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In December 2025, French manufacturing output will decline sharply (-0.8%)
In December 2025, production declined sharply in the manufacturing sector (-0.8% after +0.5% in November). It also declined in industry as a whole (-0.7% after +0.1% in November 2025). In December 2025*, production fell sharply in the manufacture of transport equipment (-9.9% after +3.8%), particularly in other transport equipment (-15.8% after +4.3%), and more specifically in aerospace manufacturing, where the significant decline in December offset the increases of the previous three months. Production also fell again in coking and refining (-0.9% after -0.8%). Conversely, production rebounded in the manufacture of ... (full story)