France's manufacturing output in December last year decreased by 0.8 percent month on month, after a 2.4 percent month-on-month rise in November, and was up 0.2 percent year on year, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In the October-December period, France’s manufacturing output indicated an increase of 0.8 percent compared to the previous quarter.
In December, France's production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, decreased by 1.9 percent compared to November, after a month-on-month increase of 3.3 percent in November. In the October-December period, the country’s production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, increased by 0.4 percent compared to the previous quarter.
On the other hand, in December production of France's motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry saw an increase of 1.4 percent on month-on-month basis after a 4.2 percent month-on-month rise recorded in the previous month, while the output of the domestic construction industry decreased by 0.9 percent month on month in the given month after an increase of 0.3 percent in November from October. In the October-December period, output of the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry increased by 4.8 percent and output of the domestic construction industry rose by 1.3 percent, both quarter on quarter.