According to the statistics released by
France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), in February this year
France's new industrial orders received, excepting heavy tranport vehicles, slightly increased by 0.6 percent month on month. In January, a revised month-on-month increase of ten percent was registered.
In the month in question, export orders improved as compared to the previous month, at a rate of 3.2 percent.
Meanwhile, in the given month, industrial orders in the domestic metallurgical industry remained unchanged as compared to the previous month, while industrial orders in the manufacture of metal products except machinery regressed by 2.4 percent month on month.
In February, industrial orders in
France's
automotive industry rose 6.2 percent as compared to the previous month, after a sharp decrease of 36.4 percent recorded in January.