Output for electricity, steam & hot water supply continued to decline sharply by 18.5% (vs -4% in February).

At the same time, output further fell for both manufacturing (-11.9% vs -7.9%) and mining & quarrying (-14.9% vs -8.2%).

On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, industrial output dropped 0.9% in March, easing from a downwardly revised 0.1% fall in the previous month.