In February this year, producer prices in French industry were down by 0.2 percent month on month and down by 2.4 percent year on year, according to the statistics released by France’s National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). Producer prices for manufactured products in France rose by 0.4 percent in February compared to January and remained stable year on year.
In the given month, prices for exported manufactured products went up by 0.2 and prices of exported transport equipment decreased by 0.2 percent, both month on month. On year-on-year basis, in February prices of exported manufactured products went down by 1.8 percent, while prices of exported transport equipment saw a three percent decrease.
Meanwhile, import prices for manufactured products in France in February grew by 0.6 percent month on month and decreased one percent year on year.