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Trade between France and Mexico

In 2024, France exported $4.3 billion to Mexico and imported $3 billion. France ran a surplus of $1.3 billion with Mexico, compared with a surplus of $1.5 billion in 2019. Mexico was France’s 35th largest trading partner (0.5% of its trade), and France was Mexico’s 16th (0.6%).

Summary

France → Mexico
$4.3billion
Mexico → France
$3billion
France’s balance
$1.3billion

Balance

France’s trade balance with Mexico

Trade between France and Mexico grew 4.6-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 4.3
  • Imports 3
  • Balance +1.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$981 million$593 million$388 million
1996$1.1 billion$565 million$532 million
1997$1.3 billion$569 million$750 million
1998$1.4 billion$579 million$866 million
1999$1.4 billion$562 million$837 million
2000$1.5 billion$584 million$908 million
2001$1.6 billion$568 million$987 million
2002$1.8 billion$533 million$1.3 billion
2003$2 billion$698 million$1.3 billion
2004$2.3 billion$823 million$1.4 billion
2005$2.6 billion$870 million$1.7 billion
2006$2.6 billion$1 billion$1.6 billion
2007$2.9 billion$1.1 billion$1.8 billion
2008$3.9 billion$1.1 billion$2.8 billion
2009$2.3 billion$977 million$1.3 billion
2010$2.7 billion$1.2 billion$1.5 billion
2011$3.3 billion$1.5 billion$1.8 billion
2012$3.1 billion$1.7 billion$1.4 billion
2013$3.6 billion$1.9 billion$1.7 billion
2014$3.5 billion$2.3 billion$1.2 billion
2015$3.6 billion$2.7 billion$906 million
2016$4.1 billion$2.7 billion$1.4 billion
2017$4.1 billion$3.1 billion$996 million
2018$4.2 billion$3.1 billion$1.1 billion
2019$4.3 billion$2.8 billion$1.5 billion
2020$3.3 billion$1.7 billion$1.7 billion
2021$3.9 billion$1.7 billion$2.3 billion
2022$3.9 billion$1.7 billion$2.2 billion
2023$4.3 billion$3 billion$1.3 billion
2024$4.3 billion$3 billion$1.3 billion

What they sell each other

What France sells to Mexico

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

  1. Turbojets and gas turbines$461 million · 10.7%
    532 tonnes · France’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$351 million · 8.1%
    3 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$194 million · 4.5%
    418 tonnes · France’s destinations
  4. Makeup and skin care$169 million · 3.9%
    6 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  5. Perfumes$163 million · 3.8%
    2 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  6. Airplanes and helicopters$106 million · 2.5%
    49 tonnes · France’s destinations
  7. Auto parts$84 million · 2%
    6 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  8. Microchips$79 million · 1.8%
    50 tonnes · France’s destinations
  9. Other plastic articles$70 million · 1.6%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Alloy steel sheet$62 million · 1.4%
    42 thousand tonnes

What Mexico sells to France

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

  1. Cars$455 million · 15.2%
    19 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  2. Medical and dental instruments$376 million · 12.5%
    6 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  3. Turbojets and gas turbines$159 million · 5.3%
    324 tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  4. Orthopedic and hearing devices$136 million · 4.5%
    303 tonnes
  5. Cameras and broadcast equipment$121 million · 4.1%
    256 tonnes
  6. Computers$88 million · 2.9%
    179 tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  7. Auto parts$82 million · 2.7%
    6 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  8. Computer and office machine parts$79 million · 2.6%
    124 tonnes
  9. Aircraft parts$73 million · 2.4%
    205 tonnes
  10. Low-voltage switches and connectors$65 million · 2.2%
    456 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Le Havre to Manzanillo.

The estimated sea route between Le Havre and Manzanillo is 6,594 nautical miles (12,211 km) long: ≈ 15.5–19.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Panama Canal.

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$3.4 billion · 47%
  2. Air$3.9 billion · 53%

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

How much each matters to the other

Mexico was France’s 35th largest trading partner (0.5% of its trade), and France was Mexico’s 16th (0.6%).

Mexico in France’s trade
0.5%
Mexico’s rank among France’s partners
35th
France in Mexico’s trade
0.6%
France’s rank among Mexico’s partners
16th

Compare with

Other partners of France

Other partners of Mexico

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.