Keep track of France foreign trade deficit and key figures.
Foreign trade
Trade deficit
France’s projected trade balance (exports/imports of goods) in 2025
Deficits of €81 billion in 2024, €90.9 billion in 2023 and €162.6 billion in 2022.
Foreign trade deficit
France’s trade balance (exports/imports of goods and services) in 2023
0
billion €
Trade deficit (goods)
France’s trade balance (exports/imports) in goods and services in 2023
0
.6
billion €
Trade surplus (services)
France’s trade balance in services in 2023
0
.6
billion €
Current account deficit
France’s trade balance in goods, services and income (including FDI) in 2023
0
.8
billion €
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
Balance of transactions between residents and non-residents in 2023
-
0
.1
billion €
NET INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT POSITION
Difference between assets held by French residents abroad
and net indebtedness of French residents to the rest of the world in 2023
-
0
.9
billion €
A negative net international investment position means that the stock of French assets abroad is lower than the stock of domestic assets held by foreigners. France is therefore in debt with the rest of the world.
Cumulative trade deficit
SINCE 2003
Cumulative trade deficit since 2003
A persistent trade deficit is symptomatic of an economy's lack of competitiveness.
LAST TRADE SURPLUS
Last year in which France recorded a trade surplus
0
+10 billion euros.
Sources : Direction du Trésor, Direction générale des douanes, Banque de France.