France's manufacturing output in December last year declined by 2.6 percent month on month, after a 0.4 percent month-on-month decrease in November, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In the October-December quarter of last year, France’s manufacturing output was down by 0.7 percent year on year and fell by 0.4 percent quarter on quarter.
In December, France's production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, was down by 1.3 percent compared to November, after a 2.2 percent decline month on month in November. In the October-December quarter, the country’s production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, fell by 1.4 percent compared to the previous quarter.
On the other hand, in December production of France's motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry contracted by 2.6 percent on month-on-month basis after a 0.1 percent month-on-month increase recorded in the previous month, while the output of the domestic construction industry was down by 2.7 percent month on month in December after increasing by 3.1 percent in November compared to October. In the October-December quarter, output of the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry declined by 0.6 percent and output of the domestic construction industry rose by 0.2 percent, both quarter on quarter.