South Africa's manufacturing output grew by 3.2% year-on-year in volume terms in December compared with a revised 4.6% contraction in November, Statistics South Africa said on Thursday.

Compared with November, factory production in volume terms rose by a seasonally-adjusted 3% in December. Output was up 3.3% in the three months to December compared with the previous three months, also on a seasonally-adjusted basis.

Reported by Reuters