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4 July 2025 · n° 171
In May 2025, manufacturing output went down by 1.0% Industrial production index - May 2025
In May 2025, output went down again in the manufacturing industry (‑1.0% after ‑0.7% in April 2025) and more moderately in the whole industry (‑0.5% after ‑1.4%).
In May 2025, output went down again in the manufacturing industry (‑1.0% after ‑0.7% in April 2025) and more moderately in the whole industry (‑0.5% after ‑1.4%).
tableauMonthly Industrial Production Indices
| (C1) | (C3) | (C4) | (C5) | CZ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 97.93 | 100.7 | 113.41 | 99.91 | 101.48 |
| 2025-04 | 98.48 | 101.55 | 112.43 | 101.32 | 102.47 |
| 2025-03 | 98.1 | 103.88 | 115.03 | 100.91 | 103.19 |
| 2025-02 | 99.16 | 103.42 | 112.07 | 100.35 | 102.38 |
| 2025-01 | 99.51 | 100.37 | 107.96 | 99.25 | 101.01 |
| 2024-12 | 99.45 | 102.66 | 107.74 | 99.39 | 101.4 |
| 2024-11 | 96.51 | 102.04 | 113.47 | 100.56 | 102.26 |
| 2024-10 | 98.89 | 103.92 | 109.18 | 100.34 | 102.16 |
| 2024-09 | 99.05 | 101.51 | 111.9 | 100.73 | 102.36 |
| 2024-08 | 98.28 | 100.25 | 110.22 | 102.24 | 102.57 |
| 2024-07 | 99.11 | 104.52 | 107.73 | 100.76 | 102.21 |
| 2024-06 | 99.03 | 100.45 | 112.28 | 100.55 | 102.41 |
| 2024-05 | 98.27 | 101.73 | 109.04 | 100.2 | 101.56 |
| 2024-04 | 98.76 | 107.36 | 110.66 | 102.67 | 103.88 |
| 2024-03 | 99.25 | 103.01 | 111.49 | 101.73 | 102.92 |
| 2024-02 | 100.49 | 104.01 | 110.61 | 102.36 | 103.6 |
| 2024-01 | 98.51 | 102.88 | 115.06 | 100.99 | 102.74 |
| 2023-12 | 97.66 | 101.29 | 120.12 | 102.08 | 103.9 |
| 2023-11 | 96.81 | 107.03 | 118.86 | 100.1 | 103.32 |
| 2023-10 | 97.54 | 104.75 | 119.48 | 100.26 | 103.35 |
| 2023-09 | 96.37 | 105.18 | 115.8 | 100.2 | 102.85 |
| 2023-08 | 97.98 | 105.71 | 118.41 | 99.29 | 102.9 |
| 2023-07 | 99.4 | 106.36 | 116.56 | 99.75 | 103.21 |
| 2023-06 | 99.45 | 107.32 | 118.36 | 98.92 | 103.25 |
| 2023-05 | 99.42 | 108.48 | 120.99 | 100.61 | 104.67 |
| 2023-04 | 98.8 | 105.73 | 116.03 | 98.53 | 101.62 |
| 2023-03 | 99.06 | 104.21 | 115.92 | 99.15 | 101.43 |
| 2023-02 | 98.5 | 105.12 | 117.95 | 99.42 | 102.98 |
| 2023-01 | 98.37 | 104.54 | 110.37 | 99.98 | 102.17 |
| 2022-12 | 98.16 | 101.63 | 114.96 | 102.33 | 103.39 |
| 2022-11 | 101.63 | 104.6 | 106.15 | 103.27 | 103.66 |
| 2022-10 | 99.75 | 99.88 | 108.94 | 101.58 | 101.95 |
| 2022-09 | 99.57 | 105.41 | 110.44 | 102.66 | 103.67 |
| 2022-08 | 100.5 | 102.95 | 110.96 | 102.73 | 103.62 |
| 2022-07 | 99.83 | 98.0 | 107.03 | 100.22 | 100.86 |
| 2022-06 | 100.49 | 102.45 | 106.19 | 101.85 | 102.38 |
| 2022-05 | 98.93 | 99.84 | 102.48 | 102.38 | 101.58 |
| 2022-04 | 99.29 | 97.55 | 99.31 | 100.02 | 99.53 |
| 2022-03 | 101.21 | 99.38 | 95.35 | 101.87 | 100.6 |
| 2022-02 | 101.47 | 100.69 | 99.95 | 101.38 | 101.14 |
| 2022-01 | 102.45 | 100.18 | 102.2 | 102.97 | 102.43 |
| 2021-12 | 101.57 | 100.49 | 101.4 | 98.91 | 99.92 |
| 2021-11 | 102.65 | 98.21 | 94.09 | 99.2 | 98.95 |
| 2021-10 | 101.29 | 100.73 | 104.7 | 100.79 | 101.4 |
| 2021-09 | 99.33 | 100.66 | 90.56 | 99.79 | 98.6 |
| 2021-08 | 99.77 | 99.52 | 99.03 | 101.0 | 100.35 |
| 2021-07 | 100.31 | 99.0 | 104.22 | 100.37 | 100.7 |
| 2021-06 | 100.57 | 100.61 | 95.69 | 99.75 | 99.47 |
| 2021-05 | 98.67 | 99.3 | 97.9 | 99.85 | 99.31 |
| 2021-04 | 98.32 | 100.5 | 99.97 | 100.01 | 99.79 |
| 2021-03 | 100.0 | 100.17 | 100.94 | 99.5 | 99.85 |
| 2021-02 | 97.53 | 98.54 | 100.34 | 98.54 | 98.58 |
| 2021-01 | 99.97 | 102.27 | 111.16 | 102.3 | 103.07 |
- Legend: CZ: Manufacturing - (C1): Manufacture of food products and beverages - (C3): Machinery and equipment goods - (C4): Manufacture of transport equipment - (C5): Other manufacturing.
graphiqueMonthly 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 went down in most of industries
In May 2025*, output fell back in the “other manufacturing industries (manufacture of basic metals, chemical industry, pharmaceutical industry...)” (‑1.4% after +0.4%) and more moderately in the manufacture of food products and beverages (‑0.6% after +0.4%). Output went down again in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (‑6.1% after ‑14.3%) and in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (‑0.8% after ‑2.2%).
On the contrary, output bounced back in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (+2.0% after ‑5.0%) and in the manufacture of transport equipment (+0.9% after ‑2.3%) where it bounced back in the “other transport equipment (manufacture of aircraft, building of ships, manufacture of railway locomotives...)” (+2.8% after ‑3.7%) but decreased in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (‑2.0% after ‑0.1%).
tableauVariation in the Industrial Production
| NA : A10, (A17), [A38 or A64] | Weights* | May 2025 | April 2025 / March 2025 | May 2025 / April 2025 | Quarter-on-quarter change (3) | Year-on-year change (4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE: INDUSTRY | 10,000 | 99.8 | -1.4 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.8 |
| CZ: MANUFACTURING | 8,178 | 101.5 | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.8 | -0.4 |
| (C1): Man. of food products and beverages | 1,261 | 97.9 | 0.4 | -0.6 | -1.2 | -0.6 |
| (C2): Man. of coke and refined petroleum products | 141 | 115.2 | -14.3 | -6.1 | -7.4 | -0.6 |
| (C3): Machinery and equipment goods | 1,100 | 100.7 | -2.2 | -0.8 | -0.1 | -1.9 |
| [CI] Man. of computer, electronic and optical products | 382 | 108.7 | -1.6 | -3.7 | -2.8 | -3.9 |
| [CJ] Man. of electrical equipment | 249 | 100.4 | -3.2 | -1.2 | -0.7 | -1.1 |
| [CK] Man. of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (1) | 468 | 94.2 | -2.3 | 2.2 | 3.1 | -0.3 |
| (C4): Man. of transport equipment | 1,073 | 113.4 | -2.3 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
| [CL1] Man. of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers | 460 | 103.0 | -0.1 | -2.0 | 5.9 | 1.9 |
| [CL2] Man. of other transport equipment | 613 | 121.2 | -3.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| (C5): Other manufacturing | 4,607 | 99.9 | 0.4 | -1.4 | 1.1 | -0.8 |
| [CB] Man. of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products | 190 | 123.6 | 1.6 | -0.3 | 2.2 | 3.3 |
| [CC] Man. of wood and paper products; printing and reproduction of recorded media | 415 | 87.4 | -1.3 | 0.2 | -0.7 | -5.4 |
| [CE] Man. of chemicals and chemical products | 681 | 91.1 | 2.6 | -3.7 | 2.0 | -4.2 |
| [CF] Man. of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations | 435 | 122.5 | 0.0 | -2.2 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| [CG] Man. of rubber and plastics products, and other nonmetallic mineral products | 613 | 84.4 | -1.4 | -1.5 | -0.1 | -4.6 |
| [CH] Man. of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | 1,133 | 90.2 | 0.1 | -2.2 | 0.7 | -1.8 |
| [CM] Other manufacturing; repair and installation of machinery and equipment | 1,140 | 112.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 1.5 |
| DE: Mining and quarrying; energy; water supply; waste management | 1,822 | 90.0 | -5.0 | 2.0 | -5.2 | -2.7 |
| [BZ] Mining and quarrying | 71 | 78.7 | 0.1 | -2.3 | -2.6 | -3.1 |
| [DZ] Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply | 1,643 | 90.1 | -5.4 | 2.3 | -5.5 | -2.9 |
| [EZ] Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation | 107 | 90.5 | -0.9 | 0.2 | -1.6 | 0.9 |
| MIGs (2) | ||||||
| Capital goods | 3,058 | 108.4 | -0.9 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Intermediate goods | 2,918 | 90.9 | -0.5 | -1.6 | 0.6 | -2.9 |
| Consumer durables | 164 | 101.8 | 1.4 | -1.0 | -0.5 | -4.4 |
| Consumer non-durables | 1,959 | 105.1 | 0.6 | -1.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Energy | 1,901 | 90.6 | -6.1 | 1.3 | -5.5 | -2.5 |
- *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 0.4%
Cumulative output of the last three months (March to May 2025) was lower than that of the same months of the previous year in the manufacturing industry (‑0.4%) as well as in the whole industry (‑0.8%).
Over this one-year period, output decreased in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply (‑2.7%), in the “other manufacturing industries (manufacture of basic metals, chemical industry, pharmaceutical industry...)” (‑0.8%) and in the manufacture of machinery and equipment goods (‑1.9%). Output decreased more moderately in the manufacture of food products and beverages (‑0.6%) and in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (-0.6%). On the contrary, output increased in the manufacture of transport equipment (+2.9%).
Over a month, construction output decreased
Output in construction went down again in May (‑0.5% after ‑0.5% in April). It decreased again in the specialised construction activities (‑0.3 after ‑0.5%) and in the civil engineering (‑1.1% after ‑0.3%). It fell back in the construction of buildings (‑1.2% after +0.1%). Output of the last three months (March to May 2025) was lower than that of the same months of the previous year (‑3.8%).
tableauVariation in the Construction Production
| NA : A10, (A17), [A38 or A64] | Weights* | May 2025 | April 2025 / March 2025 | May 2025 / April 2025 | Quarter-on-quarter change (1) | Year-on-year change (2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F : CONSTRUCTION | 10,000 | 91.2 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -2.0 | -3.8 |
| (F41) Construction of buildings | 664 | 84.7 | 0.1 | -1.2 | -2.8 | -6.2 |
| (F42) Civil engineering | 1,246 | 89.7 | -0.3 | -1.1 | -2.1 | -1.6 |
| (F43) Specialised construction activities | 8,090 | 91.9 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -1.9 | -4.0 |
- *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 April 2025 manufacturing index has been slightly revised downwards
The evolution of the manufacturing index between March and April 2025 has been slightly revised downwards, at ‑0.7% instead of ‑0.6% (after rounding). The evolution of the index for the whole industry has not been revised.
tableauRevision of variations
| Feb. 2025 / Jan. 2025 | March 2025 / Feb. 2025 | April 2025 / March 2025 | Q1 2025 / Q4 2024 | 2024 / 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry (BE) | -0.04 | 0.20 | -0.06 | 0.11 | 0.03 |
| raw serie | -0.04 | 0.32 | -0.13 | 0.21 | 0.04 |
| SA-WDA parameters | 0.00 | -0.12 | 0.07 | -0.10 | 0.00 |
| Manufacturing (CZ) | -0.06 | 0.25 | -0.08 | 0.13 | 0.04 |
| raw serie | -0.06 | 0.39 | -0.15 | 0.26 | 0.04 |
| SA-WDA parameters | 0.00 | -0.14 | 0.07 | -0.12 | 0.00 |
- How to read it: in the manufacturing sector, the SA-WDA variation between March and April 2025 is revised by -0.08 points: -0.15 points are due to the revision of the raw series and +0.07 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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Time series: Industrial production index – Base 2021
INSEE Focus n°35, March 2025: Bardet M., Bignon N., Guannel B., “Output in energy-intensive industries remained in sharp decline compared to the level of 2021”
Insee Méthodes n° 133 – july 2019 "Industrial Production Index with Base Year 2015"