France Imports

Imports to France advanced 3.6 percent month-over-month to EUR 48.5 billion in March 2019, boosted by purchases of natural hydrocarbons, mining products, electricity (41.2 percent), mechanical, electrical, electronic and computer equipment (2.2 percent), transport equipment (3.7 percent), and coke and refined petroleum products (5.0 percent). Meanwhile, imports dropped for agricultural, forestry, fishery and aquaculture products (-7.9 percent), agribusiness products (-0.3 percent), and other industrial products (-0.1 percent). Among major trading partners, imports rose from the EU (2.0 percent), Asia (0.2 percent), America (7.0 percent), Middle East (5.1 percent) and Africa (11.4 percent). Imports in France averaged 20666.36 EUR Million from 1970 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 48525 EUR Million in March of 2019 and a record low of 1151.90 EUR Million in May of 1970.

Imports in France is expected to be 47400.00 EUR Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Imports in France to stand at 49100.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the France Imports is projected to trend around 52500.00 EUR Million in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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France Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-5324.00	-4131.00	2674.00	-7471.00	EUR Million	[+]
Current Account	-1263.00	-578.00	4784.00	-6579.00	EUR Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-0.30	-0.60	3.40	-2.10	percent	[+]
Imports	48525.00	46855.00	48525.00	1151.90	EUR Million	[+]
Exports	43201.00	42725.00	43314.00	1165.60	EUR Million	[+]
External Debt	5157170.00	5001019.00	5157170.00	3536444.00	EUR Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	114.48	115.87	115.87	89.48	Index Points	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	4070.00	3837.00	23505.00	-8086.00	EUR Million	[+]
Capital Flows	-17021.00	-7227.00	36458.00	-31626.00	EUR Million	[+]
Remittances	43.00	43.00	87.00	22.00	EUR Million	[+]
Gold Reserves	2436.00	2436.00	3024.70	2435.38	Tonnes	[+]
Terrorism Index	5.48	5.96	5.96	3.38		[+]
Tourism Revenues	3477.00	2810.00	7838.00	1426.00	EUR Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	86900.00	82600.00	86900.00	75000.00	Thousand	[+]
Crude Oil Production	15.00	15.00	58.00	15.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Weapons Sales	2162.00	2278.00	4029.00	8.00	USD Million	[+]

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France Imports

France imports mainly mechanical equipment, electronic and computer equipment (21 percent of total imports); transport equipment (19 percent), of which aeronautics (11 percent) and automobile industry (7 percent); chemicals, perfumes, cosmetics (8 percent); agro-food industry products (8 percent); metallurgical and metal products (7 percent); natural hydrocarbons, other mining products, electricity (7 percent); textiles, leather (7 percent); jewelry, toys, furniture (5 percent); pharmaceuticals (5 percent); and rubber and plastic products, miscellaneous mineral products (5 percent). Main import partners are: Germany (16 percent of total imports), China (9 percent), Italy (8 percent), Belgium (7 percent), the US and Spain (6 percent each), the UK and the Netherlands (5 percent each). This page provides the latest reported value for - France Imports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. France Imports - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2019.