In January 2026, French manufacturing output rebounded (+0.6%)

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In January 2026, production rebounded in the manufacturing industry (+0.6% after -0.7% in December 2025). It also recovered in industry as a whole (+0.5% after -0.5%). In January 2026*, manufacturing output rebounded, driven solely by a sharp increase in the manufacture of transport equipment (+9.9% after -12.8%), particularly in other transport equipment (+19.1% after -20.1%) and more specifically in aerospace manufacturing. Conversely, production declined in all other sectors: it contracted in the manufacture of "other industrial products (metallurgy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, etc.)" (-0.9% after +1.2%), ... (full story)