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> Author:: Francesca Cominelli
> Reference:: in A. Mignosa and P. Kotipalli (eds.), A Cultural Economic Analysis of Craft,
> Date:: 2019
> Tags:: #France
> WeftLinks:: [[Economic value of craft]]
### Summary
There are more than 6,000 members of the professional craft union in France
> the French labor force in the arts and crafts sector is estimated involving 60,000 workers and 38,000 busisses, with an annual income of roughly 8 billion euros
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> Atelier d’Art de France/Art Workshops of France (AAF), a professional union for crafts that associates more than 6000 craftsmen, artists, and manufactures throughout France