In July 2018, output kept growing in the manufacturing industry (+0.5% after +0.7% in June) as well as in the whole industry (+0.7% after +0.7%).

Manufacturing output grew over the last three months (+0.5%). It was virtually stable in the overall industry.

Over the last three months, output soared in the manufacture of transport equipment (+4.0%). It was almost stable in "other manufacturing". Conversely, it diminshed sharply in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (−2.3%) and in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−3.9%), and more slightly in the manufacture of food products and beverages (−0.3%) and in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (−0.2%).