Here you can find data on the volumes of electricity imported or exported by France.
Échanges commerciaux [EN]
Electricity trade balance between France and its neighbours
- Incomplete year
- Preliminary data
Informations and sources
This graph represents an annual and monthly overview of the electricity trade balance between France and its neighbours.
- Increasing interconnections between regions has long been a priority of the European Union's energy policy. The operation of the power system at the European scale is a reality, and it proved essential when the system was under strain during the autumn and winter 2022/2023.
- In past years, France has mostly been a net exporter to neighbouring countries, but significant supply tension in 2022 caused the situation to reverse, with France ending the year as a net importer.
Electricity trade in 2025
The competitiveness of French generation enabled it to set a new export record in 2025 with a net export balance of 92.3 TWh, continuing the trend from the previous year.
Find all the analyses on electricity trade in the 2025 Electricity Review (in French only)
- Incomplete year
- Preliminary data
Informations and sources
This graph shows the balance of trade between France and its neighbors. Values are expressed as average daily power exchanged at the border:
- a positive value indicates a net export balance for the day and the concerned border,
- a negative value indicates a net import balance for the day and for the concerned border.