Economic Buzz: UK production output decrease 1.3%

UK's production output was estimated to have decreased 1.3% during the three months to July 2025, compared with the three months to April 2025, as per the data released by the Office for National Statistics. This is the weakest three-monthly growth since December 2023 (down 1.3%).

The largest negative contributor to the three-monthly fall in July 2025 came from manufacturing (down 1.1%), supported by electricity and gas (down 5.1%) and mining and quarrying (down 1.8%); this was partially offset by an increase in water supply and sewerage (up 1.6%).

The large three-monthly decline in manufacturing during the three months to July 2025 was because of widespread decline, with 9 of the 13 subsectors falling; this is the first three-monthly decline for the manufacturing sector since January 2025.

Monthly production output was estimated to have decreased 0.9% in July 2025; this follows a rise in June 2025 (up 0.7%) and a fall in May 2025 (down 1.3%).

The fall in monthly production output in July 2025 resulted from decreases in manufacturing (down 1.3%), and mining and quarrying (down 2.0%); this was partially offset by rises in electricity and gas (up 2.0%) and water supply and sewerage (up 0.8%).

9 of the 13 manufacturing subsectors saw a monthly decline in July 2025, with the largest negative contributions coming from computer, electronic and optical products (down 7.0%), basic pharmaceutical products (down 4.5%) and chemicals and chemical products (down 4.6%).

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