France Manufacturing PMI 2011-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

The IHS Markit France Manufacturing PMI came in at 53.8 in April 2018, above the preliminary estimate of 53.4 and compared with March's final 53.7. Rates of output and employment growth quickened slightly from the prior month, while new orders rose at a softer pace and business confidence dipped to a seven-month low. On the price front, input cost inflation remained elevated, and contributed to another sharp rise in average selling prices. Manufacturing PMI in France is reported by Markit Economics.

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France Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	109.00	110.00	124.00	67.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	53.80	53.70	58.80	42.70		[+]
Services PMI	57.40	56.90	62.90	40.20	Index Points	[+]
Composite Pmi	56.90	56.30	60.30	41.90	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	1.80	3.80	12.10	-19.30	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	-0.40	1.10	4.00	-4.90	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	0.40	2.30	69.00	-27.10	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	85.20	85.70	90.30	71.40	percent	[+]
New Orders	0.20	0.90	26.00	-65.30	Index Points	[+]
Bankruptcies	290.00	325.00	811.00	183.00	Companies	[+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index	8.60	9.00	79.80	-63.90		[+]
Car Registrations	175800.00	183540.00	247003.00	99444.00		[+]
Internet Speed	10756.57	10015.55	10756.57	3070.86	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	29887339.00	27078127.00	29887339.00	14688459.00	IP	[+]
Mining Production	1.30	-7.10	24.50	-26.90	percent	[+]
Steel Production	1352.86	1251.14	2466.00	643.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Changes In Inventories	8300.00	8225.00	11384.00	-5932.00	EUR Million	[+]
Competitiveness Index	5.18	5.20	5.21	5.05	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	22.00	21.00	23.00	15.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	31.00	29.00	38.00	26.00		[+]
Electricity Production	56368.00	58890.00	61424.00	31896.00	Gigawatt-hour	[+]
Corruption Index	70.00	69.00	75.00	63.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	23.00	23.00	26.00	18.00		[+]

France Manufacturing PMI

In France, the Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index measures the performance of the manufacturing sector and is derived from a survey of 400 industrial companies. The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index is based on five individual indexes with the following weights: New Orders (30 percent), Output (25 percent), Employment (20 percent), Suppliers’ Delivery Times (15 percent) and Stock of Items Purchased (10 percent), with the Delivery Times index inverted so that it moves in a comparable direction. A reading above 50 indicates an expansion of the manufacturing sector compared to the previous month; below 50 represents a contraction; while 50 indicates no change. This page provides the latest reported value for - France Manufacturing PMI - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. France Manufacturing PMI - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	53.80	53.70	58.80	42.70	2011 - 2018		Monthly	SA

manufacturing pmi by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	58.30	Apr/18	63.1	63.1	30.86	Monthly
Brazil	52.30	Apr/18	53.4	53.5	41.6	Monthly
Canada	55.50	Apr/18	55.7	56.3	47.5	Monthly
China	51.10	Apr/18	51	52.3	47.2	Monthly
Euro Area	56.20	Apr/18	56.6	60.6	33.5	Monthly
France	53.80	Apr/18	53.7	58.8	42.7	Monthly
Germany	58.10	Apr/18	58.2	63.3	32	Monthly
India	51.60	Apr/18	51	55	47.9	Monthly
Indonesia	51.60	Apr/18	50.7	58.5	46.4	Monthly
Italy	53.50	Apr/18	55.1	59	48	Monthly
Japan	53.80	Apr/18	53.1	56.2	29.6	Monthly
Mexico	51.60	Apr/18	52.4	57.1	49.2	Monthly
Netherlands	60.70	Apr/18	61.5	63.4	48	Monthly
Russia	51.30	Apr/18	50.6	54.7	47.6	Monthly
South Korea	48.40	Apr/18	49.1	52.6	45.7	Monthly
Spain	54.40	Apr/18	54.8	56.1	41.1	Monthly
Switzerland	63.60	Apr/18	60.3	66.9	32.9	Monthly
Turkey	48.90	Apr/18	51.8	55.7	47	Monthly
United Kingdom	53.90	Apr/18	54.9	61.5	34.4	Monthly
United States	56.50	Apr/18	55.6	57.9	50.7	Monthly