The rate of furniture production during July 2025 registered a monthly uptick, while the value in domestic goods increased on the previous month and against last year.

According to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, the rate of furniture production rose by 2.6% compared to June, while up 5.9% on July last year.

The value of the manufacture of furniture for June resulted at £930.5m, up 7.8% from £862.7m in June. Against the same period last year, the value increased 11.7% from £832.3m. This marked the highest rate so far this year, surpassing March’s figure of £916.6m, as well as the highest rate since October 2023 when the value reached £947.7m.

As for the value of furniture manufacturer exports, this increased 13.5% to £45.2m for the month from £39.7m. Against last year, exports value rose 21.5% from £37.2m.

The value of domestic furniture manufacture increased 7.5% to £885.3m from £823m in the month, while up 11.3% from £795.1m last year.

Overall, production output is estimated to have fallen by 0.9% in July 2025, following growth of 0.7% in June 2025. The decrease in output was mainly caused by manufacturing output, which fell by 1.3%.

Monthly GDP is estimated to have shown no growth in July 2025, following growth of 0.4% in June 2025 and a fall of 0.1% in May 2025.

Commenting on the GDP growth in the three months to July, ONS Director of Economic Statistics Liz McKeown said: “From today we are changing our presentation of GDP to lead with changes across three-month periods.

“Growth in the economy as a whole continued to slow over the last three months. While services growth held up, production fell back further. 

“Within services, health, computer programming and office support services all performed well, while the falls in production were driven by broad based weakness across manufacturing industries.

“In the latest month GDP showed no growth, with increases in services and construction offset by falls in production.”