France Industrial Production Mom

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

-0.5

Units In

-1.4

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Aug 05, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
19.1 May 2020	-20.6 Apr 2020	0.04 %	1990-2025	N/A

In France, industrial production measures the output of businesses integrated in industrial sector of the economy. Manufacturing is the most important sector and accounts for 86 percent of total production. The biggest segments within Manufacturing are: Food products and beverages (13 percent of total production); machinery and equipment goods (13 percent), of which computer, electronic and optical products (5 percent); basic metals and fabricated metal products (12 percent); other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment (12 percent); transport equipment (10 percent); rubber and plastics products, and other non-metallic mineral products (8 percent); and chemicals and chemical products (6 percent). Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning account for 11 percent of total output, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation account for 1 percent and Mining and quarrying account also for 1 percent.

Latest Updates

Industrial production in France decreased by 0.5% month-over-month in May 2025, missing market forecasts of a 0.3% rise, but better than the 1.4% drop recorded in the previous month. Manufacturing output continued to fall (-1% vs -0.7% in April), with declines seen in the production of coke and refined petroleum products (-6.1% vs -14.3%), food and beverages (-0.6% vs 0.4%), machinery and equipment (-0.8% vs -2.2%), and other manufacturing (-1.4% vs 0.4%). On the other hand, production rebounded for mining and quarrying, energy, water supply, and waste management (2% vs -5%). On a yearly basis, industrial output was 0.8% lower in May.