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6 June 2025 · n° 143
In 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%).
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%).
tableauMonthly 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.
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, 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%).
tableauVariation in the Industrial Production
| 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%).
tableauVariation in the Construction Production
| 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).
tableauRevision of variations
| 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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Pour en savoir plus
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"