According to the statistics released by
France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), in June this year the prices of imported mineral raw materials in
France has continued to decrease, with a month-on-month decrease of 4.1 percent after a month-on-month decline of 4.4 percent recorded in May. In
France, the import price index of
iron ore in June decreased 1.2 percent compared to May and was down 21.2 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.