In April this year, producer prices in French industry declined by 2.3 percent month on month, showing a strong fall, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). Producer prices for manufactured products in France decreased by 1.5 percent in April compared to March and were down 4.8 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.
In April, prices for exported manufactured products decreased by 0.5 percent and prices of exported transport equipment rose by 1.2 percent, both month on month. On year-on-year basis, in April prices of exported manufactured products fell by 1.3 percent, while prices of exported transport equipment saw a 4.9 percent increase.
Meanwhile, import prices for manufactured products in France in April were down by one percent compared to March and declined by 3.4 percent compared to the same month of 2019.