France’s manufacturing output in March this year fell by 1.1 percent month on month, after a 1.3 percent month-on-month increase in February this year, according to the statistics released by France’s National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In the January-March quarter, France’s manufacturing output was up by 0.5 percent year on year and down by 0.6 percent quarter on quarter.
In the given month, France’s production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, moved up by 1.9 percent compared to February, after a 0.3 percent decrease month on month in the previous month.
On the other hand, in March production of France’s motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry moved up by 0.9 percent on month-on-month basis after increasing by 3.1 percent on month-on-month basis in the previous month, while the output of the domestic construction industry dropped by 0.9 percent month on month in the given month after rising by 1.7 percent in February compared to January. In the January-March quarter, output of the domestic construction industry advanced by 0.2 percent quarter on quarter.