According to the statistics released by
France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the country's
manufacturing production in January this year decreased 1.4 percent compared to December last year, after a month-on-month increase of 1.3 percent recorded in December.
In January,
France's
production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, fell by 1.9 percent, the
production of the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry decreased by 13.5 percent, while the output of the
construction industry fell four percent, all compared to the previous month.
In the November 2012-January 2013 quarter,
France's
production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, fell by 4.8 percent, while
production of
France's motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry decreased by 9.1 percent, both compared to the previous three months. In quarter in question, the output of the
construction industry in
France fell two percent quarter on quarter.