PRQ9: Quarterly UK Workwear Manufacturing Sales and Trade Data

A rolling span of five quarters of data is published each quarter for year-on-year comparisons. The Product Sales and Trade quarterly series reports sales by UK-based manufacturers, exports, and imports for products covered by the PRODCOM inquiry. It is produced by the Office for National Statistics as Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics.

Use Cases

• Analyze quarterly sales trends for UK-manufactured workwear based on the PRODCOM inquiry data.
• Model the relationship between UK workwear exports and imports based on the trade statistics.
• Forecast year-on-year changes in the workwear manufacturing sector based on the rolling five-quarter data span.

Strengths

• Data is updated quarterly with a rolling five-quarter span, facilitating consistent year-on-year comparisons.
• Sourced from the Office for National Statistics, an official UK government agency.
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, allowing for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its UK-only focus.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely collected via the PRODCOM inquiry, a survey of UK manufacturers.

Time Range

A rolling span of five quarters is published each quarter.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:41.663766; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom