France December industrial production rose 0.8% after falling 1.5% in November

In December 2018, output bounced back in the manufacturing industry (+1.0% after −1.5% in November) as well as in the whole industry (+0.8% after −1.5%).

Manufacturing output went down over the last quarter (−0.4%), as well as in the whole industry (−0.5%). Over the last quarter, output decreased in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (−0.8%), in “other manufacturing” (−0.2%), in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (−0.9%), in the manufacture of transport equipment (−0.5%) and more markedly in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−6.6%). Conversely, it was virtually stable in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+0.1%).

Manufacturing output of the last quarter diminished compared to the same quarter of 2017 (−1.5%), as well as in the whole industry (−1.4%). Over a year, output also decreased sharply in “other manufacturing” (−1.9%), in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (−1.4%), in the manufacture of food products and beverages (−1.4%), in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (−0.9%) and more markedly in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−7.1%). On the contrary, it increased slightly in the manufacture of transport equipment (+0.4%).