France's manufacturing output in October this year increased by 2.7 percent month on month, after a 0.6 percent month-on-month growth in September, and was up 3.7 percent year on year, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In the August-October quarter of this year, France’s manufacturing output indicated an increase of 1.2 percent compared to the previous quarter.
In October, France's production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, increased by 0.2 percent compared to September, after a one percent decline month on month in September. In the August-October period, the country’s production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, increased by 1.3 percent compared to the previous quarter.
On the other hand, in October production of France's motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry saw an increase of 5.7 percent on month-on-month basis after a 4.8 percent month-on-month rise recorded in the previous month, while the output of the domestic construction industry decreased by 0.3 percent month on month in the given month after a 0.2 percent fall in September compared to August. In the August-October period, output of the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry increased by 2.6 percent and output of the domestic construction industry fell by 0.1 percent, both quarter on quarter.