France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) has announced that a survey of business managers in the country's manufacturing industry carried out in April this year indicated an increase of seven percent in their investments in 2012 comparing to 2011 and foresaw an decrease of four percent in investments in 2013 comparing to 2012.
Accordingly, in 2012 the investment increase was strong in the manufacturing of transport equipment with a 20 percent rise, while a 22 percent increase was observed for investment in the motor vehicles sector. However, investment forecasts for 2013 are for a 12 percent decrease in the manufacturing of transport equipment and a 20 percent decrease in the motor vehicles sector.