In April this year, producer prices in French industry were down by 4.1 percent month on month and up by five 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 decreased by 0.3 percent in April compared to March and rose by 4.1 percent year on year.
In the given month, prices for exported manufactured products dropped by 0.7 and prices of exported transport equipment fell by 0.8 percent, both month on month. On year-on-year basis, in April prices of exported manufactured products moved up by 2.4 percent, while prices of exported transport equipment saw a 4.6 percent increase.
Meanwhile, import prices for manufactured products in France in April fell by 0.7 percent, both on year-on-year and month-on-month basis.