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About

Rwanda-France Trade: In 2022, Rwanda exported $4.62M to France. The main products that Rwanda exported to France were Coffee ($2.05M), Legumes ($960k), and Other Vegetables ($498k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Rwanda to France have increased at an annualized rate of 4.38%, from $3.73M in 2017 to $4.62M in 2022.

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

France-Rwanda Trade: In 2022, France exported $42.4M to Rwanda. The main products that France exported to Rwanda were Packaged Medicaments ($7.1M), Malt ($6.67M), and Electric Furnaces ($3.99M). Over the past 5 years the exports of France to Rwanda have increased at an annualized rate of 7.34%,  from $29.8M in 2017 to $42.4M in 2022.

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

Comparison: In 2022,  Rwanda ranked 89 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.53), and 147 in total exports ($1.77B). That same year, France ranked 16 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.3), and 8 in total exports ($608B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Rwanda exported $4.62M to France. The main products exported from Rwanda to France were Coffee ($2.05M), Legumes ($960k), and Other Vegetables ($498k). During the last 5 years the exports of Rwanda to France have increased at an annualized rate of 4.38%, from $3.73M in 2017 to $4.62M in 2022.

In 2017, France exported $42.4M to Rwanda. The main products exported from France to Rwanda were Packaged Medicaments ($7.1M), Malt ($6.67M), and Electric Furnaces ($3.99M). During the last 5 years the exports of France to Rwanda have increased at an annualized rate of 7.34%, from $29.8M in 2022 to $42.4M in 2017.

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

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

Latest Data

Trade between Rwanda (Flag) and France (Flag)

Rwanda Exports

France Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Rwanda
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$568M
France
Top Destination
Germany$78.3B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Rwanda than France included Democratic Republic of the Congo ($450M), South Sudan ($22M), and North Korea ($436k).

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

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

Comparative Advantage Rwanda - France

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Rwanda had a large net trade with France in the exports of Vegetable Products ($4.19M), Animal and Vegetable Bi-Products ($172k), and Machines ($89.9k).

During 2017, France had a large net trade with Rwanda in the exports of Machines ($12.3M), Chemical Products ($10.4M), and Vegetable Products ($6.86M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Rwanda France+$3.9MCoffee
Top Product Potential France Rwanda+$4.71MPackaged Medicaments

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 Rwanda and France. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Rwanda indicates it has a comparative advantage over France. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of France indicates it has a comparative advantage over Rwanda.

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

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