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Import market · HS 7224 · FR

France imports of Alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (HS 7224)

Where France buys alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms: value, growth, unit value and the top suppliers, from official CEPII BACI and Eurostat statistics. World market for HS 7224 · France trade profile

France imports, 2024USD 221.8 millionSum over 32 supplying economies. Source: CEPII BACI.
France imports, 2023USD 272.5 millionSame partners, previous year. Source: CEPII BACI.
Growth−18.6%2024 against 2023, USD. Source: CEPII BACI.
Unit valueUSD 1,263 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 35.8 millionLatest month in the database. Source: Eurostat Comext DS-045409, record DS-045409:FR:WORLD:7224:1:2026-07.
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
1GermanyUSD 110.4 million49.8%−21.6%BACI:FR:DE:7224:1:2024
2BelgiumUSD 50.3 million22.7%−33.5%BACI:FR:BE:7224:1:2024
3ItalyUSD 13.3 million6.0%−10.4%BACI:FR:IT:7224:1:2024
4SpainUSD 12.9 million5.8%+353.4%BACI:FR:ES:7224:1:2024
5SwedenUSD 9.0 million4.0%−43.8%BACI:FR:SE:7224:1:2024
6PolandUSD 4.3 million1.9%−49.4%BACI:FR:PL:7224:1:2024
7United StatesUSD 3.8 million1.7%+241.9%BACI:FR:US:7224:1:2024
8AustriaUSD 3.2 million1.4%−13.5%BACI:FR:AT:7224:1:2024
9BrazilUSD 3.1 million1.4%−26.9%BACI:FR:BR:7224:1:2024
10TürkiyeUSD 3.1 million1.4%+327.8%BACI:FR:TR:7224:1:2024

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 metals and metal ores (NACE 4672). Counts only.

Import requirements in France

  • European Union: 102 import measures recorded for HS 7224 (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 0.0% ad valorem across 24 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:7224:1:2026-07. 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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