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The UK purchasing managers' index fell to 48.0 in June, its lowest level since February 2013, according to IHS Market.
The market had been expecting a higher reading of 49.5.
'The UK manufacturing sector continued to feel the reverberations of the unwinding of earlier pre-Brexit stockpiling activity during June,' IHS Markit said.
'The already high stock levels at both manufacturers and their clients led to a scaling back of output and new order intakes, with demand from both domestic and export markets weakening.'