quipment, chemicals, foodstuffs,
agricultural products, iron and steel products, textiles and clothing
partners:
Germany 18.6%, Italy 11.0%, Spain 11.0%, Belgium-Luxembourg 9.1%, UK
8.8%, Netherlands 7.9%, US 6.4%, Japan 2.0%, former USSR 0.7% (1991
est.)
Imports:
$250.2 billion (c.i.f., 1993)
commodities:
crude oil, machinery and equipment, agricultural products, chemicals,
iron and steel products
partners:
Germany 17.8%, Italy 10.9%, US 9.5%, Netherlands 8.9%, Spain 8.8%,
Belgium-Luxembourg 8.5%, UK 7.5%, Japan 4.1%, former USSR 1.3% (1991
est.)
External debt:
$300 billion (1993 est.)
Industrial production:
growth rate -4.3% (1993)
Electricity:
capacity:
110 million kW
production:
426 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
7,430 kWh (1992)
Industries:
steel, machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft,
electronics, mining, textiles, food processing, tourism
Agriculture:
accounts for 4% of GDP (including fishing and forestry); one of the
world's top five wheat producers; other principal products - beef,
dairy products, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes;
self-sufficient for most temperate-zone foods; shortages include fats
and oils and tropical produce, but overall net exporter of farm
products; fish catch of 850,000 metric tons ranks among world's top 20
countries and is all used domestically
Economic aid:
donor:
ODA and OOF commitments (1970-89), $75.1 billion
Currency:
1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates:
French francs (F) per US$1 - 5.9205 (January 1994), 5.6632 (1993),
5.2938 (1992), 5.6421 (1991), 5.4453 (1990), 6.3801 (1989)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

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Railroads:
French National Railways (SNCF) operates 34,322 km 1,435-mm standard
gauge; 12,434 km electrified, 15,132 km double or multiple track; 99
km of various gauges (1,000-mm), privately owned and operated
Highways:
total:
1,510,750 km
paved:
747,750 km (including 7,450 km of controlled access divided highway)
unpaved:
763,000 km
Inland waterways:
14,932 km; 6,969 km heavily traveled
Pipelines:
crude oil 3,059 km; petroleum products 4,487 km; natural gas 24,746 km
Ports:
coastal - Bordeaux, Boulogne, Brest, Cherbourg, Dunkerque,
Fos-Sur-Mer, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Sete, Toulon; inland - Rouen
Merchant marine:
124 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,226,175 GRT/5,109,375 DWT,
bulk 9, c