The astonishing restoration of French international commerce regardless of Trump’s commerce battle | EUROtoday

Is international commerce dropping its unenviable standing because the Achilles heel of the French economic system? The commerce deficit, which had collapsed underneath the burden of vitality costs to succeed in, in 2022, the historic file of 161.7 billion euros, has made a transparent restoration. In 2025, regardless of the commerce battle launched by American President Donald Trump, it fell to 69.2 billion euros, in comparison with simply over 79 billion in 2024, in line with figures revealed on Friday February 6 by the customs division. This enchancment is linked to a 2.5% enhance in exports, which reached 614.7 billion euros, extra dynamic than imports, which solely elevated by 0.7%, to 703.6 billion euros. The dangerous information comes from the agri-food sector, whose steadiness – which nonetheless stays constructive – deteriorates considerably to succeed in 200 million euros over the 12 months, its historic lowest for the reason that 2000s, underline customs.

This deficit in commerce in items, nonetheless, stays largely offset by the excess recorded in commerce in companies which, in flip, reached 55.6 billion euros in 2025, down barely in comparison with 2024 when it reached 56.7 billion, as introduced on Friday by the Bank of France.

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