Trade lane

What France buys from Taiwan.

France imported USD 3.8bn of manufactured and processed goods from Taiwan in 2024, down 7 per cent on 2022. That is 1 per cent of everything France imported in these lines, and Taiwan is its number 28 source. Below: the 50 largest lines, the fastest growing, where Taiwan dominates, and where another country ships the same line for less a tonne.

Trade year 2024, compared with 2022. Unit values are customs values per tonne, declared at the border, not product prices.

USD 3.8bnfrom Taiwan in 2024 (USD 4.1bn in 2022)
1 per centof France's imports in these lines, USD 574bn from every source
303product lines worth USD 1m or more on this lane
#28Taiwan's rank among France's sources
The top 50

The largest lines on the lane, by 2024 value.

Each line shows what France paid Taiwan for it at the border, Taiwan's share of everything France imported in that line, how it changed since 2022, and the customs unit value per tonne where the weight is recorded. Together they are 72 per cent of the lane.

  1. 1

    Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542HS 854239

    Share of France's imports33 per cent, 109 source countries
    Changedown 38 per cent on 2022 (USD 848m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 2.5m a tonne, 208 tonnes
    USD 525min 2024
  2. 2

    Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other...HS 851762

    Share of France's imports6 per cent, 145 source countries
    Changeup 64 per cent on 2022 (USD 186m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 329,775 a tonne, 925 tonnes
    USD 305min 2024
  3. 3

    Electronic integrated circuits: memoriesHS 854232

    Share of France's imports41 per cent, 64 source countries
    Changedown 23 per cent on 2022 (USD 269m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 197,667 a tonne, 1,051 tonnes
    USD 208min 2024
  4. 4

    Units of automatic data processing machines: n.e.c. in item no. 8471.50, 8471.60 or 8471.70HS 847180

    Share of France's imports18 per cent, 90 source countries
    Changeup 413 per cent on 2022 (USD 33m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 1.3m a tonne, 132 tonnes
    USD 170min 2024
  5. 5

    Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471HS 847330

    Share of France's imports12 per cent, 127 source countries
    Changeup 25 per cent on 2022 (USD 124m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 170,372 a tonne, 910 tonnes
    USD 155min 2024
  6. 6

    Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two...HS 847150

    Share of France's imports7 per cent, 97 source countries
    Changeup 105 per cent on 2022 (USD 55m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 693,543 a tonne, 164 tonnes
    USD 114min 2024
  7. 7

    Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or...HS 854231

    Share of France's imports8 per cent, 96 source countries
    Changedown 53 per cent on 2022 (USD 234m in 2022)
    Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of range
    USD 110min 2024
  8. 8

    Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a displayHS 847130

    Share of France's imports1 per cent, 132 source countries
    Changefrom USD 9m in 2022
    Unit valueUSD 369,971 a tonne, 209 tonnes
    USD 77min 2024
  9. 9

    Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellersHS 841191

    Share of France's imports3 per cent, 75 source countries
    Changeup 73 per cent on 2022 (USD 38m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 917,306 a tonne, 72 tonnes
    USD 66min 2024
  10. 10

    Bicycles and other cycles: including delivery tricycles, not motorisedHS 871200

    Share of France's imports14 per cent, 75 source countries
    Changeup 20 per cent on 2022 (USD 54m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 119,600 a tonne, 541 tonnes
    USD 65min 2024
  11. 11

    Semiconductor media: solid-state non-volatile storage devices, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37HS 852351

    Share of France's imports9 per cent, 107 source countries
    Changeup 49 per cent on 2022 (USD 41m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 572,974 a tonne, 106 tonnes
    USD 61min 2024
  12. 12

    Electrical static convertersHS 850440

    Share of France's imports2 per cent, 143 source countries
    Changeup 114 per cent on 2022 (USD 26m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 129,795 a tonne, 435 tonnes
    USD 56min 2024
  13. 13

    Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39HS 392690

    Share of France's imports1 per cent, 177 source countries
    Changedown 14 per cent on 2022 (USD 59m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 16,351 a tonne, 3,126 tonnes
    USD 51min 2024
  14. 14

    Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with auxiliary motor, with electric motor for propulsion, with or without side-cars: side-carsHS 871160

    Share of France's imports7 per cent, 53 source countries
    Changeup 4 per cent on 2022 (USD 43m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 70,088 a tonne, 632 tonnes
    USD 44min 2024
  15. 15

    Iron or steel: threaded self-tapping screwsHS 731814

    Share of France's imports26 per cent, 73 source countries
    Changedown 6 per cent on 2022 (USD 47m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 5,821 a tonne, 7,541 tonnes
    USD 44min 2024
  16. 16

    Cycles: parts thereof, n.e.c. in item no. 8714.9HS 871499

    Share of France's imports19 per cent, 88 source countries
    Changedown 31 per cent on 2022 (USD 62m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 36,153 a tonne, 1,197 tonnes
    USD 43min 2024
  17. 17

    Vinyl acetate, vinyl ester polymers, vinyl polymers: n.e.c. in heading no. 3905, in primary forms, copolymersHS 390591

    Share of France's imports39 per cent, 23 source countries
    Changeup 16 per cent on 2022 (USD 33m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 6,417 a tonne, 6,044 tonnes
    USD 39min 2024
  18. 18

    Iron or steel: threaded nutsHS 731816

    Share of France's imports13 per cent, 102 source countries
    Changeup 4 per cent on 2022 (USD 35m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 6,730 a tonne, 5,425 tonnes
    USD 37min 2024
  19. 19

    Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuitsHS 848620

    Share of France's imports5 per cent, 35 source countries
    Changedown 84 per cent on 2022 (USD 199m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 1.1m a tonne, 30 tonnes
    USD 31min 2024
  20. 20

    Iron or steel: threaded screws and bolts n.e.c. in item no. 7318.1, whether or not with their nuts or washersHS 731815

    Share of France's imports3 per cent, 134 source countries
    Changedown 18 per cent on 2022 (USD 35m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 4,018 a tonne, 7,157 tonnes
    USD 29min 2024
  21. 21

    Spectacles, goggles and the like: (other than sunglasses) corrective, protective or otherHS 900490

    Share of France's imports17 per cent, 103 source countries
    Changeup 20 per cent on 2022 (USD 24m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 45,427 a tonne, 625 tonnes
    USD 28min 2024
  22. 22

    Tools, hand: interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handlesHS 820420

    Share of France's imports36 per cent, 77 source countries
    Changeup 43 per cent on 2022 (USD 20m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 20,071 a tonne, 1,387 tonnes
    USD 28min 2024
  23. 23

    Nickel: articles thereof n.e.c. in item no. 7508.1HS 750890

    Share of France's imports12 per cent, 51 source countries
    Changeup 86 per cent on 2022 (USD 13m in 2022)
    Unit valuenot shown: weight missing or out of range
    USD 25min 2024
  24. 24

    Sunglasses: corrective, protective or otherHS 900410

    Share of France's imports4 per cent, 111 source countries
    Changeup 12 per cent on 2022 (USD 22m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 83,706 a tonne, 290 tonnes
    USD 24min 2024
  25. 25

    Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mmHS 720839

    Share of France's imports11 per cent, 22 source countries
    Changenew since 2022
    Unit valueUSD 653 a tonne, 34,638 tonnes
    USD 23min 2024
  26. 26

    Iron or steel: threaded wood screws other than coach screwsHS 731812

    Share of France's imports22 per cent, 66 source countries
    Changedown 27 per cent on 2022 (USD 31m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 5,947 a tonne, 3,757 tonnes
    USD 22min 2024
  27. 27

    Automatic data processing machines: comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or not combined, n.e.c. in...HS 847141

    Share of France's imports3 per cent, 89 source countries
    Changeup 51 per cent on 2022 (USD 15m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 220,147 a tonne, 100 tonnes
    USD 22min 2024
  28. 28

    Motorcycles (including mopeds): parts and accessoriesHS 871410

    Share of France's imports5 per cent, 105 source countries
    Changedown 25 per cent on 2022 (USD 27m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 38,445 a tonne, 528 tonnes
    USD 20min 2024
  29. 29

    Units of automatic data processing machines: storage unitsHS 847170

    Share of France's imports2 per cent, 112 source countries
    Changedown 16 per cent on 2022 (USD 24m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 345,659 a tonne, 58 tonnes
    USD 20min 2024
  30. 30

    Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with auxiliary motor, internal combustion piston engine of cylinder capacity exceeding 500cc but not exceeding 800cc...HS 871140

    Share of France's imports6 per cent, 42 source countries
    Changenew since 2022
    Unit valueUSD 23,836 a tonne, 811 tonnes
    USD 19min 2024
  31. 31

    Television cameras: n.e.c. in item no 8525.8HS 852589

    Share of France's imports2 per cent, 104 source countries
    Changefrom USD 735k in 2022
    Unit valueUSD 260,681 a tonne, 66 tonnes
    USD 17min 2024
  32. 32

    Tools, hand: other hand tools (including glaziers diamonds), excluding household tools, drilling, threading or tapping tools, hammers and sledge hammers, planes...HS 820559

    Share of France's imports7 per cent, 120 source countries
    Changeup 26 per cent on 2022 (USD 13m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 13,913 a tonne, 1,171 tonnes
    USD 16min 2024
  33. 33

    Electric accumulators: lead-acid, (other than for starting piston engines), including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square)HS 850720

    Share of France's imports5 per cent, 70 source countries
    Changeup 1 per cent on 2022 (USD 16m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 3,752 a tonne, 4,290 tonnes
    USD 16min 2024
  34. 34

    Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens: of liquid crystals, with drivers or control circuitsHS 852491

    Share of France's imports6 per cent, 51 source countries
    Changeup 157 per cent on 2022 (USD 6m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 208,385 a tonne, 73 tonnes
    USD 15min 2024
  35. 35

    Monitors: other than cathode-ray tube: capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 84.71HS 852852

    Share of France's imports2 per cent, 89 source countries
    Changeup 80 per cent on 2022 (USD 8m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 44,104 a tonne, 340 tonnes
    USD 15min 2024
  36. 36

    Artificial parts of the bodyHS 902131

    Share of France's imports3 per cent, 43 source countries
    Changeup 62 per cent on 2022 (USD 9m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 1.0m a tonne, 15 tonnes
    USD 15min 2024
  37. 37

    Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543HS 854370

    Share of France's imports2 per cent, 129 source countries
    Changedown 18 per cent on 2022 (USD 18m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 226,155 a tonne, 64 tonnes
    USD 14min 2024
  38. 38

    Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326HS 732690

    Share of France's imports1 per cent, 158 source countries
    Changedown 25 per cent on 2022 (USD 18m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 13,012 a tonne, 1,070 tonnes
    USD 14min 2024
  39. 39

    Machining centres: for working metalHS 845710

    Share of France's imports7 per cent, 32 source countries
    Changeup 8 per cent on 2022 (USD 13m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 14,854 a tonne, 927 tonnes
    USD 14min 2024
  40. 40

    Magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or includedHS 847190

    Share of France's imports6 per cent, 105 source countries
    Changeup 121 per cent on 2022 (USD 6m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 235,192 a tonne, 54 tonnes
    USD 13min 2024
  41. 41

    Cycles: frames and forks, and parts thereofHS 871491

    Share of France's imports13 per cent, 59 source countries
    Changedown 69 per cent on 2022 (USD 41m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 63,106 a tonne, 200 tonnes
    USD 13min 2024
  42. 42

    Electrical apparatus: diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LED)HS 854110

    Share of France's imports8 per cent, 75 source countries
    Changeup 56 per cent on 2022 (USD 8m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 107,645 a tonne, 114 tonnes
    USD 12min 2024
  43. 43

    Lighting or visual signalling equipment: electrical, of a kind used on motor vehicles (excluding articles of heading no. 8539)HS 851220

    Share of France's imports2 per cent, 95 source countries
    Changeup 7 per cent on 2022 (USD 11m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 50,107 a tonne, 242 tonnes
    USD 12min 2024
  44. 44

    Tools, hand: hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches), non-adjustableHS 820411

    Share of France's imports22 per cent, 85 source countries
    Changedown 41 per cent on 2022 (USD 20m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 12,992 a tonne, 916 tonnes
    USD 12min 2024
  45. 45

    Automatic data processing machines: presented in the form of systems, n.e.c. in item no. 8471.30 or 8471.41HS 847149

    Share of France's imports2 per cent, 93 source countries
    Changedown 6 per cent on 2022 (USD 13m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 165,311 a tonne, 71 tonnes
    USD 12min 2024
  46. 46

    Aluminium: articles n.e.c. in heading 7616HS 761699

    Share of France's imports1 per cent, 121 source countries
    Changedown 35 per cent on 2022 (USD 18m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 46,700 a tonne, 250 tonnes
    USD 12min 2024
  47. 47

    Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018HS 901890

    Share of France's imports1 per cent, 140 source countries
    Changeup 75 per cent on 2022 (USD 7m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 130,753 a tonne, 89 tonnes
    USD 12min 2024
  48. 48

    Electrical resistors: fixed, for a power handling capacity not exceeding 20W (including rheostats and potentiometers but excluding heating resistors and carbon resistors)HS 853321

    Share of France's imports8 per cent, 86 source countries
    Changeup 10 per cent on 2022 (USD 11m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 109,447 a tonne, 106 tonnes
    USD 12min 2024
  49. 49

    Athletics and gymnastics equipmentHS 950691

    Share of France's imports2 per cent, 104 source countries
    Changeup 108 per cent on 2022 (USD 5m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 13,129 a tonne, 864 tonnes
    USD 11min 2024
  50. 50

    Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectorsHS 854449

    Share of France's imports1 per cent, 108 source countries
    Changedown 5 per cent on 2022 (USD 12m in 2022)
    Unit valueUSD 8,480 a tonne, 1,298 tonnes
    USD 11min 2024
Fastest growing

The lines that grew most since 2022.

Lines worth at least USD 5m in 2022, ranked by growth to 2024 in current dollars. A fast rise can be a new product, a shift away from another source, or a price change; the record does not say which.

  1. Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a displayHS 847130USD 77m in 2024, from USD 9m in 2022. Taiwan supplies 1 per cent of the line.
  2. Units of automatic data processing machines: n.e.c. in item no. 8471.50, 8471.60 or 8471.70HS 847180USD 170m in 2024, up 413 per cent on 2022 (USD 33m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 18 per cent of the line.
  3. Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens: of liquid crystals, with drivers or control circuitsHS 852491USD 15m in 2024, up 157 per cent on 2022 (USD 6m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 6 per cent of the line.
  4. Magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or includedHS 847190USD 13m in 2024, up 121 per cent on 2022 (USD 6m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 6 per cent of the line.
  5. Electrical static convertersHS 850440USD 56m in 2024, up 114 per cent on 2022 (USD 26m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 2 per cent of the line.
  6. Athletics and gymnastics equipmentHS 950691USD 11m in 2024, up 108 per cent on 2022 (USD 5m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 2 per cent of the line.
  7. Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two...HS 847150USD 114m in 2024, up 105 per cent on 2022 (USD 55m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 7 per cent of the line.
  8. Nickel: articles thereof n.e.c. in item no. 7508.1HS 750890USD 25m in 2024, up 86 per cent on 2022 (USD 13m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 12 per cent of the line.
  9. Monitors: other than cathode-ray tube: capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 84.71HS 852852USD 15m in 2024, up 80 per cent on 2022 (USD 8m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 2 per cent of the line.
  10. Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018HS 901890USD 12m in 2024, up 75 per cent on 2022 (USD 7m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 1 per cent of the line.
  11. Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellersHS 841191USD 66m in 2024, up 73 per cent on 2022 (USD 38m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 3 per cent of the line.
  12. Signalling apparatus: electric, sound or visual, burglar or fire alarms and similar, other than those of heading no. 8512 or 8530HS 853110USD 11m in 2024, up 71 per cent on 2022 (USD 6m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 4 per cent of the line.
  13. Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other...HS 851762USD 305m in 2024, up 64 per cent on 2022 (USD 186m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 6 per cent of the line.
  14. Artificial parts of the bodyHS 902131USD 15m in 2024, up 62 per cent on 2022 (USD 9m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 3 per cent of the line.
  15. Electrical apparatus: diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LED)HS 854110USD 12m in 2024, up 56 per cent on 2022 (USD 8m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 8 per cent of the line.
  16. Automatic data processing machines: comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or not combined, n.e.c. in...HS 847141USD 22m in 2024, up 51 per cent on 2022 (USD 15m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 3 per cent of the line.
  17. Semiconductor media: solid-state non-volatile storage devices, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37HS 852351USD 61m in 2024, up 49 per cent on 2022 (USD 41m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 9 per cent of the line.
  18. Tools: for working in the hand, pneumatic, rotary type (including combined rotary-percussion)HS 846711USD 7m in 2024, up 47 per cent on 2022 (USD 5m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 21 per cent of the line.
  19. Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations)HS 330499USD 9m in 2024, up 46 per cent on 2022 (USD 6m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 1 per cent of the line.
  20. Tools, hand: interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handlesHS 820420USD 28m in 2024, up 43 per cent on 2022 (USD 20m in 2022). Taiwan supplies 36 per cent of the line.
Where Taiwan dominates

Lines where Taiwan supplies 60 per cent or more.

The largest lines worth USD 1m or more where Taiwan ships at least 60 per cent of what France imports. This is supply concentration: how much of the line depends on one source country.

No line worth USD 1m or more where Taiwan supplies 60 per cent of France's imports.

Another source, lower unit value

Where another country ships the same line for at least 20 per cent less a tonne.

Lines worth USD 5m or more where Taiwan's unit value is recorded and another country also ships at least USD 5m of the same line to France at a unit value at least 20 per cent lower. The largest such source is named. The same heading can hold different grades, so a lower figure is a question to ask, not a like-for-like price.

  1. Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542HS 854239Taiwan: USD 525m at USD 2.5m a tonne. Germany: USD 357m (23 per cent of the line) at USD 1.1m a tonne, 58 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 600,791 a tonne.
  2. Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other...HS 851762Taiwan: USD 305m at USD 329,775 a tonne. China: USD 1.4bn (28 per cent of the line) at USD 144,568 a tonne, 56 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 287,244 a tonne.
  3. Units of automatic data processing machines: n.e.c. in item no. 8471.50, 8471.60 or 8471.70HS 847180Taiwan: USD 170m at USD 1.3m a tonne. China: USD 322m (35 per cent of the line) at USD 234,772 a tonne, 82 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 279,756 a tonne.
  4. Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471HS 847330Taiwan: USD 155m at USD 170,372 a tonne. China: USD 573m (42 per cent of the line) at USD 122,024 a tonne, 28 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 140,575 a tonne.
  5. Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two...HS 847150Taiwan: USD 114m at USD 693,543 a tonne. China: USD 407m (24 per cent of the line) at USD 101,027 a tonne, 85 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 281,657 a tonne.
  6. Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a displayHS 847130Taiwan: USD 77m at USD 369,971 a tonne. Netherlands: USD 142m (2 per cent of the line) at USD 198,898 a tonne, 46 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 279,455 a tonne.
  7. Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellersHS 841191Taiwan: USD 66m at USD 917,306 a tonne. Belgium: USD 198m (8 per cent of the line) at USD 610,949 a tonne, 33 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 902,046 a tonne.
  8. Bicycles and other cycles: including delivery tricycles, not motorisedHS 871200Taiwan: USD 65m at USD 119,600 a tonne. Portugal: USD 62m (14 per cent of the line) at USD 20,070 a tonne, 83 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 43,102 a tonne.
  9. Semiconductor media: solid-state non-volatile storage devices, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37HS 852351Taiwan: USD 61m at USD 572,974 a tonne. China: USD 104m (16 per cent of the line) at USD 421,439 a tonne, 26 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 477,653 a tonne.
  10. Electrical static convertersHS 850440Taiwan: USD 56m at USD 129,795 a tonne. China: USD 1.0bn (31 per cent of the line) at USD 38,648 a tonne, 70 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 57,512 a tonne.
  11. Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39HS 392690Taiwan: USD 51m at USD 16,351 a tonne. Germany: USD 656m (19 per cent of the line) at USD 10,633 a tonne, 35 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 14,451 a tonne.
  12. Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with auxiliary motor, with electric motor for propulsion, with or without side-cars: side-carsHS 871160Taiwan: USD 44m at USD 70,088 a tonne. China: USD 186m (28 per cent of the line) at USD 13,511 a tonne, 81 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 48,022 a tonne.
  13. Iron or steel: threaded self-tapping screwsHS 731814Taiwan: USD 44m at USD 5,821 a tonne. Vietnam: USD 6m (3 per cent of the line) at USD 4,492 a tonne, 23 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 6,456 a tonne.
  14. Cycles: parts thereof, n.e.c. in item no. 8714.9HS 871499Taiwan: USD 43m at USD 36,153 a tonne. China: USD 34m (15 per cent of the line) at USD 13,630 a tonne, 62 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 39,036 a tonne.
  15. Vinyl acetate, vinyl ester polymers, vinyl polymers: n.e.c. in heading no. 3905, in primary forms, copolymersHS 390591Taiwan: USD 39m at USD 6,417 a tonne. Germany: USD 13m (14 per cent of the line) at USD 3,212 a tonne, 50 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 9,293 a tonne.
  16. Iron or steel: threaded nutsHS 731816Taiwan: USD 37m at USD 6,730 a tonne. China: USD 24m (8 per cent of the line) at USD 3,183 a tonne, 53 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 10,014 a tonne.
  17. Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuitsHS 848620Taiwan: USD 31m at USD 1.1m a tonne. United States: USD 111m (19 per cent of the line) at USD 345,336 a tonne, 67 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 331,312 a tonne.
  18. Iron or steel: threaded screws and bolts n.e.c. in item no. 7318.1, whether or not with their nuts or washersHS 731815Taiwan: USD 29m at USD 4,018 a tonne. China: USD 47m (5 per cent of the line) at USD 2,931 a tonne, 27 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 6,434 a tonne.
  19. Tools, hand: interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handlesHS 820420Taiwan: USD 28m at USD 20,071 a tonne. China: USD 15m (20 per cent of the line) at USD 6,702 a tonne, 67 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 20,773 a tonne.
  20. Iron or steel: threaded wood screws other than coach screwsHS 731812Taiwan: USD 22m at USD 5,947 a tonne. Vietnam: USD 8m (8 per cent of the line) at USD 3,660 a tonne, 39 per cent lower. Middle of all sources: USD 5,947 a tonne.
What this record says

What crossed the border, what it was worth, and what it weighed.

Every figure on this page is from CEPII's BACI file, which reconciles what each pair of countries reports to the UN about the same shipment. Trade year 2024, compared with 2022. A line is one six-digit customs heading (HS 2022). Values are in US dollars at the border; growth is in current dollars, so part of any change is price, not volume.

Unit value. Unit values are customs values per tonne, declared at the border, not product prices. It is the value of a line divided by its declared weight, so it mixes grades, models and qualities under one heading. It is shown only where the weight is recorded, at least three source countries of USD 100k or more ship the line to France with a weight, and the figure sits within a factor of five of the middle of those sources. Outside that band it is treated as a recording problem and left out.

Share is Taiwan's part of everything France imported in that line, from every source. Sources counts the countries that shipped any of it.

Scope. Manufactured and processed goods, customs chapters 16 to 96, without ores, fuels, precious metals, scrap, raw farm output and one-off capital and defence purchases: the same rule as the Made here pages.

What it does not say

A record of trade, not a shopping list.

What this record does not say: what sells at retail, what margin a trade leaves, how crowded the marketplaces are, or how much of a flow is re-exported through entrepots such as Hong Kong and Singapore.

A large line is not proof of an opening, and a lower unit value from another country is not proof the goods are the same. Tariffs, standards, freight, payment terms, lead times and the plain fact that a supplier is good at it are all invisible here. Nothing on this page is a forecast, a recommendation or a promise. No supplier company is named, because the record holds none.

Source: CEPII BACI, HS22, version 202601. Edition of 2026-11-03.

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