According to the statistics released by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, in the first ten months of this year France's basic steel product and ferroalloy exports amounted to a value of €6.74 billion, falling by 11.9 percent year on year.
During the period in question, France exported €1.22 billion of steel pipes and tubes - down 35 percent, €443.8 million of cold rolled steel strip - up seven percent, €289.31 million of cold drawn wire - down by 7.3 percent, €267.28 million of cold rolled steel bars - down 1.1 percent, and €567.37 million of metal structures and parts - down by 14.7 percent, all compared to the same period of 2015.