U.K. INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT RISES IN JANUARY U.K. Industrial production rose a provisional 0.4 pct in January after a 0.6 pct decline in December 1986, figures from the Central Statistical Office show. The index for industrial production, base 1980, was set at a seasonally adjusted 109.8 in January after December's 109.4 and compared with 108.2 a year earlier. Output of manufacturing industries fell a provisional 2.3 pct in January after a 0.2 pct rise last December. The index for manufacturing, base 1980, fell to 103.9 from 106.3, and compared with 102.3 a year earlier. The CSO said industrial production in the three months to January was provisionally estimated to have fallen by 0.7 pct from the level of the previous three months, while manufacturing output rose by 0.5 pct in the same period. In the three months, industrial production was 1.5 pct higher than in the same period a year earlier, while manufacturing output was two pct higher. Within manufacturing, output of the metals industry rose by six pct and that of engineering and allied industries by one pct between the two latest three month periods. Output of chemicals and textiles fell by one pct and minerals by two pct. The Office said output of the investment goods industries rose 0.1 pct while consumer goods output increased 0.6 pct. Output of intermediate goods fell 1.6 pct between the two latest three-month periods. The figures showed the energy production index, base 1980, rose 7.2 pct in January to 126.4 from December's 117.9 and from 124.6 in January 1986. In the latest three months, the energy index, which comprises oil, natural gas and coal production, was down 3.5 pct on the previous quarter and 0.5 pct below the same period a year earlier.