A process for producing a fluorinated compound, which comprises a step of reacting a compound represented by the following formula and a compound represented by the following formula to produce a compound represented by the following formula (wherein the fluorine content is at least 30 mass%) and a step of fluorinating the compound in a liquid phase to produce a compound represented by the following formula, HOCH 2 -R A -CH 2 OH X 1 C(=O)-C(R B)(R C)(R D) (R D)(R C)(R B)C-C(=O)OCH 2 -R A -CH 2 OC(=O)-C(R B)(R C)(R D) (R DF)(R CF)(R BF)C-C(=O)OCF 2 -R AF -CF 2 OC(=O)-C(R BF)(R CF)(R DF) wherein R A: a bivalent saturated hydrocarbon group or a partially halogenated bivalent saturated hydrocarbon group, R B, R C and R D: R B is the same fluorinated monovalent organic group as R BF, a monovalent organic group to be converted to R BF by a fluorination reaction, a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R C is the same fluorinated monovalent organic group as R CF or a monovalent organic group to be converted to R CF by a fluorination reaction; and R D is the same fluorinated monovalent organic group as R DF or a monovalent organic group to be converted to R DF by a fluorination reaction, X 1: a halogen atom, R AF: a group having all hydrogen atoms in R A substituted by fluorine atoms, R BF: when R B is a hydrogen atom, R BF is a fluorine atom; when R B is a halogen atom, R BF is the same halogen atom as R B; and when R B is neither a hydrogen atom nor a halogen atom, R BF is a fluorinated monovalent organic group which is the same as or different from R B, and when different, R BF is a group which is R B fluorinated, R CF: a fluorinated monovalent organic group which is the same as or different from R C, and when different, R CF is a group which is R C fluorinated, and R DF: a fluorinated monovalent organic group which is the same as or different from R D, and when different, R DF is a group which is R D fluorinated. R A: a bivalent saturated hydrocarbon group or a partially halogenated bivalent saturated hydrocarbon group, R B, R C and R D: R B is the same fluorinated monovalent organic group as R BF, a monovalent organic group to be converted to R BF by a fluorination reaction, a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R C is the same fluorinated monovalent organic group as R CF or a monovalent organic group to be converted to R CF by a fluorination reaction; and R D is the same fluorinated monovalent organic group as R DF or a monovalent organic group to be converted to R DF by a fluorination reaction, X 1: a halogen atom, R AF: a group having all hydrogen atoms in R A substituted by fluorine atoms, R BF: when R B is a hydrogen atom, R BF is a fluorine atom; when R B is a halogen atom, R BF is the same halogen atom as R B; and when R B is neither a hydrogen atom nor a halogen atom, R BF is a fluorinated monovalent organic group which is the same as or different from R B, and when different, R BF is a group which is R B fluorinated, R CF: a fluorinated monovalent organic group which is the same as or different from R C, and when different, R CF is a group which is R C fluorinated, and R DF: a fluorinated monovalent organic group which is the same as or different from R D, and when different, R DF is a group which is R D fluorinated.