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Trade between France and the Philippines

In 2024, France exported $1.2 billion to the Philippines and imported $983 million. France ran a surplus of $238 million with the Philippines, compared with a surplus of $503 million in 2019. The Philippines was France’s 61st largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and France was the Philippines’ 20th (0.9%).

Summary

France → Philippines
$1.2billion
Philippines → France
$983million
France’s balance
$238million

Balance

France’s trade balance with the Philippines

Trade between France and the Philippines grew 3.2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.2
  • Imports 1
  • Balance +0.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$347 million$332 million$14 million
1996$531 million$345 million$187 million
1997$1.7 billion$315 million$1.4 billion
1998$769 million$410 million$359 million
1999$375 million$415 million-$40 million
2000$487 million$409 million$78 million
2001$362 million$439 million-$76 million
2002$455 million$449 million$6 million
2003$411 million$457 million-$46 million
2004$456 million$522 million-$66 million
2005$580 million$568 million$12 million
2006$431 million$561 million-$130 million
2007$747 million$560 million$187 million
2008$1 billion$734 million$276 million
2009$668 million$672 million-$3 million
2010$829 million$718 million$111 million
2011$785 million$721 million$64 million
2012$1.3 billion$691 million$642 million
2013$1.8 billion$703 million$1.1 billion
2014$2.5 billion$618 million$1.8 billion
2015$1.1 billion$699 million$387 million
2016$1 billion$956 million$76 million
2017$1 billion$1.4 billion-$372 million
2018$1.6 billion$1.5 billion$90 million
2019$1.7 billion$1.2 billion$503 million
2020$695 million$589 million$106 million
2021$1.1 billion$781 million$272 million
2022$1.2 billion$996 million$181 million
2023$1.3 billion$1.1 billion$197 million
2024$1.2 billion$983 million$238 million

What they sell each other

What France sells to the Philippines

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

  1. Airplanes and helicopters$362 million · 29.6%
    483 tonnes · France’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$94 million · 7.7%
    2 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  3. Microchips$75 million · 6.1%
    33 tonnes · France’s destinations
  4. Pork$65 million · 5.4%
    21 thousand tonnes
  5. Vaccines, blood and antisera$51 million · 4.2%
    176 tonnes · France’s destinations
  6. Bags, suitcases and cases$29 million · 2.4%
    373 tonnes
  7. Aircraft parts$25 million · 2.1%
    44 tonnes
  8. Edible offal$25 million · 2.1%
    17 thousand tonnes
  9. Meat and fish meal$20 million · 1.7%
    28 thousand tonnes
  10. Plastic pipes and hoses$20 million · 1.7%
    2 thousand tonnes

What the Philippines sells to France

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

  1. Microchips$115 million · 11.7%
    100 tonnes · the Philippines’ destinations
  2. Computer and office machine parts$97 million · 9.9%
    2 thousand tonnes
  3. Electric heaters and hair dryers$80 million · 8.1%
    888 tonnes
  4. Optical fibers and lenses$79 million · 8.1%
    701 tonnes
  5. Home appliances$61 million · 6.2%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Furniture$45 million · 4.6%
    188 tonnes · France’s sources
  7. Printing and writing inks$31 million · 3.2%
    510 tonnes
  8. Valves and taps$27 million · 2.8%
    9 tonnes
  9. Transformers and power supplies$27 million · 2.8%
    676 tonnes
  10. Other engines and motors$25 million · 2.5%
    36 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Le Havre to Manila.

The estimated sea route between Le Havre and Manila is 13,149 nautical miles (24,351 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 and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (13,149 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (9,706 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$809 million · 36.7%
  2. Air$1.4 billion · 63.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Philippines was France’s 61st largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and France was the Philippines’ 20th (0.9%).

The Philippines in France’s trade
0.2%
The Philippines’ rank among France’s partners
61st
France in the Philippines’ trade
0.9%
France’s rank among the Philippines’ partners
20th

Compare with

Other partners of France

Other partners of the Philippines

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.