France's manufacturing output in June this year decreased by 0.9 percent month on month, after a two percent month-on-month rise in May, and was up 2.4 percent year on year, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In the second quarter of this year, France’s manufacturing output indicated an increase of 1.3 percent compared to the previous quarter.
In June, France's production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, decreased by 0.4 percent compared to May, after a 1.2 percent rise month on month in May. In the April-June quarter, the country’s production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, increased by 1.2 percent compared to the previous quarter.
On the other hand, in June production of France's motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry saw a decrease of 3.6 percent on month-on-month basis after a 10.4 percent month-on-month rise recorded in the previous month, while the output of the domestic construction industry decreased by 0.6 percent month on month in the given month after a decrease of 0.8 percent in May from April. In the second quarter, output of the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry increased by 0.5 percent and output of the domestic construction industry rose by 1.2 percent, both quarter on quarter.