France's manufacturing output in March this year decreased by 0.9 percent month on month, after a 1.4 percent month-on-month decline in February, and rose by 0.9 percent year on year, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In the January-March period, France’s manufacturing output indicated a decrease of 0.7 percent compared to the previous quarter.
In March, France's production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, decreased by 1.7 percent compared to February, after a month-on-month decrease of two percent in February. In the January-March period, the country’s production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, fell by 1.3 percent compared to the previous quarter.
On the other hand, in March production of France's motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry saw a decrease of 3.1 percent on month-on-month basis after a 2.3 percent month-on-month rise recorded in the previous month, while the output of the domestic construction industry increased by 1.2 percent month on month in the given month after a decrease of 4.9 percent in February from January. In the January-March period, output of the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry increased by 1.8 percent and output of the domestic construction industry fell by 0.6 percent, both quarter on quarter.