Foreign trade
Keep track of France foreign trade deficit and key figures.
Trade deficit
France’s projected trade balance (exports/imports of goods) in 2026
Deficits of €69.2 billion in 2025, €81 billion in 2024, €90.9 billion in 2023 and €162.6 billion in 2022.
Trade deficit (goods)
France’s trade balance (exports/imports) in goods in 2025
0
.2
billion €
Following deficits of €77,7 billion euros, €90.9 billion in 2023 and €162.6 billion in 2022.
Trade surplus (services)
France’s trade balance (exports/imports) in services in 2025
0
.5
billion €
Following a surplus of 56.5 billion in 2024 and a deficit of 29.4 billion euros in 2023.
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE
Current of balance of payments (goods, services, financial income, including FDI) between residents and non-residents in 2025
-
0
.6
billion €
Following deficits of €9.3 billion in 2024, $28.1 billion in 2023 and $37.7 billion in 2022.
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 2025
-
0
.4
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 in 2002
Sources : Direction du Trésor, Direction générale des douanes, Banque de France.