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Trade between France and Taiwan

In 2024, France exported $4.3 billion to Taiwan and imported $4.3 billion. France ran a surplus of $12 million with Taiwan, compared with a surplus of $134 million in 2019. Taiwan was France’s 31st largest trading partner (0.6% of its trade), and France was Taiwan’s 17th (0.9%).

Summary

France → Taiwan
$4.3billion
Taiwan → France
$4.3billion
France’s balance
$12million

Balance

France’s trade balance with Taiwan

Trade between France and Taiwan grew 2.4-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 4.3
  • Imports 4.3
  • Balance +0

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.6 billion$2 billion-$365 million
1996$1.6 billion$2.1 billion-$493 million
1997$2 billion$2.2 billion-$151 million
1998$2 billion$2.4 billion-$457 million
1999$1.7 billion$2.5 billion-$714 million
2000$1.8 billion$2.7 billion-$860 million
2001$2 billion$2.1 billion-$59 million
2002$1.3 billion$2.1 billion-$758 million
2003$1.5 billion$2.4 billion-$880 million
2004$2 billion$2.9 billion-$818 million
2005$2.5 billion$3 billion-$520 million
2006$2.2 billion$3.5 billion-$1.3 billion
2007$2.4 billion$3.7 billion-$1.3 billion
2008$2.2 billion$3.6 billion-$1.4 billion
2009$1.7 billion$3 billion-$1.3 billion
2010$2.1 billion$3.7 billion-$1.7 billion
2011$2.5 billion$3.5 billion-$1 billion
2012$2.8 billion$3 billion-$218 million
2013$2.4 billion$3 billion-$619 million
2014$2.5 billion$2.9 billion-$412 million
2015$2.4 billion$2.7 billion-$364 million
2016$2.8 billion$3 billion-$195 million
2017$3.7 billion$3.3 billion$392 million
2018$3.3 billion$2.9 billion$340 million
2019$2.8 billion$2.6 billion$134 million
2020$2.6 billion$2.3 billion$252 million
2021$3 billion$2.3 billion$727 million
2022$3.6 billion$3.7 billion-$149 million
2023$3.8 billion$4.9 billion-$1.2 billion
2024$4.3 billion$4.3 billion$12 million

What they sell each other

What France sells to Taiwan

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

  1. Airplanes and helicopters$839 million · 19.3%
    939 tonnes · France’s destinations
  2. Microchips$766 million · 17.6%
    46 tonnes · France’s destinations
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$262 million · 6%
    3 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  4. Bags, suitcases and cases$202 million · 4.6%
    131 tonnes
  5. Jewelry$193 million · 4.4%
    5 tonnes · France’s destinations
  6. Makeup and skin care$192 million · 4.4%
    3 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  7. Wine$137 million · 3.1%
    5 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  8. Aircraft parts$125 million · 2.9%
    112 tonnes
  9. Silicon wafers for electronics$119 million · 2.7%
    96 tonnes
  10. Perfumes$78 million · 1.8%
    715 tonnes · France’s destinations

What Taiwan sells to France

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

  1. Microchips$1.1 billion · 25.7%
    2 thousand tonnes · Taiwan’s destinations
  2. Computers$442 million · 10.2%
    932 tonnes · Taiwan’s destinations
  3. Cameras and broadcast equipment$412 million · 9.5%
    1 thousand tonnes
  4. Computer and office machine parts$218 million · 5%
    2 thousand tonnes
  5. Screws, bolts and nuts$142 million · 3.3%
    28 thousand tonnes
  6. Motorcycle and bicycle parts$115 million · 2.7%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. Turbojets and gas turbines$93 million · 2.1%
    86 tonnes · France’s sources
  8. Bicycles$83 million · 1.9%
    767 tonnes
  9. Motorcycles$79 million · 1.8%
    2 thousand tonnes · France’s sources
  10. Transformers and power supplies$68 million · 1.6%
    618 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Le Havre to Kaohsiung.

The estimated sea route between Le Havre and Kaohsiung is 13,421 nautical miles (24,855 km) long: ≈ 31–40 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 (13,421 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (9,985 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$2 billion · 23.6%
  2. Air$6.6 billion · 76.4%

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

How much each matters to the other

Taiwan was France’s 31st largest trading partner (0.6% of its trade), and France was Taiwan’s 17th (0.9%).

Taiwan in France’s trade
0.6%
Taiwan’s rank among France’s partners
31st
France in Taiwan’s trade
0.9%
France’s rank among Taiwan’s partners
17th

Compare with

Other partners of France

Other partners of Taiwan

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.