In May this year, producer prices in France decreased by 0.5 percent month on month and by 0.7 percent year on year, 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 May compared to April and were down 2.1 percent compared to the same month of 2014.
In May of the current year, prices for exported manufactured products decreased by 0.1 percent month on month, while prices of exported transport equipment remained stable compared to April. On year-on-year basis, in May prices of exported manufactured products increased by one percent, while prices of exported transport equipment saw 1.1 percent growth.
Meanwhile, import prices for manufactured products in France in May increased by 0.2 percent compared to April and were down 0.6 percent compared to the same month of 2014.