France’s manufacturing output in May this year rose by 1.4 percent month on month, after a 0.6 percent month-on-month increase in April this year, according to the statistics released by France’s National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In the March-May quarter, France’s manufacturing output was up by 2.1 percent year on year and by 0.2 percent quarter on quarter.
In the given month, France’s production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, increased by 1.8 percent compared to April, after a 1.7 percent decrease month on month in the previous month.
On the other hand, in May production of France’s motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry increased by 5.8 percent on month-on-month basis after decreasing by 1.7 percent on month-on-month basis in the previous month, while the output of the domestic construction industry increased by 0.9 percent month on month in the given month after going up by 0.8 percent in April compared to March. In the March-May quarter, output of the domestic construction industry advanced by 1.2 percent quarter on quarter.
