France - World trade indicators 2008 : Trade at a glance

 71087 France: Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 2007 GDP 2007 GDP 2007 Share 2007 Trade Membership No. of RTAs/ EIAs (millions) per capita in World Trade per capita GATT WTO Goods Services $2,540,564 $41,337 4.11% $22,191 1948 1995 25 4 France TRADE PERFORMANCE ‡ HI OECD Ranking Decile TP High inc TRADE POLICY (TP) (out of 125) 25 2 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE) (out of 126) 20 2 TO EE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) (out of 181) 31 2 TRADE FACILITATION (TF) (out of 151) 18 2 TRADE OUTCOME (TO) (out of 161) 106 7 TF IE ‡ Rankings are based on the "representative" indicators (in bold) in each group below for the latest year Outer bound represents best value in latest year TRADE POLICY (TP)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Trade Tariff Restrictiveness Index (MFN applied tariffs)& 3.9 4.1 4.1 * TTRI (applied tariffs including preferences) & .. 1.6 1.8 * TTRI Overall TRI (OTRI, applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& .. 6.5 6.4 * (MFN) Other trade policy indicators MFN applied tariff - simple avg (%) 7.9 6.1 5.3 5.5 Applied Dispersion (coefficient of variation) 4.4 10.1 1.7 2.0 tariff (wgt avg) Maximum rate 1635.3 2102.4 201.3 228.8 Agriculture - simple avg (%) 26.4 19.1 14.7 16.7 Import Nonagriculture - simple avg (%) 5.2 4.2 3.9 3.8 duties MFN applied tariff - trade weighted avg (%) 5.7 3.5 3.2 3.2 MFN zero-duty imports (% in total imports) 27.4 44.3 58.8 56.7 * Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - trade weighted avg (%) 4.3 2.2 1.9 2.1 Nontariff measures Agriculture 20.4 11.2 9.4 10.1 Nonagriculture 2.9 1.6 1.5 1.6 -10 0 10 20 30 40 Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - production weighted avg (%) .. 1.3 1.6 * HI OECD High inc France Applied tariff (incl. prefs.) escalation (finished% minus raw%) -0.3 1.0 1.0 Agriculture .. 7.4 14.4 16.5 Nonagriculture .. -2.2 1.0 0.9 Import duties (% of imports) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 * Services commit. Tariff overhang (MFN bound less MFN applied rate,%) -0.3 1.4 0.2 0.0 Bound tariff frequency ratio (% of total lines) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 * Specific tariffs frequency ratio (%) 3.2 3.7 12.5 10.5 0 40 80 Non-tariff measures frequency ratio (%) 34.4 .. .. .. HI OECD High inc France Overall GATS commitment index (0-100, best) .. 45.9 45.9 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (EE)  1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ MA-TTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.)& 4.8 4.4 * MA-OTRI (applied tariffs incl. prefs.+NTMs)& 14.3 9.1 * MA-TTRI Other external environment indicators ROW applied tariff (incl. prefs.) - weighted avg (%) 8.1 6.4 4.4 3.9 * MFN duty free Agriculture 28.4 19.9 10.4 7.4 * (exports) Nonagriculture 5.8 4.9 3.8 3.6 * MFN zero-duty exports (% of total exports) 22.1 38.3 45.1 46.0 * Value of prefer Exports with FTA / CU partners (% of total exports) 70.5 73.8 73.5 73.0 * Preferences (EU+U.S.) utilization rate (%) .. .. .. .. 0 1 Lowest Highest Preferences (EU+U.S.) actual value (% of exports) .. .. .. .. HI OECD High inc France Real effective exchange rate (% change,+ =apprec.) -1.1 0.6 0.2 2.7 ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used(noted by *). For more infor., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008. ŸMFN: most favored nation; NTM: nontariff measures; MA: market access; ROW: rest of the world; FTA: free trade agreement; CU: customs union; WTO: World Trade Organization GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; WGI: World Government Indicators; ".." indicates missing value; RTA/EIA: regional trade arrangement / economic integration arrangement; & 2007 are preliminary estimates France Trade At-A-Glance Dec-08 INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT (IE) 2004 2006 2007 2008 Ease of Doing Business (rank out of 181) .. .. 32 31 Starting a business (rank) .. .. 12 14 Enforcing contracts (rank) .. .. 12 14 Ease of Doing Closing a business (rank) .. 35 10 Business Other institutional environment indicators WGI - Regulatory Quality (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 1.49 1.33 1.30 .. 0 80 160 WGI - Rule of Law (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 1.39 1.35 1.32 .. HI OECD High inc France WGI - Control of Corruption (-2.5 to +2.5, best) 1.44 1.46 1.32 .. TRADE FACILITATION (TF) 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Logistics Performance Index (LPI, 1 to 5 best) .. .. 3.8 3.8 * Efficiency of customs and other border procedures .. .. 3.5 3.5 * Logistic Index Quality of transport and IT infrastructures .. .. 3.8 3.8 * International transportation costs .. .. 3.6 3.6 * Logistics competence .. .. 3.8 3.8 * Trading Trackability of shipments .. .. 3.9 3.9 * Across Borders Domestic transportation costs .. .. 2.3 2.3 * Timeliness of shipment .. .. 4.0 4.0 * Other trade facilitation indicators UNCTAD Shipping Doing Business - Trading Across Borders (rank out of 181) .. 26 22 No. of documents required for exports .. .. 5 2 No. of days process required for exports .. .. 18 14 Telephones Cost to export (US$ per container) .. .. 981 1,078 per 100 No. of documents required for imports .. .. 8 2 No. of days process required for imports .. .. 16 11 Secondary Cost to import (US$ per container) .. .. 1,061 1,248 enrollment Liner shipping connectivity index (0-100 best) .. .. 68.4 64.8 Telephones and mobiles per 100 people 71.8 120.8 136.9 139.5 * 0 Lowest 1 Highest Average cost of 3-minute call to U.S. (US$) 2.9 0.8 .. .. HI OECD High inc France Internet usage (per 100 people) 4.8 29.3 46.0 49.1 * Secondary gross school enrollment (%) 110.7 109.2 114.0 113.9 * TRADE OUTCOME (TO) ## 1995-99^ 2000-04^ 2005-07^ Latest^ Real growth in trade of goods and services (%) 7.3 4.6 4.9 4.9 10 8.7 Exports 7.6 3.8 3.8 5.0 8 8.4 7.3 7.9 7.2 6.6 Imports 7.1 5.4 5.9 4.9 6 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.9 4.6 Other trade outcome indicators 4 Trade integration (trade as % of GDP) 47.4 52.7 54.3 59.0 2 FDI inflow (% of GDP) 1.9 2.9 4.5 4.9 0 1995-99 2000-04 2005-07 2008 World trade share growth (%) -1.5 -1.6 -4.4 -1.7 Trade Growth Rate Exports -1.3 -2.3 -5.5 -2.8 France HI OECD High inc Imports -1.8 -0.7 -3.2 -0.8 Merchandise share in total exports (%) 77.7 78.6 79.7 80.9 Exports Share (2005-07) Agriculture 11.4 9.7 9.1 9.1 * Agric, Manufacturing 62.7 65.1 63.4 63.8 * Service, 9.1 20.3 Mining, fuel and others 3.6 3.7 7.0 7.4 * Service share in total exports (%) 22.3 21.4 20.3 19.1 Tourism 7.7 8.1 7.8 7.9 * Mining, 7.0 Transportation 5.4 4.8 4.6 4.5 * Other services 9.2 8.5 7.9 7.6 * Export product concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 6.5 8.2 8.1 7.9 * Manuf, Export market concentration index (0 to 100, highest) 26.4 25.7 25.1 24.9 * 63.4 Top 5 exports share (% of merchandise exports) .. .. 23.0 22.6 * Top 5 exports (SITC Rev. 2; 3 digit) ( 792) Aircraft ( 781) Passenger cars (542) Medicaments (784) Auto parts and accessories (112) Alcoholic beverages ^ Indicators shown are period averages, incl. growth rates. Latest indicates 2008; when not available, 2006 or 2007 is used (noted by *). For more info., see User's Guide at http://www.worldbank.org/wti2008 ## Most outcome indicators (mostly through 2007) are from the WDI (World Bank, Data Group), UNCTAD or COMTRADE; for filling gaps and 2008, data from the Prospects Group are used.