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| France |
| Customs,
Transport and Communication |
France’s transportation infrastructure is among the most sophisticated
in the world. France has a total of 1,512,700 km of local, secondary
and main roads and 9,140 km of expressways.
In January 1997 France had 34,123 km of rail track. France holds the
world speed record of 515 km/h, with its high-speed train TVG, which
runs on 1,281 kilometres of special tack allowing trains in normal
commercial operation to travel at 270 km/h or more.
The three main entry points for the airfreight are the Orly, Charles
de Gaulle, and Satolan airports. Each year nearly 100 million passengers
and 4.6 billion metric tonne of freight are handled by 904 aircrafts
(Planes and Helicopters), flying under the French flag.
France has twelve major seaports, many of which are equipped for container
ships. Marseilles is the largest port in France and on the Mediterranean
and is the third largest in Europe, handling 86.6 million tonne of
goods.
France has a very efficient and highly developed telephone system,
with about 35 million telephones in use. |
