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About

France-Sierra Leone Trade: In 2023, France exported $15.8M to Sierra Leone. The main products that France exported to Sierra Leone were Large Iron Containers ($2.84M), Excavation Machinery ($2.56M), and Iron Structures ($1.4M). Over the past 5 years the exports of France to Sierra Leone have decreased at an annualized rate of 8.06%, from $24.1M in 2018 to $15.8M in 2023.

In 2023, France did not export any services to Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone-France Trade: In 2023, Sierra Leone exported $9.22M to France. The main products that Sierra Leone exported to France were Titanium Ore ($6.69M), Palm Oil ($2.09M), and Electric Soldering Equipment ($73k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Sierra Leone to France have decreased at an annualized rate of 16.3%,  from $22.5M in 2018 to $9.22M in 2023.

In 2023, Sierra Leone did not export any services to France.

Comparison In 2023,  France ranked 16 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.34),  and 7 in total exports ($635B). That same year, Sierra Leone ranked 152 in total exports ($1.52B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2023, France exported $15.8M to Sierra Leone. The main products exported from France to Sierra Leone were Large Iron Containers ($2.84M), Excavation Machinery ($2.56M), and Iron Structures ($1.4M). During the last 5 years the exports of France to Sierra Leone have decreased at an annualized rate of 8.06%, from $24.1M in 2018 to $15.8M in 2023.

In 2018, Sierra Leone exported $9.22M to France. The main products exported from Sierra Leone to France were Titanium Ore ($6.69M), Palm Oil ($2.09M), and Electric Soldering Equipment ($73k). During the last 5 years the exports of Sierra Leone to France have decreased at an annualized rate of 16.3%, from $22.5M in 2023 to $9.22M in 2018.

Exports from France (Flag) to Sierra Leone (Flag) (2023)

Exports from Sierra Leone (Flag) to France (Flag) (2023)

Latest Data

Trade between France (Flag) and Sierra Leone (Flag)

France Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
France
Top Destination
Germany$72.8B
Sierra Leone
Top Destination
China$1.03B

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

In 2023, countries that imported more from France than Sierra Leone included Germany ($72.8B), Italy ($56.3B), and United States ($51.2B).

In 2023, no countries were registered that imported more from Sierra Leone than from France.

Difference in imports from Sierra Leone (Flag) and France (Flag) (2023)

Comparative Advantage France - Sierra Leone

Flow
Scale

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

During 2023, France had a large net trade with Sierra Leone in the exports of Machines ($6.57M), Metals ($4.4M), and Foodstuffs ($1.98M).

During 2018, Sierra Leone had a large net trade with France in the exports of Mineral Products ($6.69M), Animal and Vegetable Bi-Products ($2.09M), and Machines ($165k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential France Sierra Leone+$988kPackaged Medicaments
Top Product Potential Sierra Leone France+$259kExcavation Machinery

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

Product Space of France (Flag) and Sierra Leone (Flag) (2023)

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