According to the statistics released by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, in 2017 France's basic steel product and ferroalloy exports amounted to a value of €10.2 billion, rising by 25.5 percent year on year.
During the period in question, France exported €1.28 billion of steel pipes and tubes - down 9.6 percent, €621.3 million of cold rolled steel strip - up 15.7 percent, €352.8 million of cold drawn wire - up 1.9 percent, €407.2 million of cold rolled steel bars - up 26.4 percent, and €674.2 million of metal structures and parts - down by 0.7 percent, all compared to 2016.