In February this year, producer prices in French industry decreased 0.4 percent month on month, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). Producer prices for manufactured products in France increased by 0.3 percent in February compared to January and were up 3.5 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.
In February, prices for exported manufactured products increased by 0.5 percent and prices of exported transport equipment remained stable, both month on month. On year-on-year basis, in February prices of exported manufactured products rose 3.4 percent, while prices of exported transport equipment saw a 0.9 percent fall.
Meanwhile, import prices for manufactured products in France in February increased 0.4 percent compared to January and were up 3.7 percent compared to the same month of 2016.