France import volume index adjusted: all products
France import volume index adjusted: all products stood at 89.4 in Jul 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 2002 to Jul 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Foreign trade prices and volumes table
| Indicator | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All products3 | 89.4 | 88.8 | 89.8 | 89.7 | 90.1 | 90.4 | 86.2 | 89.3 | 91 | 86 | |
| Intermediate goods | 86.8 | 88 | 87.3 | 89.4 | 88.7 | 90.5 | 84.1 | 87 | 91 | 84.7 | |
| Capital goods | 88.4 | 84.5 | 83.6 | 81.1 | 81.6 | 83 | 76.8 | 84.9 | 81 | 78.5 |
Understanding france import volume index adjusted: all products
This indicator quantifies the total physical quantity of all inbound merchandise arriving from international origins, stripping out pure price fluctuations to isolate quantity changes across the entire cross-border ledger. It aggregates every category of foreign merchandise entering national borders, ranging from raw material inputs and energy supplies to capital machinery and finished consumer merchandise, unlike narrow sub-indexes that restrict their scope to specific industrial sectors or consumer product classes. Adjustments remove both seasonal trading patterns and calendar anomalies, such as varying numbers of working days or leap years, to present a smoothed trajectory of inbound physical trade flows.
Interpreting this index requires keeping in mind that initial estimates undergo routine updates as late customs declarations arrive from border processing facilities. When evaluating month-to-month movements, temporary volatility often stems from weather disruptions at major ports, shipping schedule shifts, or sudden industrial supply chain adjustments, making multi-month moving averages or twelve-month comparisons more reliable for spotting underlying demand shifts. Analysts should also avoid treating this physical volume measure as a proxy for total import value, as price swings in global energy and raw material markets can cause value and volume trajectories to diverge sharply.
Frequently asked questions
- What exact transactions are counted in this all-products import volume index?
- It covers the physical quantity of all merchandise entering national territory from abroad, spanning every industry sector without exclusion.
- Why are seasonal and calendar adjustments applied to these import figures?
- These adjustments remove distortions caused by varying monthly working days, holiday periods, and recurring weather-related shipping fluctuations.
- How does this index differ from monetary import value indicators?
- This series tracks physical quantities by removing price changes, whereas monetary value measures reflect the combined effect of both price and volume shifts.