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Trade between Finland and France

In 2024, Finland exported $2.9 billion to France and imported $2.5 billion. Finland ran a surplus of $369 million with France, compared with a surplus of $667 million in 2019. France was Finland’s 8th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Finland was France’s 43rd (0.4%).

Summary

Finland → France
$2.9billion
France → Finland
$2.5billion
Finland’s balance
$369million

Balance

Finland’s trade balance with France

Trade between Finland and France grew 61% since 1995

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

  • Exports 2.9
  • Imports 2.5
  • Balance +0.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2.1 billion$1.2 billion$894 million
1996$1.9 billion$1.4 billion$523 million
1997$2 billion$1.5 billion$519 million
1998$2.3 billion$1.6 billion$717 million
1999$2.4 billion$1.4 billion$1 billion
2000$2.7 billion$1.3 billion$1.4 billion
2001$2.3 billion$1.5 billion$777 million
2002$2.5 billion$1.5 billion$973 million
2003$2.5 billion$2 billion$456 million
2004$2.7 billion$2.3 billion$396 million
2005$2.8 billion$2.1 billion$675 million
2006$3.8 billion$2.3 billion$1.6 billion
2007$3.6 billion$2.8 billion$790 million
2008$3.8 billion$3.1 billion$760 million
2009$2.7 billion$2.5 billion$138 million
2010$2.8 billion$2.5 billion$367 million
2011$2.9 billion$2.2 billion$694 million
2012$2.5 billion$2.2 billion$339 million
2013$2.9 billion$2.4 billion$501 million
2014$2.4 billion$2.2 billion$163 million
2015$2.1 billion$2.2 billion-$21 million
2016$2.2 billion$2.3 billion-$100 million
2017$2.6 billion$2.5 billion$133 million
2018$2.9 billion$2.2 billion$673 million
2019$2.9 billion$2.2 billion$667 million
2020$2.3 billion$2 billion$309 million
2021$2.7 billion$2.2 billion$499 million
2022$2.7 billion$2 billion$714 million
2023$3.2 billion$2.2 billion$1 billion
2024$2.9 billion$2.5 billion$369 million

What they sell each other

What Finland sells to France

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

  1. Coated paper$169 million · 5.9%
    129 thousand tonnes
  2. Tractors$148 million · 5.2%
    10 thousand tonnes · France’s sources
  3. Sawn wood$142 million · 5%
    221 thousand tonnes · Finland’s destinations
  4. Nickel matte$122 million · 4.3%
    14 thousand tonnes
  5. Chemical wood pulp$122 million · 4.3%
    127 thousand tonnes · Finland’s destinations
  6. Cameras and broadcast equipment$96 million · 3.4%
    372 tonnes
  7. Diesel engines$92 million · 3.2%
    6 thousand tonnes
  8. Treated paper and cellulose wadding$87 million · 3%
    31 thousand tonnes
  9. Butter and milk fats$77 million · 2.7%
    11 thousand tonnes · France’s sources
  10. Refined petroleum$63 million · 2.2%
    57 thousand tonnes · Finland’s destinations

What France sells to Finland

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

  1. Airplanes and helicopters$439 million · 17.6%
    472 tonnes · France’s destinations
  2. Cars$135 million · 5.4%
    7 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$79 million · 3.2%
    992 tonnes · France’s destinations
  4. Cyclic hydrocarbons$69 million · 2.8%
    54 thousand tonnes
  5. Trucks$61 million · 2.4%
    5 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  6. Auto parts$59 million · 2.4%
    5 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  7. Aircraft parts$55 million · 2.2%
    34 tonnes
  8. Quicklime and slaked lime$51 million · 2%
    236 thousand tonnes
  9. Wine$50 million · 2%
    7 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  10. Aluminum sheet$36 million · 1.4%
    7 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Helsinki to Le Havre.

The estimated sea route between Helsinki and Le Havre is 1,398 nautical miles (2,589 km) long: ≈ 3–4 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Øresund and Strait of Dover.

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$3.8 billion · 71.5%
  2. Air$1.5 billion · 28.5%

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

How much each matters to the other

France was Finland’s 8th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Finland was France’s 43rd (0.4%).

France in Finland’s trade
3.4%
France’s rank among Finland’s partners
8th
Finland in France’s trade
0.4%
Finland’s rank among France’s partners
43rd

Compare with

Other partners of Finland

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.