UK Manufacturing Output Rebounds Less than Expected in World Economy News 14/03/2026 Manufacturing production in the UK edged up by 0.1% month-on-month in January 2026, rebounding from a 0.5% fall in the previous month but falling short of market forecasts of a 0.2% gain. The recovery was largely driven by increases in five of the thirteen manufacturing subsectors, with the largest positive contributions coming from the manufacture of transport equipment (4.0% vs -1.1%), other manufacturing and repair (4.5% vs -2%), and food products, beverages and tobacco (2.2% vs -1.4%). Additionally, output rebounded for chemicals and chemical products (1.5% vs -5%) and basic metals and metal products (0.5% vs -0.8%). On the other hand, the largest negative contributions came from machinery and equipment (-7.7% vs 2.6%), electrical equipment (9.0% vs 4.9%) and computer, electronic and optical products (-2.8% vs 5.6%). On a yearly basis, manufacturing activity rose by 1.3% in January, accelerating from a 0.5% gain in the preceding period but below market estimates of a 1.5% advance. Source: Trading Economics 2026-03-14 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share