The truffle market in France

Spain is France’s leading supplier of fresh truffles: €7.6 million in 2025, or 53% of imports by value, for 23.5 tonnes, according to Eurostat. Italy follows with €1.3 million for 18.2 tonnes. China accounts for only €0.4 million, for 6.5 tonnes, at an average value of about €56 a kilo: these are less sought-after species, sold for far less than the Périgord black truffle.

Yes, and at a high price. According to Eurostat, French exports of fresh truffles reach €13.5 million in 2025, against €10.8 million in 2024, a 24% increase, for 73.5 tonnes. Spain receives €5.2 million of them, ahead of Japan (€1.8 million), the United States (€1.7 million) and Switzerland (€1 million). Fresh truffles exported by France are worth €183 a kilo on average, against €106 on imports (calculated from Eurostat).

Prepared or preserved truffles form a second market, aimed at delicatessens and the food industry. According to Eurostat, France imported 176.6 tonnes of them in 2025 for €6.4 million, against 131.4 tonnes in 2024. French exports of tinned truffles fall to €6.2 million in 2025, after €7.8 million in 2024. These products extend truffle consumption beyond the short winter harvest season.

The Plantin group, based in Puyméras in the Vaucluse, presents itself as the French truffle leader and the second-largest player in Europe, according to Le Journal des entreprises (July 2024). It made €40 million in revenue in 2023 and opened its capital to the FrenchFood Capital fund. Alongside it, the truffle market in France includes thousands of truffle growers, brokers, wholesalers, canners and the truffle markets of the South-West and Provence.

Fresh truffle is sold in France mainly during winter, from November to March for the black truffle, on specialist markets such as those of Lalbenque (Lot) or Richerenches (Vaucluse), then through brokers and wholesalers. Buyers are restaurateurs, delicatessens, individuals and manufacturers. According to Le Journal des entreprises (February 2025), Plantin sells to starred restaurants as well as to wholesalers, food manufacturers and export customers.

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