France export price index: other industrial products
France export price index: other industrial products stood at 117.9 in Aug 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 2005 to Aug 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Foreign trade prices and volumes table
| Indicator | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | |
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| Export prices (foreign markets) | |||||||||||
| A17 C5 - Other industrial products | 117.9 | 118 | 118.4 | 118.2 | 117 | 114.9 | 113.5 | 113.4 | 112.1 | 111.9 | |
| A38 CA - Food products, beverages and tobacco products | 126.2 | 126.3 | 126.1 | 125.7 | 125.7 | 125.5 | 125.2 | 125.3 | 126.4 | 126.5 |
Understanding france export price index: other industrial products
This broad aggregate tracks export price movements across miscellaneous industrial goods that escape classification in primary manufacturing categories. The grouping absorbs diverse residual manufacturing branches, including specialized consumer and industrial articles, while excluding heavy machinery, chemicals, and basic metals. Pricing is derived from a composite survey of residual manufacturing enterprises reporting foreign market transactions.
Because this index aggregates disparate product lines, overall movements represent a blended average that may conceal divergent trends in individual sub-sectors. Monthly figures can be erratic due to the varied nature of constituent goods, making annual rate analysis the preferred method for assessing sustained price shifts. Users must remember that structural reclassifications affect this residual grouping more frequently than homogenous single-product series.
Frequently asked questions
- What types of goods constitute this residual manufacturing index?
- It comprises diverse manufactured items that do not fit into primary specialized industrial sectors.
- Why is this aggregate more susceptible to reclassification breaks?
- Products are frequently recategorized as industrial processes evolve, altering the residual pool.
- Should this series be used to track specific consumer product inflation?
- No, its heterogeneous composition makes it unsuitable for analyzing narrow consumer price trends.