In December 2023*, France's trade balance improves by 0.4 billion euros and reached -6.7 billion euros. Over the month, exports increased by 0.1 billion euros to stand at 50.0 billion euros, while imports decrease by 0.3 billion euros, and amounted to 56.7 billion euros. In December 2023, the energy balance improves by 0.2 billion euros, driven by drop in the price of imported energy products. The balance of consumer goods also improves by 0.2 billion euros and becomes surplus for the first time for three years. At the same time, the balance of investment goods and that of intermediate goods remain at their levels of ... (full story)