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 September 2025 to November 2025, production in manufacturing industries decreased by 3.0% when compared with the previous three-month period (June 2025 to August 2025).
From September 2025 to November 2025, production in manufacturing industries was 9.3% higher when compared with the same three-month period in 2024.
From September 2025 to November 2025, turnover in manufacturing industries was up by 5.4% when compared with June 2025 to August 2025, however a decline of 1.6% was recorded when compared with the same three-month period in 2024.
The Modern sector experienced an increase of 11.3% in production in the three months from September 2025 to November 2025 when compared with the same period in 2024. In contrast, annual production in the Traditional sector rose by 4.3% over the same three-month 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 Adjusted | Unadjusted | ||||
| Production Index | Turnover Index | Production Index | Turnover Index | ||
| November 2025 | 119.6 | 119.7 | 141.0 | 129.1 | |
| October 2025 | 119.0 | 99.7 | 132.1 | 115.1 | |
| November 2024 | 107.1 | 138.8 | 127.2 | 148.5 | |
| Monthly % change | 0.5% | 20.0% | 6.7% | 12.1% | |
| Annual % change | 11.7% | -13.8% | 10.9% | -13.1% | |
| September 2025 - November 2025 | 118.5 | 121.5 | 135.5 | 141.5 | |
| June 2025 - August 2025 | 122.2 | 115.3 | 114.1 | 104.6 | |
| September 2024 - November 2024 | 108.4 | 123.5 | 125.9 | 142.1 | |
| Quarterly % change | -3.0% | 5.4% | 18.8% | 35.3% | |
| Annual % change | 9.3% | -1.6% | 7.7% | -0.4% | |
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) | -3 | 5.4 |
| Food Products (10) | 10.4 | 5.2 |
| Meat & Meat Products (101) | 28.5 | 2.9 |
| Dairy Products (105) | 6.9 | -9.7 |
| Bakery & Farinaceous Products (107) | 35.8 | 9.2 |
| Grain Mill & Starch Products; Prepared Animal Feeds (106,109) | 12.1 | 4.4 |
| Other Food Products (102-104,108) | 6.6 | 19.9 |
| Textiles, Wearing Apparel & Leather Related Products (13-15) | 3.1 | 0.5 |
| Wood & Wood Products, except Furniture (16) | 8.4 | 7.7 |
| Paper & Paper Products; Printing & Reproduction of Recorded Media (17-18) | 9.1 | 4.8 |
| Rubber & Plastic Products (22) | 11.5 | 3.5 |
| Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products (23) | 18.9 | 0.4 |
| Basic Metals & Fabricated Metal Products (24-25) | 6.7 | -2.9 |
| Electrical Equipment (27) | 17.8 | 0.8 |
| Transport Equipment (29-30) | 0.1 | -5.5 |
| Tobacco, Leather, Coke & Refined Petroleum Products, Transport Equipment, Furniture, Repair & Installation of Machinery & Equipment (12,15,19,29-31,33) | 0.5 | -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 January 2026) published Industrial Production and Turnover Indices for November 2025.
Commenting on the release, Gregg Patrick, Statistician in the Enterprise Statistics Division, said: "Production in manufacturing industries decreased by 3.0% from September 2025 to November 2025 when compared with the previous three-month period (June 2025 to August 2025) on a seasonally adjusted basis (See Headline Table and Table 1).
On an annual basis, production in this sector was 9.3% higher in the three months from September 2025 to November 2025 when compared with the same period in 2024 (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 an annual growth of 11.3% in industrial production from September 2025 to November 2025 when compared with the same period in 2024. In contrast, annual production in the Traditional sector increased by 4.3% annually over the same three-month period (See Table 1 and Table 2).
From September 2025 to November 2025, turnover in manufacturing industries was up by 5.4% when compared with the previous three-month period, however a decline of 1.6% was recorded when compared with the same three-month period in 2024 (See Headline Table and Table 1).
These results cover manufacturing activity undertaken on behalf of industrial enterprises headquartered 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."