United Kingdom Manufacturing Production 1969-2018 | Data | Chart

Manufacturing production in the United Kingdom increased 1.1 percent year-on-year in August of 2018, below 1.5 percent in the previous month and market expectations of 1.5 percent. On a monthly basis, industrial output fell 0.2 percent, compared to forecasts of a 0.2 percent gain and following a 0.4 percent rise in June. Main downward contributions came from pharmaceutical products (production fell 7.5 percent), machinery and equipment (-2.6 percent), rubber and plastics (-1.5 percent) and textiles and leather (-1.5 percent) while production of metal products made the largest upward contribution (+2 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
2018-07-10	08:30 AM	Manufacturing Production YoY	1.1%	0.9%	1.9%	2.8%
2018-08-10	08:30 AM	Manufacturing Production YoY	1.5%	1.5%	1%	1.2%
2018-09-10	08:30 AM	Manufacturing Production YoY	1.1%	1.5%	1.5%	1.5%
2018-10-10	08:30 AM	Manufacturing Production YoY		1.1%		3%
2018-11-09	09:30 AM	Manufacturing Production YoY				2.9%
2018-12-11	09:30 AM	Manufacturing Production YoY				2.6%

United Kingdom Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	-3.00	-4.00	55.00	-75.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	52.80	53.80	61.50	34.40		[+]
Services PMI	54.30	53.50	62.50	40.10	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	0.90	1.10	22.60	-11.90	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.10	0.40	9.80	-7.90	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	1.10	1.50	19.60	-16.90	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	82.30	82.90	85.20	38.00	percent	[+]
New Orders	10801.00	11628.00	25109.00	9381.00	GBP Million	[+]
Factory Orders	7.00	11.00	21.00	-79.00	Net Balance	[+]
Changes in Inventories	2214.00	-96.00	11295.00	-11441.00	GBP Million	[+]
Bankruptcies	3918.00	4462.00	6509.00	924.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	111344.00	107899.00	111344.00	1024.00	GBP Million	[+]
Zew Economic Sentiment Index	-61.00	-59.10	61.00	-77.20		[+]
Car Production	121051.00	128799.00	185157.00	43773.00	Units	[+]
Car Registrations	94094.00	163898.00	562337.00	33051.00		[+]
Small Business Sentiment	6.00	-5.00	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	[+]
Leading Economic Index	0.60	0.40	1.90	-2.10	percent	[+]
Private Investment	0.50	-0.40	64.50	-33.80	percent	[+]
Mining Production	-0.70	-4.40	852.60	-90.50	percent	[+]
Steel Production	750.00	681.00	2848.00	131.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Competitiveness Index	5.51	5.49	5.56	5.18	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	8.00	7.00	13.00	2.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	54.20	53.60	61.80	47.40		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	7.00	7.00	11.00	5.00		[+]
Electricity Production	24423.00	24189.00	38520.00	16152.00	Gigawatt-hour	[+]
Corruption Index	82.00	81.00	87.00	74.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	8.00	10.00	20.00	8.00		[+]

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 September of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	1.10	1.50	19.60	-16.90	1969 - 2018	percent	Monthly	Constant Prices 2016=100, SA

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manufacturing production by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Australia	6.50	Mar/18	2.4	8.6	-11.8	%	Quarterly
Brazil	4.00	Jul/18	3.6	18.9	-17	%	Monthly
Canada	2.32	May/18	3.12	12.88	-17.31	%	Monthly
China	6.10	Aug/18	6.2	11.4	6	%	Monthly
Euro Area	0.20	Jul/18	2.9	10.1	-21.7	%	Monthly
France	1.90	Jul/18	1.8	69	-27.1	%	Monthly
Germany	0.60	Jul/18	3.3	15.5	-24.1	%	Monthly
India	7.00	Jul/18	6.7	24.3	-9.1	%	Monthly
Italy	-1.20	Jul/18	2.1	19.4	-26.9	%	Monthly
Japan	2.40	Jul/18	-0.9	29.33	-37.18	%	Monthly
Mexico	2.40	Jul/18	2.2	18.26	-17.74	%	Monthly
Netherlands	2.00	Jul/18	3.3	10.3	-13.8	%	Monthly
Russia	2.20	Aug/18	4.6	27.1	-28.1	%	Monthly
Saudi Arabia	8.09	Mar/18	17.47	21.5	-2.65	%	Quarterly
South Korea	0.80	Jul/18	-0.7	40.8	-26.6	%	Monthly
Spain	1.70	Jul/18	1.9	13.6	-22.7	%	Monthly
Switzerland	8.80	Jun/18	7.3	12.8	-11.8	%	Quarterly
Turkey	5.60	Jul/18	2.5	31	-24.5	%	Monthly
United Kingdom	1.10	Jul/18	1.5	19.6	-16.9	%	Monthly
United States	3.10	Aug/18	2.6	67.9	-39.4	%	Monthly