France's gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2012 rose by 0.1 percent quarter on quarter - after a 0.1 percent quarter-on-quarter decrease in the second quarter - declining slightly since the publication on November 15 of the initial third quarter growth estimate of 0.2 percent, according to the detailed statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE).

During the third quarter, in France household consumption expenditure increased by 0.2 percent quarter on quarter, after a 0.2 percent quarter-on-quarter decrease in Q2. Meanwhile, France's import value fell 0.5 percent quarter on quarter in the third quarter after a 1.6 percent increase in the previous quarter, while the export value rose by 0.6 percent quarter on quarter in Q3, after a 0.3 percent quarter-on-quarter increase rate recorded in the previous quarter.