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Informations rapidesIn March 2025, manufacturing output increased for the second month in a row (+0.6%)  Industrial production index - March 2025

In March 2025, output increased for the second month in a row in the manufacturing industry (+0.6% after +1.3% in February 2025) and in the whole industry (+0.2% after +1.0%).

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In March 2025, output increased for the second month in a row in the manufacturing industry (+0.6% after +1.3% in February 2025) and in the whole industry (+0.2% after +1.0%).

Monthly Industrial Production Indices

Monthly Industrial Production Indices
(C1) (C3) (C4) (C5) CZ
2025-03 99.07 102.45 115.56 100.33 102.9
2025-02 99.36 103.06 112.08 100.18 102.27
2025-01 99.71 99.65 108.03 99.17 100.95
2024-12 99.66 102.74 107.81 99.42 101.5
2024-11 96.62 101.64 113.57 100.44 102.18
2024-10 98.9 103.56 109.27 100.25 102.09
2024-09 99.23 101.24 111.94 100.65 102.32
2024-08 98.31 100.81 110.24 102.23 102.68
2024-07 99.18 104.16 107.8 100.73 102.15
2024-06 99.01 99.99 112.25 100.4 102.2
2024-05 98.52 100.31 109.22 99.68 101.08
2024-04 99.04 107.18 110.53 102.99 104.03
2024-03 99.54 102.89 111.2 101.75 102.93
2024-02 100.56 103.99 110.6 102.35 103.6
2024-01 98.54 102.72 115.08 100.93 102.72
2023-12 97.69 101.13 120.15 102.06 103.9
2023-11 96.77 106.71 118.89 100.09 103.29
2023-10 97.47 104.74 119.5 100.25 103.35
2023-09 96.41 105.16 115.83 100.19 102.86
2023-08 97.94 106.26 118.43 99.26 102.98
2023-07 99.35 106.44 116.58 99.76 103.21
2023-06 99.37 107.18 118.33 98.9 103.16
2023-05 99.47 107.62 121.08 100.29 104.36
2023-04 98.88 106.02 116.01 98.77 101.78
2023-03 99.15 104.61 115.74 99.23 101.52
2023-02 98.5 105.49 117.93 99.46 103.05
2023-01 98.31 104.59 110.35 100.04 102.22
2022-12 98.23 101.55 114.95 102.32 103.39
2022-11 101.56 104.43 106.17 103.26 103.62
2022-10 99.69 99.85 108.94 101.55 101.92
2022-09 99.66 105.4 110.45 102.69 103.71
2022-08 100.47 103.11 110.98 102.71 103.63
2022-07 99.8 98.0 107.07 100.19 100.84
2022-06 100.43 102.38 106.18 101.84 102.35
2022-05 98.85 99.52 102.45 102.19 101.41
2022-04 99.32 97.66 99.34 100.16 99.63
2022-03 101.23 99.52 95.27 101.94 100.65
2022-02 101.49 100.95 99.95 101.43 101.21
2022-01 102.41 100.21 102.18 102.99 102.43
2021-12 101.65 100.43 101.41 98.93 99.93
2021-11 102.62 98.13 94.11 99.17 98.91
2021-10 101.27 100.69 104.7 100.76 101.38
2021-09 99.37 100.68 90.57 99.82 98.63
2021-08 99.78 99.61 99.03 100.96 100.34
2021-07 100.32 98.95 104.21 100.36 100.69
2021-06 100.52 100.59 95.69 99.74 99.45
2021-05 98.64 99.2 97.86 99.74 99.22
2021-04 98.37 100.56 100.04 100.11 99.87
2021-03 99.98 100.15 100.91 99.55 99.87
2021-02 97.56 98.75 100.33 98.57 98.64
2021-01 99.93 102.26 111.13 102.29 103.05
  • Legend: CZ: Manufacturing - (C1): Manufacture of food products and beverages - (C3): Machinery and equipment goods - (C4): Manufacture of transport equipment - (C5): Other manufacturing.

Monthly Industrial Production Indices

  • Legend: CZ: Manufacturing - (C1): Manufacture of food products and beverages - (C3): Machinery and equipment goods - (C4): Manufacture of transport equipment - (C5): Other manufacturing.
  • Source: INSEE, SSP, SDES.

Over a month, output increased mainly in the manufacture of transport equipment

In March 2025*, output increased, for the third month in a row, in the manufacture of transport equipment (+3.1% after +3.7%): it slowed down in the “other transport equipment” (+3.0% after +4.8%) and accelerated in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (+3.3% after +2.2%). Output bounced back sharply in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+9.6% after ‑7.5%). It was virtually stable in the “other manufacturing industries” (+0.1% after +1.0%). On the contrary, it decreased again in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (‑2.0% after ‑0.5%), especially in electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply (-2.0% after -0.6%). Output fell back in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (‑0.6% after +3.4%) and decreased again slightly in the manufacture of food products and beverages (‑0.3% after ‑0.4%).

Variation in the Industrial Production

2021 based, SA-WDA changes in %
Variation in the Industrial Production (2021 based, SA-WDA changes in %)
NA : A10, (A17), [A38 or A64] Weights* March 2025 Feb. 2025 / Jan. 2025 March 2025 / Feb. 2025 Quarter-on-quarter change (3) Year-on-year change (4)
BE: INDUSTRY 10,000 101.5 1.0 0.2 0.0 -0.4
CZ: MANUFACTURING 8,178 102.9 1.3 0.6 0.1 -1.0
(C1): Man. of food products and beverages 1,261 99.1 -0.4 -0.3 1.0 -0.2
(C2): Man. of coke and refined petroleum products 141 143.7 -7.5 9.6 -2.3 10.9
(C3): Machinery and equipment goods 1,100 102.5 3.4 -0.6 -0.9 -1.4
[CI] Man. of computer, electronic and optical products 382 114.7 3.5 -2.3 0.9 -0.6
[CJ] Man. of electrical equipment 249 103.9 6.0 0.2 -0.7 0.5
[CK] Man. of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (1) 468 91.6 1.9 0.7 -2.8 -3.4
(C4): Man. of transport equipment 1,073 115.6 3.7 3.1 1.5 -0.4
[CL1] Man. of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 460 105.1 2.2 3.3 3.2 -2.5
[CL2] Man. of other transport equipment 613 123.4 4.8 3.0 0.5 1.1
(C5): Other manufacturing 4,607 100.3 1.0 0.1 -0.1 -1.8
[CB] Man. of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products 190 121.1 3.3 -1.3 2.2 0.4
[CC] Man. of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media 415 88.7 0.3 0.0 -0.3 -3.0
[CE] Man. of chemicals and chemical products 681 92.5 1.2 1.1 -1.7 -5.5
[CF] Man. of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 435 125.2 1.8 3.3 4.6 5.3
[CG] Man. of rubber and plastics products, and other nonmetallic mineral products 613 87.0 1.4 0.9 -0.4 -4.6
[CH] Man. of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 1,133 89.0 0.8 -1.5 -2.3 -5.3
[CM] Other manufacturing; repair and installation of machinery and equipment 1,140 112.4 0.4 -0.2 0.2 1.7
DE: Mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management 1,822 93.1 -0.5 -2.0 -0.5 2.6
[BZ] Mining and quarrying 71 79.7 3.1 -4.0 -1.5 0.5
[DZ] Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply 1,643 93.5 -0.6 -2.0 -0.5 2.8
[EZ] Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation 107 90.8 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 0.8
FZ: CONSTRUCTION 4,294 92.8 1.5 -0.9 -1.1 -4.0
MIGs (2)
Capital goods 3,058 109.3 2.1 1.1 0.1 0.0
Intermediate goods 2,918 91.5 1.6 -0.4 -0.9 -3.8
Consumer durables 164 101.3 1.0 -2.5 0.5 -3.8
Consumer non-durables 1,959 106.9 0.7 0.5 1.7 0.4
Energy 1,901 95.6 -1.3 -0.8 -0.7 3.4
  • *Weights (10,000 = B...E).
  • (1) n.e.c. : not elsewhere classifiable.
  • (2) Main industrial groupings: definition in Commission regulation EC of 14 June 2007.
  • (3) Last three months / previous three months.
  • (4) Last three months / same three months of previous year.
  • Source: INSEE, SSP, SDES.

Over a year, manufacturing output was down by 1.0%

Output of the first quarter of 2025 was lower than that of the first quarter of 2024 in the manufacturing industry (‑1.0%) and in the whole industry (‑0.4%).

Over this one-year period, output went down in the “other manufacturing industries” (‑1.8%) and in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (‑1.4%). It decreased slightly in the manufacture of transport equipment (‑0.4%) and in the manufacture of food products and beverages (‑0.2%). On the contrary, it increased in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (+2.6%) and increased sharply in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+10.9%).

Output in the most energy-intensive industries remained low compared to the level of 2021

In the context of the sharp rise of energy prices between 2021 and 2023, energy-intensive industries are particularly exposed to rising production costs, which contributed to the decrease in their production. Output over the last three months (January to March 2025) remained thus down sharply compared to that of the second quarter of 2021 (last quarter before the sharp rise in energy prices), particularly in the manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys (‑29.9%), the manufacture of basic chemicals (‑16.7%), the manufacture of glass and glass products (‑15.9%), and the manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard (‑12.8%).

Monthly industrial production index in five energy-intensive industries

Monthly industrial production index in five energy-intensive industries
Pulp, paper and paperboard (171) Basic chemicals (201) Glass and glass products (231) Basic iron and steel and ferro-alloys (241) Basic precious and other non-ferrous metals (244)
2025-03 89.98 83.66 84.14 64.06 92.24
2025-02 83.85 80.7 84.03 72.93 102.78
2025-01 86.51 81.76 81.46 78.39 97.49
2024-12 87.12 84.32 76.92 81.64 95.5
2024-11 87.44 84.27 80.1 74.89 97.87
2024-10 88.05 88.71 80.8 75.18 96.6
2024-09 86.67 83.92 76.47 78.99 98.7
2024-08 88.95 83.02 79.59 81.67 100.79
2024-07 89.6 90.74 79.38 70.08 96.6
2024-06 88.35 86.78 80.86 73.0 91.53
2024-05 88.37 84.13 82.73 77.08 95.56
2024-04 88.4 88.3 87.14 72.64 98.56
2024-03 87.02 90.7 85.69 78.14 98.54
2024-02 92.83 88.67 88.56 76.89 100.24
2024-01 84.7 86.25 84.87 75.27 96.59
2023-12 80.89 84.59 82.54 79.49 100.7
2023-11 83.47 86.71 85.86 86.07 93.15
2023-10 83.3 87.67 84.72 77.43 94.92
2023-09 85.22 87.41 88.21 80.61 91.35
2023-08 82.84 82.58 89.32 81.46 92.97
2023-07 81.77 82.01 90.59 63.67 91.34
2023-06 73.08 82.11 91.53 52.41 95.33
2023-05 77.38 87.68 96.18 57.87 94.42
2023-04 78.83 80.17 92.23 82.08 91.88
2023-03 74.62 77.89 92.65 82.68 90.95
2023-02 79.21 82.53 94.3 59.72 90.0
2023-01 79.81 77.76 95.27 80.88 87.34
2022-12 81.73 80.17 100.14 75.87 97.33
2022-11 85.4 78.1 99.96 82.4 88.65
2022-10 95.02 76.78 105.3 87.54 89.51
2022-09 95.83 85.65 106.03 77.22 92.64
2022-08 93.54 87.49 101.73 90.16 92.76
2022-07 94.43 93.02 100.31 90.33 96.89
2022-06 98.31 94.71 102.29 100.42 96.86
2022-05 99.05 93.95 100.14 93.99 98.66
2022-04 98.06 93.12 99.96 96.19 96.02
2022-03 101.75 100.21 103.32 93.81 97.34
2022-02 101.51 95.83 103.0 100.52 93.05
2022-01 102.9 101.05 104.6 99.87 96.79
2021-12 105.15 103.6 106.16 98.9 97.04
2021-11 100.99 103.99 105.58 98.04 104.86
2021-10 98.69 100.06 102.33 101.12 101.6
2021-09 98.99 98.28 101.85 101.17 92.49
2021-08 102.8 96.67 100.02 99.32 100.79
2021-07 101.16 100.57 100.6 105.92 100.99
2021-06 99.25 99.92 98.98 102.14 104.36
2021-05 98.61 95.26 99.58 100.28 98.98
2021-04 100.61 100.21 98.27 104.94 99.59
2021-03 98.95 103.28 94.46 98.73 100.58
2021-02 97.09 98.55 96.26 95.29 99.29
2021-01 97.7 99.61 95.91 94.15 99.43

Monthly industrial production index in five energy-intensive industries

  • Source: INSEE.

The monthly evolution of the February 2025 manufacturing index has been revised downwards

The evolution of the manufacturing index between January and February 2025 has been revised downwards at +1.3% instead of +1.4% (after rounding). The evolution of the index for the whole industry has been revised upwards at +1.0% instead of +0.7% (after rounding) due to an upward revision of electricity production in February.

Revision of variations

(in percentage point)
Revision of variations ((in percentage point))
Dec. 2024 / Nov. 2024 Jan. 2025 / Dec. 2024 Feb. 2025 / Jan. 2025 Q4 2024 / Q3 2024 2024 / 2023
Industry (BE) 0.11 -0.10 0.27 0.13 0.04
raw serie -0.01 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.04
SA-WDA parameters 0.12 -0.10 0.20 0.06 0.00
Manufacturing (CZ) 0.11 -0.01 -0.05 0.13 0.06
raw serie 0.00 0.18 -0.40 0.08 0.05
SA-WDA parameters 0.11 -0.19 0.35 0.05 0.01
  • How to read it: in the manufacturing sector, the SA-WDA variation between January and February 2025 is revised by -0.05 points: -0.40 points are due to the revision of the raw series and +0.35 points to the updating of the SA-WDA parameters.
  • Source: INSEE, SSP, SDES.

For more information

* All data in this publication are seasonally and working days adjusted (SA-WDA). In the commentary, percentage changes by sub-branches are presented, with some exceptions, in descending order of their contribution to the overall percentage change of the industrial production index. The contribution of a sub-branch takes into account its weight and the scale of its change.

The methodology used to build and calculate the industrial production index (IPI) is detailed in the “Documentation” tab of this publication.

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