Manufacturing production has gone up by 1.9 year-over-year for June 2025.
StatsSA published on Monday the latest results for manufacturing production showing upward trend that continues since the marginal growth seen in May 2025 at 0.5.
According to StatSA, the growth in manufacturing was driven largely by the food and beverages division which contributed 1.4 percentage points to the total of 1.9, followed by the petroleum, chemical products, rubber and plastic products division, which contributed 0.4 of a percentage point.
Month-over-month manufacturing production was flat in June 2025 compared with May 2025, bucking the growth trend of 2.2 in May 2025 and 1.6 in April 2025.
In terms of sales, manufacturing sales grew by 2.4 in June 2025 compared with May 2025, which were driven largely by the food and beverages division contributing 0,8 of a percentage point and the motor vehicles, parts and accessories and other transport equipment division which contributed 0.8 of a percentage point to the final total of 2.4 growth.
