According to the statistics released by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, in January this year France's basic steel product and ferroalloy exports amounted to a value of €933.6 million, rising by 20.25 percent year on year.
During the period in question, France exported €96.2 million of steel pipes and tubes - down 37.8 percent, €54 million of cold rolled steel strip - up 2.5 percent, €30 million of cold drawn wire - down 4.4 percent, €39 million of cold rolled steel bars - up 25.5 percent, and €82.9 million of metal structures and parts - up by 104 percent, all compared to January 2017.