Foreign TradeÉchanges extérieurs

Échanges extérieursForeign Trade

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Annual data on France's foreign trade, covering imports, exports, trade balance, and breakdowns by geographic zone. Published by INSEE, the French national statistics institute, as part of its national accounts data catalogue, the dataset provides a national-level view of external trade flows useful for economic analysis and monitoring trends in France's trade relationships with other countries and regions over time.Données annuelles d’échanges extérieurs de la France (importations, exportations, solde, zones géographiques).

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Data schema (12 fields)

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Field	Type	Description
TRANSFORMATION	string	—
GEOTerritory	string	—
ACCOUNTING_ENTRYAccounting entry	string	—
PRICES	string	—
PRODUCT	string	—
FREQFrequency	string	—
REF_SECTORRef sector	string	—
TIME_PERIODPeriod	string	—
COUNTERPART_AREACounterpart area	string	—
UNIT_MEASUREUnit	string	—
STO	string	—
OBS_VALUE_NIVEAUValue	number	—

Schema captured from melodi 4 days ago.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1GEO: 2025-FRANCE-F · STO: _TC

{
  "GEO": "2025-FRANCE-F",
  "STO": "_TC",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "PRICES": "V",
  "PRODUCT": "_T",
  "REF_SECTOR": "S1",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2011",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "PT",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "ACCOUNTING_ENTRY": "_Z",
  "COUNTERPART_AREA": "W0",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 95.082
}

Record 2GEO: 2025-FRANCE-F · STO: _TC

{
  "GEO": "2025-FRANCE-F",
  "STO": "_TC",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "PRICES": "V",
  "PRODUCT": "CPA_C_OTH",
  "REF_SECTOR": "S1",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1976",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "PT",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "ACCOUNTING_ENTRY": "_Z",
  "COUNTERPART_AREA": "W0",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 99.987
}

Record 3GEO: 2025-FRANCE-F · STO: _TC

{
  "GEO": "2025-FRANCE-F",
  "STO": "_TC",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "PRICES": "V",
  "PRODUCT": "_T",
  "REF_SECTOR": "S1",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2007",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "PT",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "ACCOUNTING_ENTRY": "_Z",
  "COUNTERPART_AREA": "W0",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 98.513
}

Record 4GEO: 2025-FRANCE-F · STO: _TC

{
  "GEO": "2025-FRANCE-F",
  "STO": "_TC",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "PRICES": "V",
  "PRODUCT": "CPA_C_OTH",
  "REF_SECTOR": "S1",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1962",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "PT",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "ACCOUNTING_ENTRY": "_Z",
  "COUNTERPART_AREA": "W0",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 159.857
}

Record 5GEO: 2025-FRANCE-F · STO: _TC

{
  "GEO": "2025-FRANCE-F",
  "STO": "_TC",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "PRICES": "V",
  "PRODUCT": "CPA_C24_25",
  "REF_SECTOR": "S1",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1959",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "PT",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "ACCOUNTING_ENTRY": "_Z",
  "COUNTERPART_AREA": "W0",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 203.877
}

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Base URL: https://api.insee.fr/melodi/data/DD_CNA_ECH_EXT

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