France Trade Balance

The goods trade balance in France was -10,478 million EUR in September 2026, according to Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE).

France Trade Balance, Goods, CIF/FOB, with the World (Monthly, NSA, customs data via INSEE) · Monthly · million EUR

Latest
-10,478
million EUR · September 2026 · No publisher status flag
Previous
-8,354
million EUR · August 2026
A year earlier
-8,508
million EUR · September 2025
Release
n/a
No publisher release time recorded for this series

Recent readings

PeriodValue (million EUR)Status
2026-09-10,478No publisher status flag
2026-08-8,354No publisher status flag
2026-07-7,409No publisher status flag
2026-06-8,181No publisher status flag
2026-05-11,193No publisher status flag
2026-04-8,061No publisher status flag
2026-03-8,551No publisher status flag
2026-02-7,470No publisher status flag
2026-01-5,181No publisher status flag
2025-12-4,250No publisher status flag
2025-11-6,484No publisher status flag
2025-10-3,238No publisher status flag
2025-09-8,508No publisher status flag
2025-08-7,268No publisher status flag
2025-07-5,471No publisher status flag
2025-06-9,160No publisher status flag
2025-05-9,872No publisher status flag
2025-04-8,299No publisher status flag
2025-03-7,216No publisher status flag
2025-02-8,137No publisher status flag
2025-01-9,710No publisher status flag
2024-12-4,038No publisher status flag
2024-11-8,180No publisher status flag
2024-10-8,304No publisher status flag
2024-09-11,063No publisher status flag
2024-08-9,242No publisher status flag
2024-07-6,222No publisher status flag
2024-06-6,948No publisher status flag
2024-05-10,506No publisher status flag
2024-04-9,715No publisher status flag
2024-03-7,034No publisher status flag
2024-02-6,825No publisher status flag
2024-01-9,248No publisher status flag
2023-12-6,173No publisher status flag
2023-11-7,797No publisher status flag
2023-10-10,070No publisher status flag

Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE). Newest 36 readings shown.

Definition and source

Goods trade balance of France including its overseas departments with the whole world, imports valued CIF and exports FOB, excluding military equipment, raw collection data (not seasonally adjusted), EUR million, as the customs service (DGDDI) publishes it and INSEE republishes it in its BDM. The customs headline balance is FOB/FOB and seasonally adjusted, a different measure. Release times and vintages are unknown; recent months are revised in each release.

Adjustment
not seasonally adjusted
Adjustment basis
BRUT, "données de collecte" in INSEE's own series title; the CVS-CJO twin (001568615) and the customs FOB/FOB headline are not read.
Measure
Merchandise trade balance: exports FOB minus imports CIF, all goods excluding military equipment, France including its overseas departments, with the whole world
Growth basis
level (balance) as published; no transformation
Admitted history
Every published month from 2016-01 (the series origin)
Original source number
-10478
Publisher status
No per-observation status supplied; finality and revision stage are unknown.
Reuse scope
Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): free reuse including commercial; cite "Source : Insee" and the last update date.

Also reviewed on SOTW: OECD goods balance · US dollars. The OECD's copy, converted to US dollars at market exchange rates; it usually reaches SOTW a month after Eurostat's release.

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Source : Insee, d'après les données des Douanes (DGDDI) : solde CAF/FAB des échanges de la France y c. DOM avec le monde entier, hors matériel militaire, données de collecte (série 001568290), dernière mise à jour 2026-11-06, consulté le 2026-11-09.

Licence: Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Publisher page: https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/serie/001568290