15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
money circulating within their own borders

Stock of quasi money:

NA

Stock of domestic credit:

$4.105 trillion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

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

Industries:

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

Industrial production growth rate:

1.8% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

537.9 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

447.3 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

67.6 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

10.78 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 8.2%
hydro: 14%
nuclear: 77.1%
other: 0.7% (2001)

Oil - production:

69,680 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

1.95 million bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - exports:

584,700 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

2.465 million bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

119.8 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural gas - production:

953 million cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

42.69 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

966 million cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

42.9 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

7.277 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Current account balance:

-$31.25 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$546 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics,
chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages

Exports - partners:

Germany 14.9%, Spain 9.3%, Italy 8.9%, UK 8.1%, Belgium 7.3%, US
6.1%, Netherlands 4.1% (2007)

Imports:

$600.9 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics,
chemicals

Imports - partners:

Germany 18.9%, Belgium 11.4%, Italy 8.4%, Spain 7.1%, Netherlands
7%, UK 5.6%, US 4.4%, China 4% (2007)

Economic aid - donor:

ODA, $10.6 billion (2006)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$115.7 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

$4.396 trillion (30 June 2007)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$942.3 billion (2007 est.)