Overseas demand for UK manufacturing exports sinks to five-year low

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2025-05-01

London (PA Media/dpa) - UK factories have seen the biggest drop in export orders since the start of the pandemic, with demand from the US, Europe and China waning amid global uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's tariffs, a new survey shows. Manufacturing production has been shrinking for seven months in a row. The S&P Global UK manufacturing PMI survey, watched closely by economists, showed a reading of 45.4 in April, up from 44.9 in Marc......

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