According to the statistics released by
France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), in July this year the prices of imported mineral raw materials in
France have continued to decrease, with a month-on-month decrease of 1.1 percent after a month-on-month decline of 4.1 percent recorded in June. In
France, the import price index of
iron ore in July decreased five percent compared to June and was down 26 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.