France's manufacturing output in May decreased by 0.6 percent month on month, after a 0.4 percent month-on-month increase in April, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In the March-May quarter of this year, France’s manufacturing output was up 0.8 percent year on year and indicated a decrease of 0.5 percent quarter on quarter.
In May, France's production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, decreased by 0.8 percent compared to April, after one percent decline month on month in April. In the March-May quarter, the country’s production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, decreased by two percent compared to the previous quarter.
On the other hand, in May production of France's motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry saw a decrease of 1.3 percent on month-on-month basis after a 0.8 percent month-on-month decline recorded in the previous month, while the output of the domestic construction industry was down by 3.4 percent month on month in the given month after a four percent growth in April compared to March. In the March-May period, output of the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry fell by 1.9 percent and output of the domestic construction industry was down by 2.8 percent, both quarter on quarter.