4%
    16 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  7. Bags, suitcases and cases$177 million · 3.3%
    393 tonnes
  8. Makeup and skin care$156 million · 2.9%
    4 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  9. Hormones$140 million · 2.6%
    1 tonne
  10. Tractors$126 million · 2.3%
    7 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Sydney to Le Havre.

The estimated sea route between Sydney and Le Havre is 13,107 nautical miles (24,273 km) long: ≈ 30.5–39 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Cape of Good Hope (13,107 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar (12,484 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$3.6 billion · 50%
  2. Air$3.6 billion · 50%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

France was Australia’s 17th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Australia was France’s 37th (0.5%).

France in Australia’s trade
1.1%
France’s rank among Australia’s partners
17th
Australia in France’s trade
0.5%
Australia’s rank among France’s partners
37th

Compare with

Other partners of Australia

Other partners of France

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.