France intermediate consumption: food and tobacco
France intermediate consumption: food and tobacco stood at 152,528 EUR million in 2025, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Annual national accounts table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1949 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Annual national accounts table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate consumption | |||||||||||
| Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco | 152,528 | 144,360 | 144,816 | 134,865 | 109,269 | 97,312 | 104,687 | 102,739 | 102,274 | 94,716 | |
| Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products | 53,075 | 60,788 | 63,087 | 76,197 | 53,056 | 34,723 | 52,490 | 56,429 | 47,851 | 40,719 |
Understanding france intermediate consumption: food and tobacco
Agricultural crops, livestock, packaging materials, and food additives consumed as raw material inputs by food, beverage, and tobacco manufacturing plants are totaled in this series. This industrial intermediate consumption metric isolates farm and raw material inputs processed by the agro-food industry from heavy manufacturing and service costs. The scope encompasses raw agricultural produce, sugar, flour, packaging, and flavorings used in food processing, excluding capital investments in factory machinery.
Reading these figures requires accounting for harvest yields, global agricultural commodity price swings, and food processing supply chain adjustments. Revisions commonly follow updated agricultural production surveys and industrial manufacturing inquiries. Analysts should compare these processing input costs with finished food output prices to evaluate margin trends across the food manufacturing sector.
Frequently asked questions
- What raw materials form the basis of this consumption measure?
- Unprocessed agricultural products, livestock, grains, packaging materials, and food additives.
- Are food processing machinery purchases included here?
- No, industrial machinery acquisitions are classified as fixed capital formation.
- Why do input costs for food manufacturers vary significantly?
- Exposure to weather-driven agricultural harvests and global commodity markets creates cost volatility.