France commodity export price index GDP: fixed weights
France commodity export price index GDP: fixed weights stood at 100.21 in May 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Foreign trade prices and volumes table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 1980 to May 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Foreign trade prices and volumes table
| Indicator | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | |
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| Fixed weights (average trade over several decades) | |||||||||||
| Commodity export price index, weighted by exports to GDP | 100.21 | 100.19 | 100.19 | 99.95 | 99.92 | 99.87 | 99.86 | 99.84 | 99.85 | 99.83 | |
| Commodity import price index, weighted by share in commodity imports | 114.95 | 115.45 | 118.53 | 91.69 | 89.77 | 86.86 | 88.08 | 87.72 | 90.08 | 89.19 |
Understanding france commodity export price index GDP: fixed weights
This measure evaluates commodity export prices using fixed multi-decadal trade weights scaled against national gross domestic product, providing a long-term macroeconomic perspective on export earnings. By combining a static historical trade basket with a GDP denominator, this series tracks how baseline export price trends interact with overall economic scale over extended time horizons. It differs from rolling-weight GDP indices by maintaining constant structural weights, allowing researchers to study historical export price movements without the interference of shifting trade composition.
Reading this indicator necessitates keeping in mind that fixed weights do not adapt to modern economic diversification, meaning legacy export sectors retain disproportionate influence if they dominated the historical base period. Early monthly figures are subject to standard administrative revisions as trade databases and national accounts are updated. Users should apply this series when conducting long-run historical evaluations of external trade revenue relative to domestic output, avoiding short-term tactical forecasting with fixed-weight metrics.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the analytical benefit of combining fixed historical weights with a GDP denominator?
- It allows long-term historical comparison of export price impacts relative to economic output without distortion from changing trade baskets.
- Why do fixed-weight series require careful interpretation over extended timeframes?
- Static weights reflect past economic structures, meaning newly developed export industries are excluded from the calculation.
- What causes periodic revisions in the published figures of this GDP-scaled export index?
- Routine updates to underlying customs declarations and national accounts GDP components drive ongoing data refinements.