Statistics: Index of Production, December 2013

• Users are reminded that all figures contained within this release are seasonally adjusted estimates.
• Production output rose by 0.5% between Q3 2013 and Q4 2013. The preliminary estimate of GDP, published on 28 January 2014, contained a forecasted rise of 0.7% for production in Q4 2013. This release of data estimates that production rose by 0.5% between Q3 2013 and Q4 2013 but the impact on the previously published Q4 2013 GDP estimate is less than 0.05%.
• By far the largest contribution to the quarterly growth in production came from manufacturing, which increased by 0.7%.
• Looking at the broader picture, total production output was 1.8% higher in December 2013 compared with December 2012; reflecting a 1.5% rise in manufacturing; 2.6% rise in mining & quarrying; 7.9% rise in water supply, sewerage & waste management; and 3.0% fall in electricity, gas, steam & air conditioning.
• Production and manufacturing rose by 0.4% and 0.3% respectively between November 2013 and December 2013.
• The main manufacturing sectors contributing to the rise between November 2013 and December 2013 were; the manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products & pharmaceutical preparations; the manufacture of coke & refined petroleum products; and the manufacture of food products, beverages & tobacco.
• The earliest period open for revision was January 2013.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.1.0.