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France imports of Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (HS 4203)

Where France buys articles of apparel and clothing accessories: value, growth, unit value and the top suppliers, from official CEPII BACI and Eurostat statistics. World market for HS 4203 · France trade profile

France imports, 2024USD 506.3 millionSum over 139 supplying economies. Source: CEPII BACI.
France imports, 2023USD 504.2 millionSame partners, previous year. Source: CEPII BACI.
Growth+0.4%2024 against 2023, USD. Source: CEPII BACI.
Unit valueUSD 73,738 per tonneValue divided by quantity, flows with a reported quantity only (100.0% of the value). Source: CEPII BACI.
France imports with all partners, 2026-07EUR 46.5 millionLatest month in the database. Source: Eurostat Comext DS-045409, record DS-045409:FR:WORLD:4203:1:2026-07.
Trade companies in the directory1,126,218Active companies in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in this economy, counts only. Source: AYBARION company directory, see the Data Passport.

Top suppliers

#SupplierValue 2024ShareGrowthRecord
1ItalyUSD 177.8 million35.1%+1.3%BACI:FR:IT:4203:1:2024
2SpainUSD 93.8 million18.5%+15.9%BACI:FR:ES:4203:1:2024
3IndiaUSD 57.4 million11.3%+2.1%BACI:FR:IN:4203:1:2024
4ChinaUSD 31.9 million6.3%−0.9%BACI:FR:CN:4203:1:2024
5PakistanUSD 26.5 million5.2%−18.8%BACI:FR:PK:4203:1:2024
6GermanyUSD 21.0 million4.1%−2.9%BACI:FR:DE:4203:1:2024
7TürkiyeUSD 14.7 million2.9%−14.3%BACI:FR:TR:4203:1:2024
8NetherlandsUSD 10.4 million2.1%−26.5%BACI:FR:NL:4203:1:2024
9VietnamUSD 9.9 million1.9%+3.6%BACI:FR:VN:4203:1:2024
10United KingdomUSD 8.6 million1.7%+7.5%BACI:FR:GB:4203:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Shares of the France total over the partners BACI lists. Record IDs per row.

Trade companies: active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in France, counted in the AYBARION company directory. The matching wholesale activity for this product is Wholesale of other household goods (NACE 4649) and Wholesale of clothing and footwear (NACE 4642). Counts only.

Import requirements in France

  • European Union: 53 import measures recorded for HS 4203 (controls, licences, certificates, quotas and duties at commodity code level). Source: EU TARIC measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view).
  • European Union: third country (MFN) duty 4.0% to 9.0% ad valorem across 8 tariff lines. Preferential rates under trade agreements can be lower. Source: EU TARIC duty measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view).

As an EU member, France applies the EU common customs tariff.

Counts of official tariff measures, not advice. Members see every measure, document code and duty for their own origin and destination.

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Data Passport

  • CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
  • Eurostat Comext DS-045409: France monthly imports, EUR and net mass, last month 2026-07. Licence: Eurostat reuse policy, free reuse with attribution "Source: Eurostat" (© European Union). Record ID: DS-045409:FR:WORLD:4203:1:2026-07. Source
  • EU TARIC measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view) (EU measures): HMRC / Department for Business and Trade (EU TARIC data). Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Snapshot 2026-10-22. Source
  • EU TARIC duty measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view) (EU measures): HMRC / Department for Business and Trade (EU TARIC data). Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Snapshot 2026-10-23. Source
  • AYBARION company directory: counts of active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE Rev.2 section G), from official registers and open datasets, built 2026-10-22. Counts only: no names, addresses or contacts are shown here. Sources under share-alike licences (CC BY-SA) or with an unverified licence are not counted, and no company data is offered for countries under comprehensive sanctions.
  • Method: Values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows of France with each partner, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; the total is the sum over partners; shares divide each partner by that total; growth compares 2024 with 2023; unit value is value divided by quantity over flows that report a quantity. Peru and the Philippines are left out of lists and totals by policy.

Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.

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Members see the importers, distributors and wholesalers of articles of apparel and clothing accessories in France, with their evidence and Data Passport.

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