Tariff Monitor
Tariffs on Imports From France
In 2025, U.S. importers brought in $9.2B of goods from France across the 34 manufacturing families MFG Calcs tracks, paying an effective tariff rate of 5.33%, up from 0.8% the year before. France's largest tracked categories: turbines and fluid-power drives, gears and power transmission, electric motors and generators. Tracked-family totals are a floor on total bilateral trade, from USITC DataWeb data.
The current reading
- Tracked imports from France: $9.2B in 2025 across 34 manufacturing families, a floor on total bilateral trade.
- Effective tariff rate paid: 5.33% (0.8% the year before), calculated duties ÷ customs value.
- History depth: 12 years of annual named-source boards.
Largest tracked families from France
- Turbines and fluid-power drives
- Gears and power transmission
- Electric motors and generators
- Plastics in primary forms
- Measuring and inspection instruments
Frequently asked questions
- How much does the U.S. import from France? Across the 34 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from France totaled $9.2B in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It counts only the tracked families where France ranks among the largest named sources.
- What tariff rate do imports from France actually pay? In 2025, imports from France paid an effective rate of 5.33% across tracked families. The rate is calculated duties divided by customs value, which captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and trade-program use that statutory rates cannot. A year earlier the rate was 0.8%.
- What does the U.S. import most from France? Among tracked manufacturing families, France's largest recent categories are turbines and fluid-power drives, gears and power transmission, electric motors and generators, plastics in primary forms. Each has its own live rate page linked below.
- Is the tariff burden on France rising or falling? Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from France moved +4.5 points year over year to 5.33% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.
About this data
- Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling; verify rates with a licensed customs broker before relying on them.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.