In August this year, producer prices in French industry rose by 0.9 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 were up 0.4 percent in August compared to July and were up 7.4 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.
In August, prices for exported manufactured products were up 0.6 percent and prices of exported transport equipment rose by 0.1 percent, both month on month. On year-on-year basis, in August prices of exported manufactured products rose by 6.6 percent, while prices of exported transport equipment saw a 2.1 percent increase.
Meanwhile, import prices for manufactured products in France in August increased by 0.4 percent compared to July and rose by 8.3 percent compared to the same month of 2020.