Industrial production in France rose 1% month-on-month in March 2026, beating market expectations of a 0.5% increase and rebounding from an upwardly revised 0.9% fall in the previous month. Manufacturing output recovered to 1.2% from a 0.1% decline in February, mainly driven by a rebound in transport equipment (2.3% vs -0.7%), agri-food products (1% vs -0.8%), and electrical, electronic and computer equipment (1.6% vs -0.2%). Output also strengthened in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (6.3% vs 1.6%) and other industrial goods (0.8% vs 0.2%). Overall industrial production was further supported by a return to growth in extractive industries, energy and water (0.3% vs -3.4%), particularly electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning (0.3% vs -3.5%). On a yearly basis, industrial output increased 0.9% in March, compared with a 0.3% decline in the previous month.