The results presented in this release reflect contract manufacturing activity and outsourcing in the Irish industrial economy. This release is prepared in compliance with the requirement of EU Regulation 1165/98, as amended, and the standards set out in the UN 2010 International Recommendations for the Index of Industrial Production. These standards set out that outsourced production is included as part of an enterprise’s Irish production.
The scale of contract manufacturing and outsourcing in the Irish industrial economy has increased since 2015, meaning that very high levels of short-term, i.e. monthly, volatility may be present in the indices presented in this release. With this in mind, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) recommends that analysts take a longer-term view of the indices. Accordingly, the commentary presented by the CSO in the release will refer to rolling quarterly time periods.
The CSO also publishes a Frontier Series release focusing on Domestic Industrial Production which is published quarterly to better capture domestic manufacturing activity within Ireland.
Over the three months from June 2026 to August 2026, production in manufacturing industries increased by 1.0% when compared with the previous three-month period from March 2026 to May 2026.
From June 2026 to August 2026, production in manufacturing industries was 5.8% lower when compared with the same three-month period in 2025.
From June 2026 to August 2026, quarterly turnover in manufacturing industries was up by 0.3% when compared with March 2026 to May 2026 and has risen by 6.8% when compared with the same three-month period in 2025.
The Modern sector experienced an annual decrease of 6.8% in production in the three months from June 2026 to August 2026 when compared with the same period in 2025. In comparison, production in the Traditional sector rose by 0.8% over the same period.
The Headline Table shows the seasonally adjusted and unadjusted Production and Turnover Indices for Manufacturing industries. It also highlights the monthly and annual percentage changes for these indices, as well as percentage changes for the current quarter compared with the previous quarter.
| Manufacturing Industries (10-33) - Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Indices | Base Year 2021=100 | ||||
| Seasonally Adjusted1 | Unadjusted | ||||
| Production Index | Turnover Index | Production Index | Turnover Index | ||
| August 20262 | 113.0 | 126.7 | 103.6 | 108.2 | |
| July 2026 | 116.7 | 124.7 | 122.3 | 126.6 | |
| August 2025 | 133.8 | 127.4 | 121.1 | 107.8 | |
| Monthly % change | -3.2% | 1.6% | -15.3% | -14.5% | |
| Annual % change | -15.6% | -0.6% | -14.5% | 0.4% | |
| June 2026 - August 20262 | 114.9 | 122.3 | 108.3 | 111.9 | |
| March 2026 - May 2026 | 113.8 | 121.9 | 111.2 | 122.0 | |
| June 2025 - August 2025 | 121.9 | 114.5 | 114.1 | 104.6 | |
| Quarterly % change | 1.0% | 0.3% | -2.6% | -8.3% | |
| Annual % change | -5.8% | 6.8% | -5.1% | 7.0% | |
| 1 Based on Seasonal Patterns up to August 2026. | |||||
| 2 Provisional Value Indices based on early returns from respondents. | |||||
Figure 1 and Table 1 show the seasonally adjusted percentage changes in Manufacturing Industries for a rolling three-month provisional average.
| Production | Turnover | |
| Manufacturing Industries (10-33) | 1 | 0.3 |
| Food Products (10) | 9 | 9.1 |
| Meat & Meat Products (101) | 4.4 | 0.6 |
| Dairy Products (105) | 0.7 | 2 |
| Bakery & Farinaceous Products (107) | 1.8 | 3.8 |
| Grain Mill & Starch Products; Prepared Animal Feeds (106,109) | 14 | 5.9 |
| Other Food Products (102-104,108) | 12 | 12 |
| Textiles, Wearing Apparel & Leather Related Products (13-15) | 7.6 | 3.8 |
| Wood & Wood Products, except Furniture (16) | -4.2 | 0.5 |
| Paper & Paper Products; Printing & Reproduction of Recorded Media (17-18) | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| Rubber & Plastic Products (22) | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products (23) | 4.8 | 2.9 |
| Basic Metals & Fabricated Metal Products (24-25) | 9.2 | 6.7 |
| Electrical Equipment (27) | 9.9 | 12.3 |
| Transport Equipment (29-30) | 14.2 | 10.7 |
| Tobacco, Leather, Coke & Refined Petroleum Products, Transport Equipment, Furniture, Repair & Installation of Machinery & Equipment (12,15,19,29-31,33) | -0.8 | -4.4 |
Figure 2 and Table 2 show the seasonally adjusted indices for the Modern and Traditional Sectors. The Modern Sector includes highly globalised industries such as Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Computer & Electronics Sectors. The Traditional Sector contains all other Sectors excluding the Modern Sector.
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (09 October 2026) published Industrial Production and Turnover Indices for August 2026.
Commenting on the release, Gregg Patrick, Statistician in the Enterprise Statistics Division, said: "Production in manufacturing industries increased by 1.0% from June 2026 to August 2026 when compared with the previous three-month period (March 2026 to May 2026) on a seasonally adjusted basis (See Headline Table and Table 1).
On an annual basis, production in this sector was 5.8% lower in the three months from June 2026 to August 2026 when compared with the same period in 2025 (See Headline Table and Table 1). The CSO recommends that analysts take a longer-term view of the indices because of the variability that can occur within the given months of a quarter.
The highly globalised Modern sector, which includes the Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Computer & Electronic sectors, experienced a fall of 6.8% in industrial production from June 2026 to August 2026 when compared with the same three-month period in 2025, while annual production in the Traditional sector increase by 0.8% (See Table 1 and Table 2).
From June 2026 to August 2026, quarterly turnover in manufacturing industries was up by 0.3% when compared with the previous three-month period and has risen by 6.8% when compared with the same three-month period in 2025 (See Headline Table and Table 1).
These results cover manufacturing activity undertaken on behalf of industrial enterprises with headquarters based in Ireland. It should be noted that they include both manufacturing in Ireland and manufacturing abroad (either by foreign subsidiaries or by foreign subcontractors). The multinational sector in particular is highly globalised, conducting much of its manufacturing activity abroad."