According to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), in March this year the import price index of iron ore in France remained unchanged compared to February, and was down 23.5 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.
Meanwhile, the French import price index of nickel in March decreased 8.6 percent from the previous month, after a month-on-month decrease of 3.2 percent recorded in February.