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Trade between France and Serbia

In 2024, France exported $991 million to Serbia and imported $1 billion. France ran a deficit of $24 million with Serbia, compared with a surplus of $167 million in 2019. Serbia was France’s 63rd largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and France was Serbia’s 13th (3%).

Summary

France → Serbia
$991million
Serbia → France
$1billion
France’s balance
-$24million

Balance

France’s trade balance with Serbia

Trade between France and Serbia grew 8.8-fold since 1996

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

  • Exports 1
  • Imports 1
  • Balance -0

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$0$0$0
1996$160 million$69 million$92 million
1997$170 million$73 million$97 million
1998$196 million$119 million$78 million
1999$109 million$56 million$53 million
2000$111 million$62 million$49 million
2001$151 million$62 million$89 million
2002$196 million$77 million$118 million
2003$240 million$124 million$116 million
2004$377 million$149 million$227 million
2005$312 million$157 million$155 million
2006$350 million$236 million$114 million
2007$577 million$315 million$261 million
2008$720 million$331 million$389 million
2009$426 million$254 million$173 million
2010$396 million$297 million$99 million
2011$509 million$336 million$173 million
2012$470 million$312 million$158 million
2013$556 million$392 million$164 million
2014$508 million$456 million$53 million
2015$490 million$445 million$46 million
2016$509 million$463 million$47 million
2017$556 million$530 million$26 million
2018$592 million$568 million$24 million
2019$750 million$583 million$167 million
2020$713 million$550 million$164 million
2021$828 million$714 million$114 million
2022$1.1 billion$838 million$229 million
2023$1.1 billion$918 million$191 million
2024$991 million$1 billion-$24 million

What they sell each other

What France sells to Serbia

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

  1. Cars$88 million · 8.8%
    23 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  2. 1 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  3. 28 tonnes
  4. Liquid pumps$34 million · 3.4%
    1 thousand tonnes
  5. Makeup and skin care$30 million · 3.1%
    511 tonnes · France’s destinations
  6. Cocoa butter$28 million · 2.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Airplanes and helicopters$28 million · 2.8%
    895 tonnes · France’s destinations
  8. Auto parts$21 million · 2.2%
    4 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  9. Perfumes$17 million · 1.7%
    140 tonnes · France’s destinations
  10. Other plastic articles$16 million · 1.6%
    440 tonnes

What Serbia sells to France

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

  1. New tires$105 million · 10.4%
    18 thousand tonnes · France’s sources
  2. Auto parts$87 million · 8.6%
    12 thousand tonnes · France’s sources
  3. Frozen fruit$66 million · 6.5%
    27 thousand tonnes
  4. Trailers$62 million · 6.2%
    13 thousand tonnes
  5. Open-chain hydrocarbons$33 million · 3.2%
    42 thousand tonnes
  6. 2 thousand tonnes
  7. Furniture$28 million · 2.8%
    6 thousand tonnes · France’s sources
  8. 4 thousand tonnes · France’s sources
  9. 455 tonnes · France’s sources
  10. Microchips$19 million · 1.8%
    37 tonnes · France’s sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Le Havre to Bar (Montenegro).

The estimated sea route between Le Havre and Bar (Montenegro) is 2,647 nautical miles (4,903 km) long: ≈ 6–8 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Gibraltar.

Serbia is landlocked: it ships through Bar (Montenegro).

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$1.7 billion · 82.4%
  2. Air$353 million · 17.6%

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

How much each matters to the other

Serbia was France’s 63rd largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and France was Serbia’s 13th (3%).

Serbia in France’s trade
0.2%
Serbia’s rank among France’s partners
63rd
France in Serbia’s trade
2.7%
France’s rank among Serbia’s partners
13th

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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.