Imports into France from China in Q2 2026: data brief
Imports into France from China were €12.34bn in Q2 2026, up 6.4% (€746m) on Q2 2025.
Top 3 rising headings
- Engines and motors (HS 8412): €110m, up 386.8% from €23m
- Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the… (HS 8473): €390m, up 371.5% from €83m
- Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and… (HS 8901): €208m, up 344.5% from €47m
Top 3 falling headings
- Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic… (HS 3004): €42m, down 93.2% from €607m
- Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not… (HS 8479): €53m, down 59.1% from €129m
- Powered aircraft (HS 8802): €135m, down 39.3% from €221m
Headings (HS4) worth at least €10m in both quarters.
Among these six headings, value per kg runs from €7.51 for Engines and motors to €3,246,473 for Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and… Why € per kg matters →
Cite as: Cambridge China Bridge, "China–France Trade Pulse", Q2 2026, https://camchinabridge.co.uk/china-eu-trade-pulse/france/briefs/2026-q2/. Source: Eurostat (Comext, DS-045409); quarterly totals, changes and value per kg calculated by Cambridge China Bridge. Open data:https://github.com/bonoxu/camchinabridge-open-data
The full China–France Trade Pulse: every chapter, the largest movers and each quarter since 2019 →
Method and sources
- Source: Eurostat, Comext database, dataset DS-045409 (EU trade since 1988 by HS2-4-6 and CN8): reporter France, partner China, imports, through Eurostat's free dissemination API.
- Values are in euros as Eurostat publishes them. Quarterly totals, changes on a year earlier, rankings and value per kg are calculated by Cambridge China Bridge from the monthly figures. Chapters 99 (other products) and 00 (confidential totals) are excluded.
- Eurostat revises recent months; the page is rebuilt monthly and always shows the latest figures Eurostat has published.
- Weight-based € per kg ranks categories; it does not measure freight cost directly, which depends on volume.
Source: Eurostat. Re-use of Eurostat data is authorised provided the source is acknowledged (Eurostat copyright notice). The figures on this page are aggregated and calculated from Eurostat's monthly data by Cambridge China Bridge. Journalists and researchers may quote them with a link to this page.