France's trade deficit explained in three charts
Infographic – France's trade balance shows a deficit of €19.9 billion for the third quarter, largely due to rising prices of essential electronic components for artificial intelligence.
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INFOGRAPHIC – The French trade balance shows a deficit of 19.9 billion euros for the third quarter, in particular due to the increase in prices of electronic components necessary for artificial intelligence.
According to data published by Customs this Friday morning, the French trade deficit amounted to 19.9 billion euros for the third quarter of 2026. This is a deterioration of 0.7 billion compared to the previous one. After a clear improvement at the start of the year, French foreign trade is back in the red, penalized by the drop in exports of many manufactured products in the automobile, aeronautics, electronics, IT and pharmaceutical sectors. If exports in the energy sector are increasing, as are those of perfumes and other cosmetics or clothing and leather goods, they only grew by 1.1% over the quarter to reach 164.4 billion euros. However, insufficient to absorb the deficit because imports increased by 1.3% and amounted to 184.4 billion euros.
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- Le Figaro6 Nov, 10:25France's trade deficit explained in three charts ↗Figures: 19.9 milliards
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