Thursday, April 25, 2013

International Trade: France

1a. Exports
How much: $58.7 billion (2012 est.)
What: machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages
To whom: Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, UK, US, Netherlands

1b. Imports
How much: $658.9 billion (2012 est.)
What: machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals
To whom: Germany, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, UK, China

2. Exchange Rate
euros per US dollar:
0.7838 (2012)
0.7185 (2011)
0.755 (2010)
0.7198 (2009)
0.6827 (2008)

3. Immigration/Emigration
Immigration:
How much: 211,055 (2008)
From: Africa, European Union, Asia
I could not find much on Emigration from France but I did find that France has a net migration rate of 1.1 migrants/1,000 population (2012).  Because the net migration rate is positive, there are more people immigrating to France than emigrating from France.  By doing some quick calculation based on the net migration rate and the estimated number of immigrants in 2008, I found that the approximate number of emigrants in 2008 to be about 209,955.

4.  Relations with other Countries
France has relatively good standing with all countries.  France is a part of the United Nations.  France was a part of World War II.  France fought against nations such as Germany and Italy who are now very large trading allies.  France does not seem to have too many foreign enemies.

References: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html


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