In March this year, producer prices in French industry decreased 0.5 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 decreased by 0.3 percent in March compared to February and were up 2.8 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.
In March, prices for exported manufactured products decreased by 0.1 percent and prices of exported transport equipment rose 0.1 percent, both month on month. On year-on-year basis, in March prices of exported manufactured products rose 3.1 percent, while prices of exported transport equipment saw a 0.6 percent fall.
Meanwhile, import prices for manufactured products in France in March remained stable compared to February and were up 3.2 percent compared to the same month of 2016.