Production output was estimated to have decreased 0.5% during the three months to October 2025, compared with the three months to July 2025; this is the sixth consecutive fall in the three-month-on-three-month growth.

• The largest negative contributor to the three-monthly fall in October 2025 came from "manufacturing" (down 0.7%), supported by "mining and quarrying" (down 1.9%); this was partially offset by increases in "water supply and sewerage" (up 1.2%) and "electricity and gas" (up 0.3%).

• 6 of the 13 subsectors in "manufacturing" decreased during the three months to October 2025; this fall mainly came from "transport equipment" (down 8.7%).

• Monthly production output was estimated to have increased 1.1% in October 2025; this follows a fall in September 2025 (down 2.0%) and a rise in August 2025 (up 0.3%).

• The rise in monthly production output in October 2025 resulted from widespread strength across the four main sectors, with increases in "manufacturing" (up 0.5%), "mining and quarrying" (up 4.3%), "electricity and gas" (up 2.1%), and "water supply and sewerage" (up 1.5%).

• 6 of the 13 manufacturing subsectors saw a monthly increase in October 2025, with the largest positive contributions at subsector level coming from "manufacture of transport equipment (up 3.6%), caused by growth from "manufacture of motor vehicles" (up 9.5%); this growth was further supported by "manufacture of machinery" (up 4.4%) and "other manufacturing and repair" (up 2.8%).