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The following is a list of the exports of France. Data is for 2019, in millions of United States dollars , as reported by International Trade Centre . Currently the top thirty exports are listed.
Merchandise exports are goods that are produced in one country and sold to another country. Only physical objects are counting under this kind of exports. For example, cars, clothing, machinery, and agricultural products are merchandise exports. Exports of services are excluded.
Exports from the United States face stiff competition from domestic production, other EU member states, and third-world countries in France. US agricultural exports to France, totaling some $600 million annually, consist primarily of soybeans and soybean products, feeds and fodders, seafood, and consumer products, especially snack foods and nuts.
PARIS — The French cosmetics industry’s export sales in 2021 exceeded the level reached in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic broke out, primarily thanks to the makeup, facial care and ...
The United States helped revive the French economy with the Marshall Plan whereby it gave France $2.3 billion with no repayment. France agreed to reduce trade barriers and modernize its management system. The total of all American grants and credits to France, 1946–53, came to $4.9 billion, and low-interest loans added another $2 billion. [180]
A linen handkerchief with drawn thread work around the edges Linen cloth recovered from Qumran Cave 1 near the Dead Sea Flax stem, fiber, yarn and woven and knitted linen textiles. Linen (/ ˈ l ɪ n ə n /) is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant. Linen is very strong and absorbent and dries faster than cotton. Because of these ...
Location of France. France is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.A member of the Group of 7 (formerly G8) leading industrialised countries, as of 2014, it is ranked as the world's ninth-largest and the EU's second-largest economy by purchasing power parity. [1]
Wool production was widespread, as was the production of linen and of hemp (both major export products). Lyon served as the center of France's banking and international trade markets. Market fairs occurred four times a year and facilitated the export of French goods (such as fabrics), and the import of Italian, German, Dutch, English goods.