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Electricity trade

Here you can find data on the volumes of electricity imported or exported by France.

Electricity imports and exports in France

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Electricity trade balance between France and its neighbours

Last update: 17 November 2025 at 16:20
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        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 2024

        In 2024, France set two records in terms of electricity trade: on the one hand, its gross electricity exports were higher than ever before; on the other hand, its net trade balance exceeded the historic record set in 2002.

        Very high levels of exports were recorded every month, with slight seasonal variations.

        Find all the analyses on electricity trade in the 2024 Electricity Review

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                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.

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                Monthly net trade balance between France and its neighbours

                Last update: 17 November 2025 at 16:20
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                      The graph represents the monthly net values of the power trade balance between France and its neighbours.

                      • It allows a comparison between the monthly values of different year
                      • A positive value indicates that France has been a net exporter on the month and a negative values indicates that France has been a net importer.