In the first quarter of 2019, industrial activity was generally marked by a 2% increase in producer prices, compared to those of the first quarter of 2018. This increase is mainly due to the increase in production prices in the agri-food industries (+12.5%), the paper manufacturing industries (+7.5%), the mineral materials manufacturing industries (+5.3%) and the textile industries (+3.0%). However, this increase was slowed down by the fall in producer prices in the machinery and equipment industries n.e.c. (-18%), the petroleum refining and coking industries (-14.6%) and the mining and quarrying industries (-7.7%).
