According to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), in April this year the import price index of iron ore in France decreased 3.1 percent compared to March, and was down 19.3 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.
Meanwhile, the French import price index of nickel in April decreased 4.3 percent from the previous month, after a month-on-month decrease of 8.6 percent recorded in March.