France industry past trend in sale prices
France industry past trend in sale prices stood at 12.4 Balance of opinion (%) in Q3 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the INSEE quarterly business surveys table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 1991 to Q3 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the INSEE quarterly business surveys table
| Indicator | Q3-2026 | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | |||||||||||
| Past trend in sale prices (balance of opinion) | 12.4 | 5.8 | -1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | -0.6 | 1.1 | |
| Enterprises experiencing difficulties in both supply and demand (percentage of firms in that case) | 7.5 | 8.7 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 8.7 | 11.3 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 8.9 |
Understanding france industry past trend in sale prices
Industrial operators assess how factory gate transaction prices evolved across the prior months, generating a net balance reflecting upward versus downward price adjustments. This metric captures realized pricing power across goods producers, distinguishing historical price shifts from expected future price changes. Excluded from this domestic factory gate measure are service sector tariffs and international export prices where external currency factors dominate.
Reading this pricing balance requires analyzing sequential quarterly changes to monitor inflationary momentum, while year-on-year comparisons help smooth out volatile commodity price shocks. Revisions are infrequent because manufacturers report actual historical price adjustments rather than forward-looking projections. Analysts must avoid equating factory gate price balances with retail consumer price inflation, as wholesale manufacturing costs undergo numerous intermediary markups before reaching final shoppers.
Frequently asked questions
- What prices does this indicator track?
- It tracks factory gate prices charged by manufacturers for goods leaving their production plants.
- Is this measure backward-looking or forward-looking?
- It is backward-looking, recording price changes that occurred over the preceding months.
- Why do factory gate prices differ from consumer prices?
- Retail prices include distribution, transport, and wholesale markups that are absent at the factory gate.