In January this year, the turnover in France's manufacturing industry rose by 1.1 percent month on month, following a month-on-month decrease of 1.2 percent in December last year, according to France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). Meanwhile, exports of France's manufacturing sector rose by 3.2 percent in January as compared to December, after a slight 0.2 percent month-on-month decrease recorded in December.
In January 2012, the turnover of French metal and metal product manufacturing rose by 0.8 percent as compared to December 2011. Meanwhile, a noticeable 12.1 percent month-on-month increase was recorded in the turnover in manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers. In January, turnover in the country's automobile industry fell by 1.3 percent, while construction industry saw a slight increase of 0.3 percent in turnover, both compared to the previous month.