United Kingdom Manufacturing Production  1969-2018 | Data | Chart

Manufacturing production in the United Kingdom rose 2.5 percent year-on-year in February of 2018, following a downwardly revised 2.2 percent increase in the previous month and below market expectations of 3.3 percent gain. On a monthly basis, factory output decreased 0.2 percent, after a flat reading in January. It was the first fall in manufacturing output since March last year. The monthly drop was mainly due to a decline of 3.9 percent in machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified. Additionally, production went down for electrical equipment (-3.8 percent); other manufacturing and repair (-1.8 percent); wood, paper and printing (-1.8 percent) and rubber and plastic (-1.4 percent). Manufacturing Production in the United Kingdom averaged 0.62 percent from 1969 until 2018, 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 TEForecast
2018-02-09 09:30 AM Manufacturing Production YoY 1.4% 3.8% 1.2% 1.5%
2018-03-09 09:30 AM Manufacturing Production YoY 2.7% 1.4% 2.8% 2%
2018-04-11 08:30 AM Manufacturing Production YoY 2.5% 2.2% 3.3% 3.2%
2018-05-10 08:30 AM Manufacturing Production YoY 2.5% 0.66%
2018-06-12 08:30 AM Manufacturing Production YoY 1.40%
2018-07-10 08:30 AM Manufacturing Production YoY 2.78%


United Kingdom Business Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Business Confidence 13.00 -11.00 55.00 -75.00 Index Points [+]
Manufacturing PMI 55.10 55.00 61.50 34.40 [+]
Services PMI 51.70 54.50 62.50 40.10 Index Points [+]
Industrial Production 2.20 1.20 22.60 -11.90 percent [+]
Industrial Production Mom 0.10 1.30 9.80 -7.90 percent [+]
Manufacturing Production 2.50 2.20 19.60 -16.90 percent [+]
Capacity Utilization 81.20 84.70 85.20 38.00 percent [+]
Factory Orders 4.00 10.00 21.00 -79.00 Net Balance [+]
New Orders 12701.00 16699.00 25109.00 9381.00 GBP Million [+]
Changes in Inventories -760.00 -2026.00 11457.00 -11256.00 GBP Million [+]
Bankruptcies 4382.00 4083.00 6509.00 924.00 Companies [+]
Corporate Profits 109353.00 108691.00 109353.00 1024.00 GBP Million [+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index -44.70 -47.60 61.00 -77.20 [+]
Car Production 145475.00 147481.00 185157.00 43773.00 Units [+]
Car Registrations 474069.00 80805.00 562337.00 33051.00 [+]
Small Business Sentiment 23.00 -4.00 40.00 -69.00 [+]
Internet Speed 16920.86 16337.23 16920.86 3085.89 KBps [+]
IP Addresses 27493519.00 26782989.00 27493519.00 13305856.00 IP [+]
Private Investment 0.30 0.80 64.50 -33.80 percent [+]
Mining Production 1.30 2.20 852.60 -90.50 percent [+]
Steel Production 574.00 589.00 2848.00 131.00 Thousand Tonnes [+]
Corruption Index 82.00 81.00 87.00 74.00 Points [+]
Corruption Rank 8.00 10.00 20.00 8.00 [+]
Competitiveness Index 5.51 5.49 5.56 5.18 Points [+]
Competitiveness Rank 8.00 7.00 13.00 2.00 [+]
Composite Pmi 52.50 54.50 61.80 47.40 [+]
Ease of Doing Business 7.00 7.00 11.00 5.00 [+]
Electricity Production 30349.00 30742.00 38520.00 16152.00 Gigawatt-hour [+]


United Kingdom Manufacturing Production

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 April of 2018.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
2.50 2.20 19.60 -16.90 1969 - 2018 percent Monthly
Constant Prices 2012=100, SA




manufacturing production by Country
Country Last
Australia 2.40 Dec/17
Brazil 3.90 Feb/18
Canada 3.16 Jan/18
China 6.60 Mar/18
Euro Area 2.50 Feb/18
France 2.40 Feb/18
Germany 2.70 Feb/18
India 8.70 Feb/18
Italy 2.50 Feb/18
Japan 1.72 Feb/18
Mexico 0.90 Feb/18
Netherlands 4.20 Feb/18
Russia -0.20 Mar/18
South Korea -7.20 Feb/18
Spain 3.20 Feb/18
Switzerland 9.30 Dec/17
Turkey 12.30 Jan/18
United Kingdom 2.50 Feb/18
United States 3.00 Mar/18


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