According to the statistics released by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, in the January-July period of the current year France's basic steel product and ferroalloy imports amounted to a value of €4.34 billion, decreasing by 10.6 percent year on year.
During the period in question, France imported €919.87 million of steel pipes and tubes - down 23.3 percent, €303.54 million of cold rolled steel strip - falling by 6.6 percent, €215.05 million of cold drawn wire - dropping by 1.6 percent, €205.58 million of cold rolled steel bars - down 13.5 percent, and €869.18 million of metal structures and parts - increasing by 4.2 percent, all compared to the January-July period of 2015.