France's manufacturing output in April increased by 0.4 percent month on month, after a 0.3 percent month-on-month increase in March, and was up 1.9 percent year on year, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In the February-April quarter of this year, France’s manufacturing output indicated a decrease of 1.1 percent quarter on quarter.
In April, France's production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, decreased by 1.1 percent compared to March, after a 0.4 percent decline month on month in March. In the February-April quarter, the country’s production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, decreased by 0.4 percent compared to the previous quarter.
On the other hand, in April production of France's motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry saw a decrease of 0.8 percent on month-on-month basis after a 0.6 percent month-on-month growth recorded in the previous month, while the output of the domestic construction industry was up by 2.9 percent month on month in the given month after a 2.3 percent decline in March compared to February. In the February-April period, output of the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry fell by 1.9 percent and output of the domestic construction industry was down by 1.3 percent, both quarter on quarter.