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Trade between France and Norway

In 2024, France exported $2.6 billion to Norway and imported $10.9 billion. France ran a deficit of $8.2 billion with Norway, compared with a deficit of $4.3 billion in 2019. Norway was France’s 21st largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and France was Norway’s 6th (5%).

Summary

France → Norway
$2.6billion
Norway → France
$10.9billion
France’s balance
-$8.2billion

Balance

France’s trade balance with Norway

Trade between France and Norway grew 2.6-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 2.6
  • Imports 10.9
  • Balance -8.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.4 billion$3.8 billion-$2.4 billion
1996$1.5 billion$4.6 billion-$3.2 billion
1997$1.5 billion$4.9 billion-$3.3 billion
1998$1.5 billion$4 billion-$2.5 billion
1999$1.5 billion$4.2 billion-$2.7 billion
2000$1.4 billion$7 billion-$5.6 billion
2001$1.7 billion$6.3 billion-$4.6 billion
2002$1.6 billion$5.7 billion-$4.1 billion
2003$1.7 billion$6.6 billion-$4.9 billion
2004$2.1 billion$8.5 billion-$6.4 billion
2005$2.2 billion$8.4 billion-$6.2 billion
2006$2.5 billion$12.2 billion-$9.7 billion
2007$2.8 billion$9.1 billion-$6.3 billion
2008$3.1 billion$13 billion-$9.9 billion
2009$2.4 billion$10.1 billion-$7.7 billion
2010$2.7 billion$9.2 billion-$6.6 billion
2011$2.8 billion$13 billion-$10.1 billion
2012$2.8 billion$11.5 billion-$8.7 billion
2013$2.8 billion$7.8 billion-$5 billion
2014$2.9 billion$9.3 billion-$6.4 billion
2015$2.4 billion$7.4 billion-$5 billion
2016$2.3 billion$6.5 billion-$4.2 billion
2017$2.4 billion$7.7 billion-$5.3 billion
2018$2.9 billion$9.3 billion-$6.4 billion
2019$2.7 billion$7 billion-$4.3 billion
2020$2.6 billion$4.3 billion-$1.7 billion
2021$2.7 billion$3.9 billion-$1.2 billion
2022$2.7 billion$25.3 billion-$22.6 billion
2023$2.5 billion$10.8 billion-$8.3 billion
2024$2.6 billion$10.9 billion-$8.2 billion

What they sell each other

What France sells to Norway

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

  1. Turbojets and gas turbines$145 million · 5.5%
    78 tonnes · France’s destinations
  2. Cars$131 million · 5%
    6 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  3. Wine$122 million · 4.6%
    20 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  4. 3 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  5. Rapeseed and mustard oil$91 million · 3.4%
    85 thousand tonnes
  6. Makeup and skin care$86 million · 3.3%
    1 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  7. Trucks$69 million · 2.6%
    4 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  8. Wheat gluten$66 million · 2.5%
    45 thousand tonnes
  9. Perfumes$53 million · 2%
    427 tonnes · France’s destinations
  10. Aircraft parts$51 million · 1.9%
    229 tonnes

What Norway sells to France

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

  1. Natural gas and LPG$6.7 billion · 61.4%
    12.6 million tonnes
  2. Crude petroleum$2.1 billion · 19.3%
    3.1 million tonnes · Norway’s destinations
  3. Fresh fish$654 million · 6%
    82 thousand tonnes
  4. Fish fillets$246 million · 2.3%
    23 thousand tonnes
  5. Unwrought nickel$205 million · 1.9%
    12 thousand tonnes
  6. Unwrought aluminum$190 million · 1.8%
    54 thousand tonnes · Norway’s destinations
  7. Ferroalloys$85 million · 0.78%
    61 thousand tonnes
  8. Hydrogen and rare gases$70 million · 0.64%
    26 thousand tonnes
  9. Dried, salted and smoked fish$59 million · 0.54%
    9 thousand tonnes
  10. Turbojets and gas turbines$47 million · 0.44%
    30 tonnes · France’s sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Le Havre to Oslo.

The estimated sea route between Le Havre and Oslo is 744 nautical miles (1,377 km) long: ≈ 1.5–2 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: 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$12.5 billion · 92.1%
  2. Air$1.1 billion · 7.9%

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

How much each matters to the other

Norway was France’s 21st largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and France was Norway’s 6th (5%).

Norway in France’s trade
1%
Norway’s rank among France’s partners
21st
France in Norway’s trade
5%
France’s rank among Norway’s partners
6th

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Sources and methodology

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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.