British industrial output increased by 2.3 percent between May 2013 and May 2014, with production expansion in two of the three main sectors, said Office of National Statistics (ONS) on Tuesday.

Britain saw a 3.7 percent output growth in manufacturing in May compared with the same month of a year earlier, and 2.3 percent increase in water supply, sewerage & waste management sector. While mining & quarrying output decreased by 0.2 percent over the same period, said ONS.

Total production decreased by 0.7 percent between April 2014 and May 2014, manufacturing was the largest contributor, declining by 1.3 percent and registering the biggest fall seen since January 2013, data also showed.

In the three months to May 2014, production and manufacturing were still 11.3 percent and 7.2 percent respectively below their figures reached in the pre-downturn GDP peak in the first quarter of 2008, said the statistics arm of the government. Endi

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