France direct material input: domestic extraction
France direct material input: domestic extraction stood at 628,954.87 thousand tonnes in 2025, according to Eurostat – economy-wide material flow accounts (env_ac_mfain) and resource productivity (env_ac_rp). It is one of the indicators in the Material flows table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1990 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Material flows table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct material input | 909,671.65 | 896,042.42 | 909,607.74 | 919,184.55 | 970,624.74 | 906,080.11 | 996,466.1 | 978,008.65 | 986,223.85 | 923,127.29 | |
| Domestic extraction | 628,954.87 | 618,084.87 | 628,809.32 | 620,007.7 | 667,765.28 | 592,705.04 | 647,623.33 | 624,543.32 | 632,003.77 | 578,319.19 | |
| Physical imports | 280,716.78 | 277,957.55 | 280,798.42 | 299,176.85 | 302,859.46 | 313,375.07 | 348,842.77 | 353,465.32 | 354,220.08 | 344,808.11 |
Understanding france direct material input: domestic extraction
Domestic extraction measures the physical weight of raw materials harvested, quarried, pumped, or otherwise pulled directly from the natural environment within the national territory for economic use. This series captures the initial point of resource mobilization, spanning four primary groups: biomass from agriculture and forestry, metal ores, industrial and construction minerals, and fossil energy carriers. It excludes materials moved incidentally during construction or earth-moving operations that do not enter the economic production process, as well as ecological cycling such as carbon uptake or water evaporation. Unlike import figures, this metric relies entirely on national environmental surveys, forestry reports, and mining statistics rather than border customs declarations.
When analyzing this annual series, users should note that weather extremes, natural disasters, or regulatory moratoria on mining and logging can cause sharp single-year movements that do not reflect underlying structural trends. Early estimates frequently depend on preliminary agricultural yields and incomplete quarrying returns, leading to standard revisions in subsequent reporting cycles. Comparisons against trade figures require caution because domestic extraction counts raw weight at the point of origin, whereas trade data often includes processed goods with different moisture contents and material loss profiles.
Frequently asked questions
- What kinds of materials are counted in domestic extraction?
- It counts biomass, metal ores, non-metallic minerals, and fossil energy sources extracted from the national territory.
- Does domestic extraction include materials moved during excavation?
- Unused excavated earth and overburden are excluded unless they are intentionally utilized within the economy as construction materials.
- Why might domestic extraction figures change independently of economic output?
- Changes in agricultural harvests due to weather or regulatory limits on mineral extraction can alter physical output without matching shifts in monetary GDP.