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Informations rapidesIn April 2025, manufacturing output fell back (‑0.6%)  Industrial production index - April 2025

In April 2025, after two months of increases, output fell back in the manufacturing industry (‑0.6% after +0.5% in March 2025) and more sharply in the whole industry (‑1.4% after +0.1%).

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Paru le :Paru le06/06/2025
Prochaine parution le : 04/07/2025 at 08:45 - May 2025

In April 2025, after two months of increases, output fell back in the manufacturing industry (‑0.6% after +0.5% in March 2025) and more sharply in the whole industry (‑1.4% after +0.1%).

Monthly Industrial Production Indices

Monthly Industrial Production Indices
(C1) (C3) (C4) (C5) CZ
2025-04 99.37 101.39 112.27 100.73 102.25
2025-03 98.24 103.34 115.0 100.45 102.88
2025-02 99.15 103.28 112.04 100.28 102.32
2025-01 99.55 100.09 107.96 99.1 100.89
2024-12 99.54 102.67 107.77 99.4 101.43
2024-11 96.53 102.03 113.47 100.46 102.2
2024-10 99.0 103.8 109.16 100.29 102.13
2024-09 99.06 101.39 111.87 100.67 102.3
2024-08 98.29 100.21 110.17 102.17 102.54
2024-07 99.13 104.48 107.75 100.69 102.16
2024-06 99.07 100.32 112.21 100.43 102.3
2024-05 98.38 100.6 109.17 99.65 101.12
2024-04 98.42 107.32 110.61 102.88 103.95
2024-03 99.29 103.09 111.49 101.8 102.99
2024-02 100.54 104.02 110.61 102.41 103.64
2024-01 98.57 102.91 115.07 101.01 102.77
2023-12 97.71 101.3 120.15 102.11 103.93
2023-11 96.82 107.05 118.86 100.09 103.32
2023-10 97.53 104.68 119.45 100.23 103.31
2023-09 96.37 105.22 115.77 100.17 102.83
2023-08 97.97 105.81 118.38 99.27 102.9
2023-07 99.39 106.38 116.59 99.75 103.21
2023-06 99.49 107.34 118.3 98.89 103.22
2023-05 99.47 107.67 121.0 100.31 104.4
2023-04 98.59 105.81 116.0 98.68 101.68
2023-03 99.07 104.47 115.93 99.28 101.54
2023-02 98.55 105.23 117.96 99.49 103.05
2023-01 98.4 104.6 110.39 100.05 102.22
2022-12 98.2 101.65 114.98 102.37 103.43
2022-11 101.63 104.55 106.15 103.26 103.65
2022-10 99.72 99.82 108.92 101.54 101.91
2022-09 99.56 105.43 110.43 102.66 103.68
2022-08 100.49 103.01 110.93 102.7 103.61
2022-07 99.83 97.99 107.05 100.18 100.84
2022-06 100.5 102.48 106.15 101.84 102.38
2022-05 98.86 99.5 102.45 102.19 101.41
2022-04 99.28 97.62 99.3 100.08 99.57
2022-03 101.2 99.42 95.37 101.98 100.66
2022-02 101.5 100.76 99.96 101.45 101.2
2022-01 102.46 100.19 102.22 103.0 102.45
2021-12 101.62 100.53 101.42 98.93 99.95
2021-11 102.66 98.19 94.09 99.18 98.93
2021-10 101.28 100.71 104.68 100.75 101.37
2021-09 99.32 100.68 90.56 99.8 98.61
2021-08 99.77 99.56 99.02 100.97 100.34
2021-07 100.3 98.99 104.24 100.37 100.7
2021-06 100.58 100.64 95.68 99.74 99.47
2021-05 98.62 99.18 97.86 99.75 99.23
2021-04 98.33 100.56 99.98 100.05 99.83
2021-03 99.99 100.08 100.95 99.57 99.88
2021-02 97.55 98.61 100.35 98.58 98.62
2021-01 99.97 102.26 111.18 102.31 103.08
  • 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, energy output decreased sharply

In April 2025*, output went down again sharply in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (‑5.0% after ‑2.1%) because of a sharp decrease in electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply (-5.5% after -2.2%): this month was characterised by particularly mild temperatures, making April 2025 the fifth warmest April since 1900. Output fell back in the manufacture of transport equipment (‑2.4% after +2.6%): it fell back sharply in the “other transport equipment (manufacture of aircraft, building of ships, manufacture of railway locomotives, etc.)” (‑3.7% after +2.2%) and slightly in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (‑0.4% after +3.4%). Output fell back strongly in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (‑14.0% after +9.4%) and more modestly in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (‑1.9% after +0.1%).

On the contrary, output bounced back in the manufacture of food products and beverages (+1.1% after ‑0.9%) and increased again in the “other manufacturing industries (manufacture of basic metals, chemical industry, pharmaceutical industry, etc.)” (+0.3% after +0.2%).

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* April 2025 March 2025 / Feb. 2025 April 2025 / March 2025 Quarter-on-quarter change (3) Year-on-year change (4)
BE: INDUSTRY 10,000 100.1 0.1 -1.4 0.2 -0.8
CZ: MANUFACTURING 8,178 102.3 0.5 -0.6 1.0 -1.0
(C1): Man. of food products and beverages 1,261 99.4 -0.9 1.1 0.4 -0.5
(C2): Man. of coke and refined petroleum products 141 123.8 9.4 -14.0 -5.5 4.2
(C3): Machinery and equipment goods 1,100 101.4 0.1 -1.9 1.1 -2.0
[CI] Man. of computer, electronic and optical products 382 113.7 -2.0 -0.7 1.4 -1.9
[CJ] Man. of electrical equipment 249 100.2 -0.2 -3.4 1.4 -0.6
[CK] Man. of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (1) 468 91.9 2.4 -2.2 0.5 -3.0
(C4): Man. of transport equipment 1,073 112.3 2.6 -2.4 3.1 2.0
[CL1] Man. of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 460 104.9 3.4 -0.4 4.5 -0.4
[CL2] Man. of other transport equipment 613 117.8 2.2 -3.7 2.2 3.6
(C5): Other manufacturing 4,607 100.7 0.2 0.3 0.8 -1.8
[CB] Man. of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products 190 124.0 -0.8 1.8 4.3 1.4
[CC] Man. of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media 415 87.7 -0.1 -0.6 -0.3 -4.6
[CE] Man. of chemicals and chemical products 681 94.1 0.7 1.6 1.4 -4.7
[CF] Man. of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 435 124.3 2.8 -0.1 5.4 5.6
[CG] Man. of rubber and plastics products, and other nonmetallic mineral products 613 85.7 1.1 -1.7 0.6 -5.3
[CH] Man. of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 1,133 90.2 -1.2 0.7 -1.1 -4.9
[CM] Other manufacturing; repair and installation of machinery and equipment 1,140 112.8 -0.2 0.3 0.1 1.0
DE: Mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management 1,822 88.3 -2.1 -5.0 -3.2 0.5
[BZ] Mining and quarrying 71 81.9 -2.2 1.4 -0.9 -0.9
[DZ] Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply 1,643 88.1 -2.2 -5.5 -3.4 0.5
[EZ] Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation 107 90.2 -0.3 -0.6 -1.2 0.6
MIGs (2)
Capital goods 3,058 108.2 1.3 -1.1 1.3 0.6
Intermediate goods 2,918 91.5 -0.3 -0.3 0.4 -4.1
Consumer durables 164 102.7 -2.8 1.4 0.3 -3.8
Consumer non-durables 1,959 107.1 0.0 0.9 1.8 0.4
Energy 1,901 89.5 -0.9 -6.2 -3.5 0.9
  • *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%

Cumulative output of the last three months (February to April 2025) was lower than that of the same months of the previous year in the manufacturing industry (‑1.0%) as well as in the whole industry (‑0.8%).

Over this one-year period, output went down in the “other manufacturing industries (manufacture of basic metals, chemical industry, pharmaceutical industry, etc.)” (‑1.8%) and in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (‑2.0%). It also decreased, but more slightly, in the manufacture of food products and beverages (‑0.5%). On the contrary, output increased in the manufacture of transport equipment (+2.0%), in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (+4.2%) and in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (+0.5%).

Over a month, construction output bounced back

Output in construction bounced back in April (+0.8% after ‑0.9%). Output bounced back in the specialised construction activities (+0.8% after ‑0.9%), in the construction of buildings (+1.7% after ‑1.0%) and in the civil engineering (+0.6% after ‑0.3%). Output of the last three months (February to April 2025) was lower than that of the same months of the previous year (‑1.5%).

Variation in the Construction Production

2021 based, SA-WDA changes in %
Variation in the Construction Production (2021 based, SA-WDA changes in %)
NA : A10, (A17), [A38 or A64] Weights* April 2025 March 2025 / Feb. 2025 April 2025 / March 2025 Quarter-on-quarter change (1) Year-on-year change (2)
F : CONSTRUCTION 10,000 94.2 -0.9 0.8 -0.3 -1.5
(F41) Construction of buildings 664 88.7 -1.0 1.7 -1.0 -4.1
(F42) Civil engineering 1,246 91.1 -0.3 0.6 -2.6 -1.8
(F43) Specialised construction activities 8,090 95.1 -0.9 0.8 0.2 -1.2
  • *Weights (10,000 = B...E).
  • (1) Last three months / previous three months.
  • (2) Last three months / same three months of previous year.
  • Source : Insee.

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

The evolution of the manufacturing index between February and March 2025 has been revised downwards, at +0.5% instead of +0.6% (after rounding). The evolution of the index for the whole industry has been revised downwards also, at +0.1% instead of +0.2% (after rounding).

Revision of variations

(in percentage point)
Revision of variations ((in percentage point))
Jan. 2025 / Dec. 2024 Feb. 2025 / Jan. 2025 March 2025 / Feb. 2025 Q1 2025 / Q4 2024 2024 / 2023
Industry (BE) 0.00 0.09 -0.07 -0.01 0.01
raw serie 0.02 0.07 -0.05 -0.01 0.01
SA-WDA parameters -0.02 0.02 -0.02 0.00 0.00
Manufacturing (CZ) 0.00 0.10 -0.07 -0.01 0.01
raw serie 0.02 0.09 -0.08 -0.01 0.01
SA-WDA parameters -0.03 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00
  • How to read it: in the manufacturing sector, the SA-WDA variation between January and February 2025 is revised by -0,07 points: -0,08 points are due to the revision of the raw series and +0,01 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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