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About

Iran-France Trade: In 2022, Iran exported $18.1M to France. The main products that Iran exported to France were Spices ($3.88M), Other Nuts ($2.28M), and Grapes ($2.06M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Iran to France have decreased at an annualized rate of 63%, from $2.62B in 2017 to $18.1M in 2022.

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

France-Iran Trade: In 2022, France exported $329M to Iran. The main products that France exported to Iran were Barley ($68M), Medical Instruments ($33.6M), and Unpackaged Medicaments ($21.8M). Over the past 5 years the exports of France to Iran have decreased at an annualized rate of 28.3%,  from $1.73B in 2017 to $329M in 2022.

In 2009, France exported services to Iran worth $209M, with Services not allocated ($104M), Transportation ($41.8M), and Royalties and license fees ($30.3M) being the largest in terms of value.

Comparison: In 2022,  Iran ranked 60 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.072), and 86 in total exports ($15.9B). 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, Iran exported $18.1M to France. The main products exported from Iran to France were Spices ($3.88M), Other Nuts ($2.28M), and Grapes ($2.06M). During the last 5 years the exports of Iran to France have decreased at an annualized rate of 63%, from $2.62B in 2017 to $18.1M in 2022.

In 2017, France exported $329M to Iran. The main products exported from France to Iran were Barley ($68M), Medical Instruments ($33.6M), and Unpackaged Medicaments ($21.8M). During the last 5 years the exports of France to Iran have decreased at an annualized rate of 28.3%, from $1.73B in 2022 to $329M in 2017.

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

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

Latest Data

Trade between Iran (Flag) and France (Flag)

France Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Iran
Top Destination
China$5.72B
France
Top Destination
Germany$78.3B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Iran than France included Armenia ($557M), Azerbaijan ($454M), and Pakistan ($762M).

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

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

Comparative Advantage Iran - France

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Iran had a large net trade with France in the exports of Vegetable Products ($11M), Textiles ($2.06M), and Metals ($2.06M).

During 2017, France had a large net trade with Iran in the exports of Chemical Products ($113M), Vegetable Products ($78.5M), and Instruments ($61.2M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential Iran France+$4.04MEthylene Polymers
Top Product Potential France Iran+$23.1MPackaged 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 Iran and France. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Iran indicates it has a comparative advantage over France. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of France indicates it has a comparative advantage over Iran.

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

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