France's manufacturing output in June increased by 0.6 percent month on month, after a 0.5 percent month-on-month decrease in May, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In the second quarter of this year, France’s manufacturing output was up by 1.4 percent year on year and increased by 0.1 percent quarter on quarter.
In June, France's production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, increased by 0.7 percent compared to May, after 1.2 percent decrease month on month in May. In the second quarter, the country’s production in manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, declined by two percent compared to the previous quarter.
On the other hand, in June production of France's motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry rose by 1.3 percent on month-on-month basis after a 1.7 percent month-on-month decline recorded in the previous month, while the output of the domestic construction industry was up by 3.9 percent month on month in the given month after a 3.4 percent decrease in May compared to April. In the second quarter, output of the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers industry fell by 1.3 percent and output of the domestic construction industry was up by 1.6 percent, both quarter on quarter.