France's manufacturing output in July increased by 0.3 percent month on month, after decreasing by 2.2 percent in June on month-on-month basis, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In the May-July quarter of this year, France’s manufacturing output was up by 0.7 percent year on year and fell by 0.3 percent quarter on quarter.
In July, France's production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, was up by 0.1 percent compared to the previous month, after decreasing by 2.2 percent month on month in June. In the May-July 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 July production of France's motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry fell by 1.7 percent on month-on-month basis after a 2.7 percent month-on-month contraction recorded in the previous month, while the output of the domestic construction industry was down by 4.2 percent month on month in the given month after increasing by 0.9 percent in June compared to May. In the May-July quarter, output of the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry fell by 2.4 percent, while the output of the domestic construction industry declined by two percent, both quarter on quarter.