According to the statistics released by
France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), in September this year
France's new industrial orders received, excepting heavy tranport vehicles, fell by 0.8 percent month on month. In August, a revised month-on-month increase of 0.3 percent was registered.
Meanwhile, in the month in question, export orders declined as compared to the previous month, at a rate of 0.2 percent.
In September, industrial orders in the domestic metallurgical industry fell by 2.1 percent as compared to the previous month, while industrial orders in the manufacture of metal products except machinery fell by 0.4 percent as compared to August.
In September, industrial orders in
France's
automotive industry improved by 3.9 percent as compared to the previous month, following a decrease of 0.2 percent recorded in August.