It was the third consecutive month of growth in industrial activity, albeit the weakest in the current sequence, mainly due to softer increases in manufacturing (0.3% vs 2.3% in June) and mining & quarrying (4.9% vs 10.7%).

Output also rose at a slower pace for electricity, gas, stream, and air conditioning supply (5.4% vs 6.1%).

On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, industrial production shrank by 0.3% in July, following an upwardly revised 1.7% rise in the previous month.