France Production Industrielle (Mensuel)

Industrial production in France rose 0.8% month-on-month in September 2025, rebounding from an upwardly revised 0.9% decline in August and exceeding market expectations of a 0.1% gain. Manufacturing output recovered 0.9% after a 1% drop in the previous month, driven mainly by rebounds in the manufacture of transport equipment (5.5% vs -4.3% in August), electrical, electronic, and computer equipment (1.2% vs -0.4%), food processing industries (0.4% vs -0.4%), and coking and refining (1.2% vs -2.6%). Moreover, production stalled in the mining, energy, and water industries, following a 0.5% fall in August. In contrast, construction output fell 1.3% in September, reversing a 1.2% increase in the prior month, as activity tumbled in both building construction (-5.2% vs 3.9%) and specialized construction work (-1% vs 1.4%). Over the July-September period, industrial activity rose 1.4% compared with the previous three months, while year-on-year industrial output grew 1.1%.