In the three months to February 2018, the Index of Production decreased by 0.1% compared with the three months to November 2017, due to a fall of 8.6% in mining and quarrying, caused mainly by the shutdown of the Forties oil pipeline within December 2017.

In the three months to February 2018, manufacturing provided the largest upward contribution to total production with an increase of 0.6%.

In February 2018, total production was estimated to have increased by 0.1% compared with January 2018; energy supply provided the largest upward contribution, increasing by 3.7%.

In February 2018 compared with January 2018, manufacturing declined by 0.2%, the first time output has fallen since March 2017; and in February 2018 compared with February 2017, manufacturing increased by 2.5%.