UK engine output fell 21.8% in August to 97,406 units because the 2014 calendar resulted in some factories losing an additional week to holidays.
Production was down 3.8% to 1,610,756 motors so far in 2014 although export volume grew 4.2% to 1,033,622.
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The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said it expected growth in coming months as new investments in UK engine production facilities take hold.
Data from SMMT:
| Engine manufacturing | July-13 | July-14 | % Change | YTD-13 | YTD-14 | % Change |
| Total | 124,614 | 97,406 | -21.8% | 1,673,886 | 1,610,756 | -3.8% |
| Home | 62,543 | 40,719 | -34.9% | 682,007 | 577,134 | -15.4% |
| Export | 62,071 | 56,687 | -8.7% | 991,879 | 1,033,622 | 4.2% |
| % export | 49.8% | 58.2% | 59.3% | 64.2% |
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