UK production output down 1.3% QoQ during May-Jul 2025, ONS estimates

This is the weakest quarterly growth since December 2023, when it was down by 1.3 per cent.

The largest negative contributor to the quarterly fall in July came from manufacturing, whose output was down by 1.1 per cent QoQ.

With nine of the 13 sub-sectors falling, this was the first three-monthly decline for the manufacturing sector since January 2025, an ONS release said.

Production output was estimated to have decreased by 0.9 per cent month on month (MoM) in July, following a MoM rise of 0.7 per cent in June and a fall of 1.3 per cent in May.

The fall in monthly production output in July resulted from decreases in manufacturing (down by 1.3 per cent MoM) and mining and quarrying (down by 2 per cent MoM).

Nine of the 13 manufacturing sub-sectors saw a monthly decline in July.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (DS)