Monthly production rose by 1.0% between October 2021 and November 2021; this meant that output was 2.6% below its February 2020 level (the last month of “normal” trading conditions prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic). The monthly rise in output was the result of growth in three of the four production sectors, with manufacturing growing by 1.1%, water supply and sewerage by 1.6%, and electricity and gas by 1.3%; in contrast, mining and quarrying saw a fall of 1.3%, as extraction of crude oil and natural gas fell by 2.3% in November. Within manufacturing, the largest contributions to monthly growth were from ... (full story)