France - Merchandise imports

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in France was 3.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.15 in 1960, while its lowest value was 3.24 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 20.15
1961 19.11
1962 18.15
1963 15.66
1964 14.45
1965 14.34
1966 12.93
1967 12.92
1968 12.01
1969 10.03
1970 10.17
1971 9.69
1972 9.56
1973 9.40
1974 17.32
1975 14.77
1976 15.17
1977 14.51
1978 12.61
1979 13.76
1980 16.10
1981 17.39
1982 14.31
1983 11.06
1984 9.79
1985 8.04
1986 5.44
1987 4.43
1988 3.78
1989 4.06
1990 4.39
1991 4.64
1992 4.17
1993 4.24
1994 3.87
1995 3.42
1996 3.70
1997 4.02
1998 3.38
1999 3.55
2000 4.13
2001 4.27
2002 4.00
2003 3.96
2004 3.97
2005 5.16
2006 4.40
2007 4.15
2008 4.93
2009 3.89
2010 4.44
2011 4.46
2012 4.87
2013 4.97
2014 4.87
2015 4.00
2016 3.41
2017 3.75
2018 4.48
2019 4.48
2020 3.24

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in France was 582,564,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 720,028,000,000 in 2011 and a minimum value of 6,282,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 6,282,000,000
1961 6,683,000,000
1962 7,378,000,000
1963 8,743,999,000
1964 10,101,000,000
1965 10,384,000,000
1966 11,859,000,000
1967 12,443,000,000
1968 14,019,000,000
1969 17,371,000,000
1970 19,131,000,000
1971 21,336,000,000
1972 26,999,000,000
1973 37,738,000,000
1974 52,918,000,000
1975 53,947,000,000
1976 64,082,000,000
1977 70,637,000,000
1978 81,788,000,000
1979 107,009,000,000
1980 134,866,000,000
1981 120,953,000,000
1982 115,714,000,000
1983 105,907,000,000
1984 104,362,000,000
1985 108,251,000,000
1986 129,401,000,000
1987 158,476,000,000
1988 178,857,000,000
1989 192,986,000,000
1990 234,436,000,000
1991 231,784,000,000
1992 239,638,000,000
1993 217,351,000,000
1994 246,001,000,000
1995 289,391,000,000
1996 294,560,000,000
1997 285,027,000,000
1998 307,771,000,000
1999 315,748,000,000
2000 338,940,000,000
2001 328,608,000,000
2002 329,262,000,000
2003 398,840,000,000
2004 470,945,000,000
2005 504,124,000,000
2006 541,919,000,000
2007 630,861,000,000
2008 716,795,000,000
2009 560,873,000,000
2010 611,070,000,000
2011 720,028,000,000
2012 674,415,000,000
2013 681,467,000,000
2014 676,617,000,000
2015 570,758,000,000
2016 567,657,000,000
2017 619,334,000,000
2018 676,441,000,000
2019 654,658,000,000
2020 582,564,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in France was 82.17 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.47 in 1999, while its lowest value was 59.00 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 59.00
1961 60.67
1962 60.93
1963 62.55
1964 64.12
1965 63.62
1966 64.85
1967 65.74
1968 67.51
1969 67.44
1970 68.99
1971 70.88
1972 71.30
1973 70.46
1974 70.07
1975 71.80
1976 72.16
1977 71.44
1978 72.45
1979 71.94
1980 70.31
1981 74.43
1982 72.42
1983 71.03
1984 70.23
1985 70.73
1986 74.93
1987 75.86
1988 75.47
1989 75.44
1990 76.21
1991 76.77
1992 75.96
1993 76.56
1994 74.75
1995 75.74
1996 75.44
1997 74.57
1998 76.59
1999 87.47
2000 86.63
2001 86.19
2002 86.06
2003 85.76
2004 85.06
2005 83.18
2006 83.46
2007 82.96
2008 81.36
2009 82.23
2010 81.22
2011 80.53
2012 81.19
2013 81.74
2014 81.74
2015 82.61
2016 83.62
2017 82.84
2018 82.08
2019 82.15
2020 82.17

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in France was 17.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 31.54 in 1960, while its lowest value was 9.64 in 1988.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 31.54
1961 29.86
1962 29.34
1963 26.63
1964 25.23
1965 25.19
1966 23.60
1967 22.08
1968 19.58
1969 18.15
1970 17.48
1971 15.57
1972 14.85
1973 14.94
1974 17.37
1975 16.12
1976 15.85
1977 16.95
1978 15.75
1979 15.98
1980 17.12
1981 13.36
1982 15.40
1983 15.96
1984 16.74
1985 15.95
1986 10.99
1987 10.45
1988 9.64
1989 10.11
1990 10.30
1991 10.60
1992 11.19
1993 12.97
1994 12.31
1995 12.12
1996 12.86
1997 13.21
1998 12.69
1999 11.50
2000 12.43
2001 12.89
2002 12.89
2003 13.13
2004 13.77
2005 15.75
2006 15.83
2007 16.51
2008 18.04
2009 17.16
2010 18.62
2011 19.33
2012 18.71
2013 18.19
2014 18.06
2015 17.27
2016 16.21
2017 16.90
2018 17.76
2019 17.64
2020 17.66

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in France was 8.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 8.85 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.96 in 1963.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1.50
1961 1.15
1962 1.04
1963 0.96
1964 0.99
1965 1.11
1966 1.63
1967 1.33
1968 1.15
1969 1.37
1970 1.18
1971 1.03
1972 1.06
1973 1.40
1974 1.13
1975 0.98
1976 1.10
1977 1.13
1978 1.17
1979 1.29
1980 1.31
1981 1.23
1982 1.14
1983 1.15
1984 1.23
1985 1.28
1986 1.38
1987 1.58
1988 1.76
1989 1.85
1990 1.90
1991 2.43
1992 2.76
1993 3.47
1994 3.27
1995 3.46
1996 3.86
1997 4.17
1998 4.34
1999 3.37
2000 3.57
2001 3.53
2002 3.76
2003 3.86
2004 4.16
2005 4.56
2006 4.71
2007 4.98
2008 4.89
2009 5.43
2010 6.21
2011 6.09
2012 6.19
2013 6.09
2014 6.30
2015 6.94
2016 6.84
2017 6.83
2018 7.00
2019 7.22
2020 8.85

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in France was 3.17 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.53 in 2011, while its lowest value was 0.20 in 1980.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.33
1961 0.35
1962 0.38
1963 0.37
1964 0.32
1965 0.35
1966 0.41
1967 0.39
1968 0.35
1969 0.35
1970 0.41
1971 0.41
1972 0.34
1973 0.32
1974 0.25
1975 0.23
1976 0.28
1977 0.24
1978 0.26
1979 0.24
1980 0.20
1981 0.31
1982 0.31
1983 0.30
1984 0.33
1985 0.35
1986 0.34
1987 0.36
1988 0.39
1989 0.43
1990 0.42
1991 0.41
1992 1.19
1993 2.00
1994 1.85
1995 1.90
1996 2.10
1997 1.98
1998 1.75
1999 1.90
2000 2.26
2001 2.39
2002 2.64
2003 2.90
2004 3.39
2005 3.65
2006 4.05
2007 4.40
2008 4.88
2009 4.62
2010 4.88
2011 5.53
2012 4.82
2013 4.77
2014 4.49
2015 3.56
2016 3.28
2017 3.65
2018 3.89
2019 3.78
2020 3.17

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in France was 0.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.15 in 1962, while its lowest value was 0.96 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 2.98
1961 2.68
1962 3.15
1963 2.92
1964 2.96
1965 2.85
1966 2.48
1967 2.32
1968 1.93
1969 1.94
1970 2.05
1971 1.80
1972 1.83
1973 1.91
1974 1.52
1975 1.47
1976 1.43
1977 2.05
1978 1.88
1979 1.69
1980 1.88
1981 2.27
1982 2.26
1983 2.56
1984 2.59
1985 2.26
1986 1.80
1987 1.74
1988 1.73
1989 1.72
1990 1.57
1991 1.51
1992 1.51
1993 1.50
1994 1.60
1995 1.49
1996 1.40
1997 1.52
1998 1.41
1999 1.18
2000 1.28
2001 1.32
2002 1.14
2003 1.15
2004 1.11
2005 1.15
2006 1.09
2007 1.10
2008 1.17
2009 1.04
2010 1.15
2011 1.14
2012 1.21
2013 1.11
2014 1.04
2015 1.19
2016 1.10
2017 1.03
2018 0.99
2019 1.00
2020 0.96

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in France was 2.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 16.54 in 1960, while its lowest value was 2.38 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 16.54
1961 15.69
1962 15.44
1963 13.45
1964 12.25
1965 12.76
1966 11.08
1967 10.57
1968 9.62
1969 8.25
1970 7.89
1971 6.22
1972 5.50
1973 5.53
1974 7.92
1975 7.55
1976 7.64
1977 7.00
1978 6.65
1979 7.00
1980 7.51
1981 4.71
1982 6.42
1983 6.73
1984 6.79
1985 6.39
1986 3.61
1987 3.61
1988 2.77
1989 3.28
1990 3.45
1991 3.49
1992 3.21
1993 3.40
1994 3.00
1995 2.86
1996 2.99
1997 3.24
1998 2.85
1999 2.93
2000 3.11
2001 3.29
2002 3.10
2003 3.15
2004 3.13
2005 4.11
2006 3.71
2007 3.56
2008 4.10
2009 3.29
2010 3.54
2011 3.36
2012 3.28
2013 3.14
2014 2.98
2015 2.63
2016 2.59
2017 2.98
2018 3.19
2019 2.85
2020 2.38

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in France was 1.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.36 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.34 in 1983.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.91
1961 0.82
1962 0.70
1963 0.72
1964 0.61
1965 0.60
1966 0.61
1967 0.51
1968 0.48
1969 0.46
1970 0.36
1971 0.37
1972 0.42
1973 0.46
1974 0.41
1975 0.40
1976 0.44
1977 0.56
1978 0.48
1979 0.44
1980 0.38
1981 0.36
1982 0.68
1983 0.34
1984 0.35
1985 0.47
1986 0.36
1987 0.39
1988 0.38
1989 0.40
1990 0.47
1991 0.50
1992 0.56
1993 0.69
1994 0.69
1995 0.68
1996 0.71
1997 0.70
1998 0.72
1999 0.60
2000 0.69
2001 0.59
2002 0.59
2003 0.59
2004 0.62
2005 0.66
2006 0.64
2007 0.73
2008 0.82
2009 0.86
2010 1.06
2011 1.07
2012 1.04
2013 1.03
2014 1.21
2015 1.25
2016 1.12
2017 1.17
2018 1.28
2019 1.36
2020 1.20

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in France was 1.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 9.27 in 1960, while its lowest value was 1.10 in 2020.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 9.27
1961 9.17
1962 8.62
1963 8.21
1964 8.09
1965 7.53
1966 7.39
1967 6.95
1968 6.04
1969 5.78
1970 5.58
1971 5.74
1972 5.70
1973 5.32
1974 6.14
1975 5.49
1976 4.96
1977 5.97
1978 5.31
1979 5.31
1980 5.83
1981 4.47
1982 4.60
1983 4.88
1984 5.45
1985 5.20
1986 3.49
1987 2.77
1988 2.61
1989 2.43
1990 2.49
1991 2.25
1992 1.96
1993 1.91
1994 1.91
1995 1.73
1996 1.80
1997 1.59
1998 1.62
1999 1.53
2000 1.51
2001 1.77
2002 1.66
2003 1.49
2004 1.36
2005 1.61
2006 1.62
2007 1.75
2008 2.18
2009 1.92
2010 1.79
2011 2.13
2012 2.17
2013 2.06
2014 2.04
2015 1.70
2016 1.29
2017 1.24
2018 1.40
2019 1.43
2020 1.10

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in France was 0.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.89 in 1988, while its lowest value was 0.07 in 2013.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 9.46
1961 9.47
1962 9.73
1963 10.82
1964 10.65
1965 11.19
1966 11.55
1967 12.19
1968 12.91
1969 14.41
1970 13.53
1971 13.55
1972 13.85
1973 14.60
1974 12.56
1975 12.08
1976 11.98
1977 11.61
1978 11.80
1979 12.08
1980 12.57
1981 12.20
1982 12.18
1983 13.01
1984 13.03
1985 13.32
1986 14.08
1987 13.69
1988 14.89
1989 14.45
1990 13.49
1991 12.64
1992 12.85
1993 10.47
1994 12.94
1995 12.13
1996 11.70
1997 12.22
1998 10.73
1999 1.04
2000 0.95
2001 0.92
2002 1.05
2003 1.11
2004 1.17
2005 1.07
2006 0.71
2007 0.53
2008 0.59
2009 0.61
2010 0.15
2011 0.14
2012 0.10
2013 0.07
2014 0.20
2015 0.12
2016 0.17
2017 0.26
2018 0.16
2019 0.21
2020 0.18

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in France was $582,564,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $719,887,000,000 in 2011 and $6,065,600,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 $6,065,600,000
1961 $6,488,200,000
1962 $7,315,200,000
1963 $8,523,900,000
1964 $9,899,201,000
1965 $10,156,500,000
1966 $11,732,800,000
1967 $12,273,800,000
1968 $13,863,700,000
1969 $17,372,700,000
1970 $19,009,800,000
1971 $21,150,100,000
1972 $26,851,700,000
1973 $37,533,500,000
1974 $52,704,000,000
1975 $53,745,900,000
1976 $64,130,600,000
1977 $70,225,700,000
1978 $81,464,700,000
1979 $106,702,000,000
1980 $134,587,000,000
1981 $120,660,000,000
1982 $115,458,000,000
1983 $105,699,000,000
1984 $104,120,000,000
1985 $108,028,000,000
1986 $129,045,000,000
1987 $158,094,000,000
1988 $179,900,000,000
1989 $192,611,000,000
1990 $233,954,000,000
1991 $231,422,000,000
1992 $240,946,000,000
1993 $202,240,000,000
1994 $233,833,000,000
1995 $277,817,000,000
1996 $275,521,000,000
1997 $274,065,000,000
1998 $290,107,000,000
1999 $313,490,000,000
2000 $337,872,000,000
2001 $328,607,000,000
2002 $328,727,000,000
2003 $398,678,000,000
2004 $470,889,000,000
2005 $503,801,000,000
2006 $541,814,000,000
2007 $631,532,000,000
2008 $717,917,000,000
2009 $563,477,000,000
2010 $610,915,000,000
2011 $719,887,000,000
2012 $675,016,000,000
2013 $682,441,000,000
2014 $676,617,000,000
2015 $570,758,000,000
2016 $567,657,000,000
2017 $619,334,000,000
2018 $676,442,000,000
2019 $654,658,000,000
2020 $582,564,000,000

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports