France's manufacturing output in September this year decreased by 1.1 percent month on month, after a 2.4 percent month-on-month rise in August, and was stable year on year, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In the July-September period, France’s manufacturing output indicated an increase of 0.2 percent compared to the previous quarter.
In September, France's production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, increased by 5.1 percent compared to August, after a month-on-month decrease of 1.3 percent in August. In the July-September period, the country’s production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, increased by 0.3 percent compared to the previous quarter.
On the other hand, in September production of France's motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry saw a decrease of 5.7 percent on month-on-month basis after an 8.3 percent month-on-month rise recorded in the previous month, while the output of the domestic construction industry decreased by 0.9 percent month on month in the given month after an increase of 0.6 percent in August from July. In the July-September period, output of the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry decreased by 0.9 percent and output of the domestic construction industry rose by 3.2 percent, both quarter on quarter.