Output of basic metals and fabricated metal products in France rose 0.1% in September 2026 from August. Production in the sector had fallen 0.2% in the previous month, the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) reported.
Overall manufacturing output increased 0.5% month on month, following a 0.3% rise in August. However, output in the July–September period was 0.9% lower than a year earlier and 1.5% below the previous three-month period.
Production of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers rose 7.5% in September after falling 2.9% a month earlier. Construction output, by contrast, declined 0.2% after increasing 0.7% in August. For July–September, construction output was down 1.2% from the previous quarter and 4.5% year on year.
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