The trade deficit to 4.18 billion euros in July
The trade deficit of France widened to 4.18 billion euros after 3.72 billion in July (revised) the previous month, according to data CVS / CJO published Wednesday by Customs.
Eight economists polled by Reuters had expected on average a deficit of 4.0 billion euros, with estimates ranging from -3.0 to -4500000000.
The remainder of June was revised to 3.718 billion from the $ 3.796 billion announced in the first estimate, one month ago.
In the first seven months of the year, the cumulative deficit CVS / CJO trade of France stood at 28.454 billion against 24.397 billion for the corresponding period of 2009.
Exports FOB data CVS / CJO emerged to 33.678 billion euros against 33.037 billion in June
The imports amounted to 37.858 billion 36.755 billion against the previous month.
In July, France has sold its 30 Airbus reported 2.002 million euros against 26 aircraft to 1,719,000 euros in June
Germany has emerged on the same month of July in a trade surplus of 12.7 billion euros after 12.4 billion the previous month, according to data released earlier in the morning by the Federal Office of Statistics.
In contrast, German exports have registered an unexpected fall in July, the first in three months, falling 1.5% in seasonally adjusted data from the previous month.
