In parts of the Muslim world, calls were trending on social media over the weekend for consumers to boycott French goods in protest at France displaying caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad which Muslims view as blasphemous.
FILE PHOTO: A worker pushes shopping trolleys to a Carrefour hypermarket in a deserted shopping centre in Charenton-le-Pont near Paris during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in France, April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Here are some of the French firms and sectors with exposure to Muslim-majority countries. There is no indication that any of them have so far been affected, unless otherwise stated.France is a major global exporter of grain, and some of its biggest markets are in Muslim-majority countries. Algeria is France’s tenth largest export market for agricultural products, according to French farm ministry data, with exports worth around 1.4 billion euros in 2019.
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