Customs – National Foreign Trade Statistics – January 2021

In France, according to a tradition that dates back more than two centuries, it is the General Directorate of

Customs and indirect duties that establish the trade balance. It traces only the exchanges

goods and not services.

Information on trade in goods is collected on the basis of exchange declarations

goods (DEB) for trade with the other 27 Member States and customs declarations

(SAD) for trade with other countries (named third countries).

Each month, the statistical collection covers exchanges in the reference month (month of

publication)

The presentation by product

External trade statistics are presented according to different product classifications.

It will be recalled that external trade statistics only track trade in

goods and not services.

NC8: The 8-digit Combined Nomenclature (CN8), used for reporting obligations

operators with customs, allows a detailed knowledge of the foreign trade of the

France: it has just under 10000 headings.

This nomenclature is not available to present regional statistics and

departments for reasons of confidentiality.