Irish production grows after 'fresh rise' in export sales

Operating conditions improve in manufacturing sectors, says latest PMI

A strong increase in new orders saw operating conditions across Ireland’s manufacturing sector improve solidly in November, supported by a “fresh rise” in new export sales. Picture: iStock

A strong increase in new orders saw operating conditions across Ireland’s manufacturing sector improve solidly in November, supported by a “fresh rise” in new export sales.

The latest AIB Irish Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) published on Monday showed that following only a slight improvement in October, there was a renewed growth in production last month.