France's manufacturing output in July this year increased by 0.3 percent month on month, after a 0.9 percent month-on-month fall in June, and was up 3.5 percent year on year, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In the May-July quarter of this year, France’s manufacturing output indicated an increase of 1.5 percent compared to the previous quarter.
In July, France's production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, increased by 0.2 percent compared to June, after a 0.3 percent fall month on month in June. In the May-July quarter, the country’s production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, increased by one percent compared to the previous quarter.
On the other hand, in July production of France's motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry saw an increase of 2.1 percent on month-on-month basis after a 3.3 percent month-on-month fall recorded in the previous month, while the output of the domestic construction industry increased by 0.6 percent month on month in the given month after a decrease of 0.2 percent in June from May. In the May-July quarter, output of the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry increased by 4.8 percent and output of the domestic construction industry fell by 0.2 percent, both quarter on quarter.