cabbages; cattle, pigs,
poultry

Industries:

among the world's largest and most technologically advanced
producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery,
vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages,
shipbuilding, textiles

Industrial production growth rate:

5.2% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

594.7 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

549.1 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

62.51 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

46.13 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 61.8%
hydro: 4.2%
nuclear: 29.9%
other: 4.1% (2001)

Oil - production:

148,100 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

2.456 million bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - exports:

563,400 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

3.026 million bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

367 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural gas - production:

17.96 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

97.44 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

12.22 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

88.35 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

254.8 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Current account balance:

$254.5 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$1.354 trillion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs,
textiles

Exports - partners:

France 9.7%, US 7.5%, UK 7.3%, Italy 6.7%, Netherlands 6.4%, Austria
5.4%, Belgium 5.3%, Spain 5% (2007)

Imports:

$1.075 trillion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals

Imports - partners:

Netherlands 12%, France 8.6%, Belgium 7.8%, China 6.2%, Italy 5.8%,
UK 5.6%, US 4.5%, Austria 4.4% (2007)

Economic aid - donor:

ODA, $10.44 billion (2006)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$136.2 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$4.489 trillion (30 June 2007)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$855.8 billion (2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$1.218 trillion (2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$1.221 trillion (2005)

Currency (code):

euro (EUR)

Currency code:

EUR

Exchange rates:

euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.7345 (2007), 0.7