According to the report from INSEE, in July 2019, output increased slightly in the manufacturing industry (+0.3%, after −2.2%), as well as in the whole industry (+0.3%, after −2.3%).
Over the last three months, output declined in manufacturing industry (−0.3%) and increased in the whole industry (+0.4%).
Over the last three months, output grew strongly in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (+4.3%) and more moderately in “other manufacturing” (+0.3%). Conversely, it dipped in the manufacture of transport equipment (−1.1%), in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (−1.1%) and in the manufacture of food products and beverages (−0.6%). It plummeted in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (−7.1%).
Manufacturing output of the last three months increased compared to the same three months of 2018 (+0.7%), as well as in the whole industry (+1.2%).