In April this year, producer prices in French industry decreased 0.4 percent month on month, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). Producer prices for manufactured products in France increased by 0.4 percent in April compared to March and were up 3.1 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.
In April, prices for exported manufactured products increased by 0.3 percent and prices of exported transport equipment rose 0.1 percent, both month on month. On year-on-year basis, in April prices of exported manufactured products rose 3.1 percent, while prices of exported transport equipment saw a 0.5 percent fall.
Meanwhile, import prices for manufactured products in France in April rose 0.1 percent compared to March and were up 3.4 percent compared to the same month of 2016.