# France exports to Madagascar: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from France to Madagascar, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/FRA-MDG/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, France reported $162.0M in goods exports to Madagascar. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $162.0M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 56.2% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 10 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.8 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 30.7% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 842860 | Lifting machinery: teleferics, chair-lifts, ski-draglines and traction mechanisms for funiculars | $44.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $83.2M | 31.9% | Watch |
| 3 | 500720 | Silk: woven fabrics, containing 85% or more by weight of silk or of silk waste other than noil silk | $16.1M | 71.6% | Critical attention |
| 4 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $44.5M | 31.7% | Stable |
| 5 | 511290 | Fabrics, woven: of combed wool or combed fine animal hair, containing less than 85% by weight of wool or fine animal hair, mixed mainly or solely with fibres n.e.s. in heading no. 5112 | $10.8M | 52.5% | Critical attention |
| 6 | 511220 | Fabrics, woven: of combed wool or combed fine animal hair, containing less than 85% by weight of wool or fine animal hair, mixed mainly or solely with man-made filaments | $10.2M | 31.6% | High attention |
| 7 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $56.3M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $22.6M | 0% | Stable |
| 9 | 630900 | Clothing: worn, and other worn articles | $60.0M | 50.2% | High attention |
| 10 | 030343 | Fish: frozen, skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonus pelamis), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $15.8M | 57.6% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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