France food, beverages and tobacco final consumption volume
France food, beverages and tobacco final consumption volume stood at 500 in 2025, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Final consumption by function (annual) table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1959 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Final consumption by function (annual) table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General government, chain-linked volumes | |||||||||||
| Final consumption expenditure - Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco | 500 | 484 | 457 | 485 | 479 | 457 | 448 | 441 | 418 | 414 | |
| Final consumption expenditure - Manufacture of electrical, electronic and computer equipment - Manufacture of machinery | 933 | 656 | 685 | 697 | 712 | 451 | 389 | 354 | 334 | 320 |
Understanding france food, beverages and tobacco final consumption volume
Chain-linked volume figures for final consumption expenditure on manufactured food products, beverages, and tobacco items by public authorities and non-profit institutions are tracked in this series. By eliminating food price inflation and excise tax shifts, this metric reveals the actual physical quantity of nourishment provisions and related goods consumed through institutional programs. This row differs from agricultural raw material series by focusing specifically on processed food, beverage, and tobacco manufacturing outputs.
Reading these figures requires noting that seasonal harvest fluctuations are smoothed out in annual data, but base-year updating can cause level shifts across the entire time series. Revisions occur as retail and wholesale deflators are refined with more complete survey data. Users evaluating this series should compare annual volume growth rates rather than single-year levels to understand true shifts in institutional food provisioning over time.
Frequently asked questions
- What products are included in this manufacturing volume category?
- Processed food, beverages, and tobacco items procured for institutional consumption.
- Does this measure capture retail food prices?
- No, chain-linking removes price inflation to show physical volume changes.
- Why are annual comparisons preferred for this data?
- Annual figures avoid sub-annual seasonal spikes related to agricultural harvests and holiday provisioning.