Total production output increased by 3.3% for the three months to November 2017 compared with the same three months to November 2016, with manufacturing providing the largest upward contribution, increasing by 3.9%; within this sector, transport equipment provided the largest upward contribution, increasing by 6.7%. In November 2017, total production was estimated to have increased by 0.4% compared with October 2017; energy supply provided the largest contribution, increasing by 3.2%, due mainly to the temperature being warmer than average in October 2017 and colder than average in November 2017.
UK Industrial Production up by 0.4%
In the three months to November 2017, the Index of Production was estimated to have increased by 1.2% compared with the three months to August 2017, due mainly to a rise of 1.4% in manufacturing. There was strong broad-based growth across manufacturing in the three months to November 2017; the largest contribution came from machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified, which included renewable energy equipment, with an increase of 5.6%.
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