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Trade between France and the United States

In 2024, France exported $54.2 billion to the United States and imported $49.6 billion. France ran a surplus of $4.6 billion with the United States, compared with a surplus of $14 billion in 2019. The United States was France’s 4th largest trading partner (8% of its trade), and France was the United States’ 12th (2%).

Summary

France → United States
$54.2billion
United States → France
$49.6billion
France’s balance
$4.6billion

Balance

France’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between France and the United States grew 2.7-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 54.2
  • Imports 49.6
  • Balance +4.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$17.2 billion$20.6 billion-$3.4 billion
1996$18.4 billion$20.9 billion-$2.5 billion
1997$20.2 billion$22.4 billion-$2.2 billion
1998$23.8 billion$24.4 billion-$607 million
1999$24.8 billion$24.6 billion$206 million
2000$28.3 billion$26.1 billion$2.2 billion
2001$28.6 billion$25.2 billion$3.4 billion
2002$27.3 billion$23.7 billion$3.7 billion
2003$27.2 billion$22.9 billion$4.2 billion
2004$30.5 billion$26.8 billion$3.7 billion
2005$32.7 billion$26.9 billion$5.9 billion
2006$36.3 billion$31 billion$5.3 billion
2007$39.6 billion$34.2 billion$5.4 billion
2008$41.1 billion$37.2 billion$3.9 billion
2009$31.1 billion$33.5 billion-$2.4 billion
2010$34 billion$34.3 billion-$284 million
2011$36.8 billion$39.2 billion-$2.4 billion
2012$38.2 billion$41 billion-$2.8 billion
2013$41.2 billion$42.3 billion-$1.1 billion
2014$41.6 billion$40.5 billion$1 billion
2015$40.4 billion$39.1 billion$1.2 billion
2016$41.4 billion$38.9 billion$2.5 billion
2017$43.1 billion$39.2 billion$3.9 billion
2018$48.2 billion$35 billion$13.2 billion
2019$49.8 billion$35.9 billion$14 billion
2020$40.7 billion$27.6 billion$13.1 billion
2021$46.9 billion$30.7 billion$16.2 billion
2022$51.2 billion$46.7 billion$4.6 billion
2023$53.7 billion$49.5 billion$4.3 billion
2024$54.2 billion$49.6 billion$4.6 billion

What they sell each other

What France sells to the United States

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

  1. Turbojets and gas turbines$5.6 billion · 10.4%
    3 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  2. Airplanes and helicopters$3.8 billion · 7.1%
    4 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$2.9 billion · 5.4%
    8 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  4. Perfumes$2.6 billion · 4.8%
    40 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  5. Wine$2.6 billion · 4.8%
    180 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  6. Spirits$2.1 billion · 3.8%
    95 thousand tonnes
  7. Aircraft parts$1.9 billion · 3.5%
    9 thousand tonnes
  8. Jewelry$1.7 billion · 3.1%
    22 tonnes · France’s destinations
  9. Paintings and drawings$1.4 billion · 2.6%
    127 tonnes
  10. Bags, suitcases and cases$1.3 billion · 2.4%
    10 thousand tonnes

What the United States sells to France

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

  1. Crude petroleum$7.3 billion · 14.7%
    11.2 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  2. Natural gas and LPG$4.4 billion · 8.9%
    8.1 million tonnes
  3. Refined petroleum$3.1 billion · 6.2%
    728 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  4. Turbojets and gas turbines$3 billion · 6.1%
    6 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  5. Aircraft parts$2.3 billion · 4.6%
    5 thousand tonnes
  6. Vaccines, blood and antisera$2.2 billion · 4.4%
    3 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  7. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$2.2 billion · 4.4%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  8. Medical and dental instruments$1.7 billion · 3.4%
    12 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  9. Other plastic articles$1.2 billion · 2.5%
    13 thousand tonnes
  10. Cars$817 million · 1.7%
    28 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Le Havre to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Le Havre and Los Angeles is 7,827 nautical miles (14,496 km) long: ≈ 18–23.5 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$43.9 billion · 42.3%
  2. Air$59.8 billion · 57.7%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United States was France’s 4th largest trading partner (8% of its trade), and France was the United States’ 12th (2%).

The United States in France’s trade
7.6%
The United States’ rank among France’s partners
4th
France in the United States’ trade
2.1%
France’s rank among the United States’ partners
12th

Compare with

Other partners of France

Other partners of the United States

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.