Country

Profile

France

Introduction

Location

Capital

Area

Population

Western Europe, bordering the Bay of

Biscay and English Channel, between

Belgium and Spain, southeast of the

UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea,

between Italy and Spain

Paris

643,801 sq. km; 551,500 sq. km

67,106,161 (July 2017 est.)

Independence

Day July 14, 1790

Official

language French (official) 100%

ChristianMuslim

BuddhistJewish

OtherNone

66%

9%

0.75% 0.75%

1.0%

28%

Religions

Ethnic Groups

Celtic and latin with teutonic

North Africa Indochinese

Slavic

Basque Minorities

Major Economic Indicators

GDP (official exchange rate):

$2.466 trillion (2016 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

1.2% (2016 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

$42,300 (2016 est.)

Gross national saving: 22% of GDP (2016 est.)

GDP - composition, by sector of origin:

Agriculture: 1.6% Industry: 19.6% Services: 78.8% (2016 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

0.3% (2016 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$146.8 billion (31 December 2016 est.)

Taxes and other revenues:

53.1% of GDP (2016 est.)

Public debt: 96.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

Agriculture - products:

wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef, dairy products; fish

Industries: machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism

Export

(Value: $507 billion (2016 est.)

Export Partners: Germany 16%, Spain 7.6%, US 7.3%, Italy 7.2%, UK 7%,

Belgium 6.8% (2016)

Export- commodities: machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics,

chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages

Import

(Value: $536.7 billion (2016 est.)

Import Partners: Germany 19.3%, Belgium 10.6%, Netherlands 7.9%, Italy

7.8%, Spain 7%, US 5.8%, China 5.1%, UK 4.2% (2016)

Import- commodities: machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics,

chemicals

Trade

Trade

Product code

Product label

Pakistan's exports to France (US$ Thousand)

Value in 2014

Value in 2015

Value in 2016

'TOTAL All products 430,869.00 360,627.00 372,958.00

'63 Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 136,530.00 120,260.00 113,229.00

'62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 85,872.00 66,645.00 77,234.00

'61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 55,799.00 51,512.00 64,168.00

'42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles ... 52,560.00 37,348.00 35,981.00

'90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical ... 15,855.00 14,755.00 15,035.00

'52 Cotton 13,746.00 15,597.00 11,495.00

'10 Cereals 14,246.00 8,365.00 7,846.00

'84 Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear reactors, boilers; parts thereof 10,379.00 2,136.00 6,047.00

'07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 2,062.00 3,247.00 5,853.00

'64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 9,375.00 5,192.00 4,833.00

'41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 5,823.00 5,358.00 4,367.00

'57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 2,793.00 4,418.00 3,906.00

'25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 3,915.00 3,909.00 3,029.00

'82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 3,189.00 3,239.00 2,817.00

'30 Pharmaceutical products 2,202.00 2,008.00 2,274.00

'93 Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof 889.00 1,762.00 2,151.00

'88 Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof 598.00 1,757.00 1,924.00

'22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 1.00 532.00 1,898.00

'95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 3,133.00 2,086.00 1,650.00

'58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 1,469.00 749.00 1,029.00

'05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 3,311.00 1,303.00 910.00

Bilateral Trade with Pakistan

Product code

Product label

Pakistan's imports from France (US$ Thousand)

Value in 2014

Value in 2015

Value in 2016

'TOTAL All products 398,373.00 416,619.00 443,980.00

'84 Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear reactors, boilers; parts thereof 45,294.00 64,085.00 107,400.00

'30 Pharmaceutical products 40,654.00 55,053.00 67,348.00

'85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television ... 22,637.00 26,262.00 36,973.00

'04 Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere ... 28,204.00 39,425.00 34,559.00

'29 Organic chemicals 31,273.00 31,747.00 27,044.00

'38 Miscellaneous chemical products 23,534.00 21,544.00 20,530.00

'78 Lead and articles thereof 35,001.00 26,592.00 19,283.00

'90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical ... 20,951.00 30,720.00 17,605.00

'88 Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof 50,947.00 15,512.00 14,787.00

'39 Plastics and articles thereof 13,603.00 13,081.00 12,918.00

'72 Iron and steel 10,999.00 10,711.00 10,496.00

'73 Articles of iron or steel 6,676.00 8,926.00 9,899.00

'33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 5,423.00 6,824.00 7,408.00

'21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 6,315.00 5,868.00 7,165.00

'76 Aluminium and articles thereof 4,636.00 4,428.00 5,123.00

'63 Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 3,332.00 4,373.00 4,121.00

'87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 5,002.00 6,115.00 3,734.00

'48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 8,172.00 4,773.00 3,609.00

'17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 4,590.00 5,076.00 2,880.00

'07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 1,506.00 1,523.00 2,858.00

'23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder 1,881.00 2,079.00 2,738.00