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France Analysis-Ribhu Vashishtha
Facts
• Population: 65 million
• Capital: Paris
• Area: 674,843 square kilometre
• Major language: French
• Major religions: Roman Catholic, Islam
• Major cities: Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Nice, Rennes, Lille, Bordeaux
• Terrain: Varied
• Climate: Temperate
Population Structure
• Total is 65 million
• Workforce(28.3 million) Structure Services-78.9% Industry and construction-19% Agriculture-2.1%
• Annual population growth rate: 0.5%
• Infant mortality rate- 3.7/1000
Economic Trends
GDP• GDP: $2.774 trillion
• Average annual growth rate: 1.0%
• Agriculture: Products--grains (wheat, barley, corn); wines and spirits; dairy products; sugar beets; oilseeds; meat and poultry; fruits and vegetables
• Industry: Types--aircraft, electronics, transportation, textiles, clothing, food processing, chemicals, machinery, steel
• Services: Types--Services to companies and individuals, financial and real estate activities, tourism and transportation
Inflation Rate
• 2.348% in January, 2012
• Main driver of inflation in France is domestic demand increasing w.r.t. supply
Unemployment Rate
• 9.4%
• Rising
• Weak public and private sector hiring
Exchange Rate
• 1 Euro = 1.3233 U.S. dollars
Major Importing Partners
• Germany (17.9%)• Belgium (11.7%)• Italy (8.3%)• Spain (6.9%)• Netherlands (6.8%)• UK (5.1%)• US (4.3%).
Composition of Imports
Major Exporting Partners
• Germany (14.3%)• Italy (8.7%)• Spain (8.3%)• UK (7.8%)• Belgium (7.6%)• US (5.8%)• Netherlands (4.2%)
Composition of Exports
Future• GDP is on a decline.
• Unemployment rate is increasing y-o-y.
• Deficit in BOP increasing.
• Euro is becoming weaker.
• Political conditions are stable.
• Planning to cut deficit to 2% by 2014.