PARIS (AFX) - French provisional, seasonally-adjusted trade figures for March versus February, reported by the customs office.
Trade balance: +6.164 bln ffr vs +5.848 bln
Exports: 178.355 bln ffr vs 184.297 bln
Imports: 172.191 bln ffr vs 178.449 bln
Trade balance for year to date: +12.103 bln ffr vs +11.258 bln yr-earlier

Food products trade balance +3.805 bln ffr vs +3.984 bln
Energy balance -11.841 bln ffr vs -13.543 bln
Industrial balance +7.918 bln ffr vs +8.869 bln

Airbus aircraft exports 19 for 9.011 bln ffr vs 17 for 7.165 bln

Trade balance with EU +5.343 bln ffr vs -897 mln
Trade balance with Germany -4.300 bln ffr vs -5.173 bln
Trade balance with Japan -3.406 bln ffr vs -3.564 bln
Trade balance with U.S. -1.605 bln ffr vs -72 mln