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In December 2024, French manufacturing production declines (-0.7%)
In December 2024, production falls back over one month in the manufacturing industry (-0.7%, after +0.2% in November 2024) and in industry as a whole (-0.4% after +0.1%). In December 2024*, production fell sharply in the manufacture of transport equipment (-5.4% after +4.0%): it fell sharply in the automobile industry (-11.0% after +6.4%) and more moderately in the manufacture of other transport equipment (-2.0% after +2.6%). It fell in the manufacture of "other industrial products" (-1.0% after -0.1%), penalized in particular by the decline in pharmaceuticals (-7.9% after +0.9%). Conversely, it rebounded sharply in ... (full story)