France: What is the share of imported agricultural products on our plates?

For farmers, this is one of the main blind spots in Gabriel Attal's first announcements last Friday for the profession: the subject of "unfair competition" which they believe exists with foreign producers, subject to less strict standards, which would endanger France's food sovereignty. The Prime Minister did not rule out additional measures on this issue, after declaring on Friday that he had asked to “have, by the Agricultural Show, a precise report on the state of our food sovereignty and of our dependencies. The data of the problem are however known. As noted in the latest report from the High Council for the Climate, which came at the right time last week amid the mobilization of farmers, “France imports 20% of its food”. In billions of euros, French food imports have doubled since 2000. At the same time, exports have grown more slowly, increasing by a little more than 70%, according to the latest report from the High Commission for Planning. “Ultimately, imports cover an ...