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About

France-Namibia Trade: In 2022, France exported $37.5M to Namibia. The main products that France exported to Namibia were Cleaning Products ($9.55M), Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($5.71M), and Malt ($4.31M). Over the past 5 years the exports of France to Namibia have increased at an annualized rate of 8.78%, from $24.6M in 2017 to $37.5M in 2022.

In 2022, France did not export any services to Namibia.

Namibia-France Trade: In 2022, Namibia exported $272M to France. The main products that Namibia exported to France were Uranium and Thorium Ore ($148M), Radioactive Chemicals ($68.7M), and Fish Fillets ($37.5M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Namibia to France have increased at an annualized rate of 0.3%,  from $265M in 2017 to $272M in 2022.

In 2022, Namibia did not export any services to France.

Comparison: In 2022,  France ranked 16 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.3), and 8 in total exports ($608B). That same year, Namibia ranked 94 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.63), and 121 in total exports ($6.18B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

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In 2022, France exported $37.5M to Namibia. The main products exported from France to Namibia were Cleaning Products ($9.55M), Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($5.71M), and Malt ($4.31M). During the last 5 years the exports of France to Namibia have increased at an annualized rate of 8.78%, from $24.6M in 2017 to $37.5M in 2022.

In 2017, Namibia exported $272M to France. The main products exported from Namibia to France were Uranium and Thorium Ore ($148M), Radioactive Chemicals ($68.7M), and Fish Fillets ($37.5M). During the last 5 years the exports of Namibia to France have increased at an annualized rate of 0.3%, from $265M in 2022 to $272M in 2017.

Exports from France (Flag) to Namibia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Namibia (Flag) to France (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between France (Flag) and Namibia (Flag)

France Exports

Namibia Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
France
Top Destination
Germany$78.3B
Namibia
Top Destination
South Africa$1.75B

This map shows whether countries import more from France or Namibia. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from France and Namibia or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from France than Namibia included Germany ($78.3B), Italy ($56.4B), and United States ($50B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Namibia than France included Botswana ($672M), Zambia ($279M), and Zimbabwe ($47.4M).

Difference in imports from Namibia (Flag) and France (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage France - Namibia

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between France and Namibia by product, considering products traded by both, France and Namibia.

During 2022, France had a large net trade with Namibia in the exports of Chemical Products ($13.9M), Transportation ($6.92M), and Machines ($5.08M).

During 2017, Namibia had a large net trade with France in the exports of Mineral Products ($149M), Chemical Products ($69M), and Animal Products ($40M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential France Namibia+$2.35MPlanes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft
Top Product Potential Namibia France+$15.1MRadioactive Chemicals

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of France and Namibia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of France indicates it has a comparative advantage over Namibia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Namibia indicates it has a comparative advantage over France.

Product Space of France (Flag) and Namibia (Flag) (2022)

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