France's trade balance comes in at 4.69 billion deficit

Trade balance gap in France narrowed as the balance shortfall shrank in October mainly due to drop in imports, a report published by the country's customs office revealed on Friday. According to the report, France's trade deficit fell to 4.69 billion euros in October compared to a 5.5 billion shortfall preliminary expected and after the balance came in deficit of 5.64 billion in September.