In May this year, producer prices in French industry were down by 1.2 percent month on month and by 5.1 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 went down 0.3 percent in May compared to April and decreased by 0.7 percent year on year.
In the given month, prices for exported manufactured products went down by 0.1 percent, while prices for exported transport equipment fell by 0.3 percent, both month on month. On year-on-year basis, in May prices of exported manufactured products increased by 0.9 percent, while prices of exported transport equipment saw a 5.2 percent increase.
Meanwhile, import prices for manufactured products in France in May went down by 0.2 percent month on month and fell by 0.5 percent year on year.
