Western economic powers of France as one of highly developed commodity economy is a strong potential consumer market. Meanwhile, France is also a big importer, at present its imports from the international market, mainly for bulk commodities: motor vehicles and parts and automotive equipment, petroleum, natural gas, coal, glue stick nonferrous metal mineral products, office with computer and information equipment, organic chemicals, pharmaceuticals, aviation and aerospace manufacturing supplies, food, clothing, electrical equipment, steel, machinery and equipment, planting and breeding industry products, plastics, non-ferrous metals, general machinery, and electronic components and other products.
First, China's exports overall situation in France.
China-France economic and trade between the two governments in the joint efforts of business, commerce and trade between China and France, nuclear energy, finance, insurance and information technology, continuous development of cooperation in the field, with France in the EU member states significant influence, France Chinese goods have become the next great development potential consumer market.
China Ministry of Commerce statistics show that France is the EU's 4th largest trading partner, China is the 7th largest in France and the world's No. 1 trading partner, the Asian trading partner. January 2008 to 10-month period, the Sino-French bilateral trade amounted to 32.48 billion U.S. dollars, compared with the previous year increased by 21.6% over the same period the year is expected to exceed 40 billion U.S. dollars, more than doubled in 2005, two years in advance The two leaders set goals to achieve. French exports to China which was 13.13 billion euros, compared with the previous year increased by 26.2%; French imports from China amounted to 19.35 billion euros, compared with the previous year, an increase of 18.6% over the same period.
According to French Customs statistics show that between 2003 and 2006, total import and export trade between France and China have maintained strong growth momentum with an annual growth rate of more than 20%. However, the growth rate began to slow in 2007, only 16.5%. In 2008, due to the global financial and economic crisis, although France continued its upward trend in the trade, but the growth rate has significantly declined. France-China trade amounted to 39.96 billion euros, compared with 38.07 billion euros the previous year's growth of 4.9%, lower than the previous year the growth rate of 16.5%; one of France's exports to China were 90.01 million euros, compared with the previous year 9.08 billion euros decreased about 1%; French imports from China amounted to 30.95 billion euros, and 28.98 billion euros the previous year an increase of 6.8%.
At the same time, according to the French side to statistics, bilateral trade between France in the law in a trade deficit. In 2008, France was 21.95 billion euros deficit, and the 19.9 billion euros the previous year also increased compared with 20.5 billion euros. In 2008, China has surpassed Germany for 3 years to become France's largest trade deficit with countries of origin.