Thus, production and sales would have fallen in all branches with the exception of “agri-food” and “electrical and electronics” where they would have rather progressed and the Capacity Utilization Rate of production (TUC) would have fallen by 2 percentage points to 69%.
Similarly, orders would have recorded a decline, reflecting a decrease in “textiles and leather”, in “chemicals and parachemicals” and in “mechanics and metallurgy” and an increase in “agro-food” and in the ‘electrical and electronic’.
As for the order books, they would have been at a lower level than normal in all branches of activity. For the next three months, manufacturers expect an improvement in activity. However, 28% of them have no visibility as to the future evolution of sales.