According to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the country's manufacturing production in February this year decreased by 1.2 percent compared to January, following a revised month-on-month decrease of 0.1 percent recorded in the previous month.
In February, France's production in manufacture of metals and metal products fell by 1.7 percent, the production of the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry increased by 0.1 percent, while the output of the construction industry decreased by 0.4 percent, all compared to the previous month.