According to the statistics released by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance & Industry, France's basic steel product and ferroalloy exports amounted to a value of EUR 7.07 billion in the January to November period of 2009, down by 37.48% YoY. During the period, France exported EUR 1.79 billion of steel pipes and tubes, down by 32.78% YoY, EUR 194.26 million of cold rolled steel bars, down by 56.56% YoY,…