The manufacturing sector saw the output price index for domestic sales go up by 3.9 per cent in the year to November, according to new government data.
This is an 0.1 per cent fall on figures in the year leading up to October, the Office for National Statistics reported.
Economists had initially predicted an inflationary rise of 4.1 per cent.
In total, the index went up 0.3 per cent month-on-month, due to price increases for consumer goods, including food products, computers, optical and electrical products.
Despite the slow-down in factory gate inflation, it is thought that the rate of inflation will rise before Christmas.
Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, IHS Global Insight's chief economist Howard Archer said: "The likelihood is that there was a marked increase in input prices in November due to higher commodity and oil prices, so manufacturers' margins were squeezed increasingly in November."
Input prices will be published next Monday (December 13th).
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