In May this year, producer prices in French industry increased 0.6 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 0.8 percent in May compared to April and were up three percent compared to the same month of the previous year.
In May, prices for exported manufactured products increased by 0.8 percent and prices of exported transport equipment remained unchanged, both month on month. On year-on-year basis, in May prices of exported manufactured products rose 1.1 percent, while prices of exported transport equipment saw a 0.5 percent increase.
Meanwhile, import prices for manufactured products in France in May rose 0.8 percent compared to April and were up 1.4 percent compared to the same month of 2017.