In December last year, producer prices in French industry fell by one 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 declined by 0.9 percent in December compared to November and were up 0.9 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.
In December, prices for exported manufactured products decreased by 0.7 percent and prices of exported transport equipment fell by 0.1 percent, both month on month. On year-on-year basis, in December prices of exported manufactured products rose by 0.8 percent, while prices of exported transport equipment saw a 1.5 percent increase.
Meanwhile, import prices for manufactured products in France in December were down by 0.8 percent compared to November and advanced by 0.8 percent compared to the same month of 2017.