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Facilitation and security of trade

Customs surveillance of flows of people and goods and fight against large-scale customs fraud, support functions, promotion of international trade and quality of customs clearance…: the 2nd largest of the 3 parts of “Public finance management”.

1.8bn€
voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)
< 1% of the State budget voted for 2026

Year by year

Spent in 20241.7bn€
Spent in 20251.7bn€
Voted for 20261.8bn€

What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025

Customs surveillance of flows of people and goods and fight against large-scale customs fraud34%599M€
Support functions29%523M€
Promotion of international trade and quality of customs clearance15%260M€
Preservation of the safety and security of national and European airspace10%177M€
Customs, energy and environmental taxation8%137M€
Support functions3%59M€
Use of intelligence tools in support of customs missions1%24M€

Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗, State budget bill for 2025 (data.economie.gouv.fr) ↗.