United Kingdom Manufacturing Production  1969-2017 | Data | Chart

Manufacturing production in the United Kingdom went up 0.4 percent year-on-year in May of 2017, after being flat in the previous month but below market expectations of a 1 percent gain. The rise was mainly boosted by production of textiles, wearing apparel and leather (12.7 percent vs 4.3 percent in April); machinery (6.9 percent vs 2.7 percent); computer, electronics and optical (1.6 percent vs 1.4 percent) and electrical equipment (3.3 percent vs 1.1 percent). Also, production fell less for pharmaceuticals (-3.8 percent vs -12.3 percent) and rubber & plastics (-1.7 percent vs -3.1 percent) while plunged for food (-1.4 percent vs 1.9 percent). On a monthly basis, manufacturing output went down 0.2 percent, compared to a 0.2 percent increase in April. Manufacturing Production in the United Kingdom averaged 0.57 percent from 1969 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 19.60 percent in February of 1973 and a record low of -16.90 percent in December of 1980.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus Forecast (i)
2017-05-11 08:30 AM Mar 2.3% 3.0% 3.1% 3%
2017-06-09 08:30 AM Apr 0% 2.2% 0.7% 1%
2017-07-07 08:30 AM May 0.4% 0% 1.0% 0.5%
2017-08-10 08:30 AM Jun 0.4% 0.16%
2017-09-07 08:30 AM Jul -0.12%
2017-10-06 08:30 AM Aug -0.16%




United Kingdom Business Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Business Confidence 1.00 15.00 55.00 -75.00 [+]
Services PMI 53.40 53.80 62.50 40.10 Index Points [+]
Manufacturing PMI 54.30 56.30 61.50 34.40 [+]
Industrial Production -0.20 -0.80 22.70 -12.00 percent [+]
Industrial Production Mom -0.10 0.20 9.80 -8.00 percent [+]
Manufacturing Production 0.40 0.00 19.60 -16.90 percent [+]
Capacity Utilization 82.50 81.70 85.20 38.00 percent [+]
New Orders 12866.00 12704.00 25109.00 9381.00 GBP Million [+]
Factory Orders 16.00 9.00 21.00 -79.00 Net Balance [+]
Changes in Inventories -538.00 12.00 11173.00 -14898.00 GBP Million [+]
Bankruptcies 3967.00 5593.00 6509.00 924.00 Companies [+]
Corporate Profits 108645.00 105484.00 108645.00 1024.00 GBP Million [+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index -49.60 -59.00 61.00 -77.20 [+]
Car Production 136119.00 122116.00 185157.00 43773.00 Units [+]
Car Registrations 243454.00 186265.00 562337.00 33051.00 Cars [+]
Small Business Sentiment 16.00 16.00 40.00 -69.00 [+]
Steel Production 747.00 628.00 2848.00 131.00 Thousand Tonnes [+]
Private Investment 0.60 -0.90 59.40 -33.60 percent [+]
Mining Production -1.90 -2.60 851.30 -90.50 percent [+]
Corruption Index 81.00 81.00 87.00 74.00 Points [+]
Corruption Rank 10.00 10.00 20.00 10.00 [+]
Competitiveness Index 5.49 5.43 5.56 5.18 Points [+]
Competitiveness Rank 7.00 10.00 13.00 2.00 [+]
Composite Pmi 53.80 54.40 61.80 47.40 [+]
Ease of Doing Business 7.00 6.00 11.00 5.00 [+]
Electricity Production 26128.00 28720.00 38520.00 16152.00 Gigawatt-hour [+]


United Kingdom Manufacturing Production Notes

Manufacturing production measures the output of businesses operating in the manufacturing sector. It is the most important sector in the UK and accounts for 70 percent of total production. The biggest segments within Manufacturing are: Food, drink and tobacco (11 percent of total production); transport equipment (9 percent); basic metals (8 percent); other manufacturing and repair (6 percent); pharmaceutical products and preparations (6 percent); and rubber and plastic products and non-metallic mineral products (6 percent). This page provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Manufacturing Production - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United Kingdom Manufacturing Production - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2017.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
0.40 0.00 19.60 -16.90 1969 - 2017 percent Monthly
Constant Prices 2012=100, SA



manufacturing production by Country

Last
Australia -2.30 Mar/17
Brazil -4.20 May/17
Canada 3.60 Mar/17
China 8.00 Jun/17
Euro Area 4.30 May/17
France 3.30 May/17
Germany 4.90 May/17
India 1.20 May/17
Italy 3.10 May/17
Japan 6.71 May/17
Mexico 5.00 May/17
Netherlands 3.90 May/17
Russia 2.90 Jun/17
South Korea 0.00 May/17
Spain 1.20 Apr/17
Switzerland -0.50 Mar/17
Turkey 3.10 May/17
United Kingdom 0.40 May/17
United States 1.20 Jun/17