Table 1
Industrial capacity utilization rates

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Industrial capacity utilization rates
  Third quarter 2011r Second quarter 2012r Third quarter 2012 Second quarter to third quarter 2012 Third quarter 2011 to third quarter 2012
  % percentage point change
Total industrial 80.0 80.9 80.9 0.0 0.9
Forestry and logging 95.0 87.8 87.4 -0.4 -7.6
Mining and oil and gas extraction 79.8 78.4 77.0 -1.4 -2.8
Oil and gas extraction 85.3 87.8 87.1 -0.7 1.8
Mining 69.3 61.3 58.7 -2.6 -10.6
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 89.6 82.5 83.9 1.4 -5.7
Construction 77.8 80.4 80.7 0.3 2.9
Manufacturing 79.3 81.7 81.7 0.0 2.4
Food 79.3 78.2 77.6 -0.6 -1.7
Beverage and tobacco products 70.4 71.8 74.8 3.0 4.4
Beverage 71.2 73.2 76.3 3.1 5.1
Tobacco 65.7 62.3 64.9 2.6 -0.8
Textiles 70.5 76.1 76.8 0.7 6.3
Textile mills 74.8 83.4 85.4 2.0 10.6
Textile product mills 65.6 67.4 66.5 -0.9 0.9
Clothing 75.9 73.1 70.8 -2.3 -5.1
Leather and allied products 73.6 73.9 76.8 2.9 3.2
Wood products 71.6 76.6 76.4 -0.2 4.8
Paper 90.0 84.6 83.5 -1.1 -6.5
Printing and related support activities 72.0 75.5 72.5 -3.0 0.5
Petroleum and coal products 79.3 78.0 79.6 1.6 0.3
Chemical 77.7 77.9 78.2 0.3 0.5
Plastics and rubber products 74.1 77.2 76.5 -0.7 2.4
Plastic products 71.2 76.3 75.4 -0.9 4.2
Rubber products 86.1 81.1 81.0 -0.1 -5.1
Non-metallic mineral products 76.2 80.1 79.9 -0.2 3.7
Primary metal 82.7 81.4 80.8 -0.6 -1.9
Fabricated metal products 77.1 83.0 83.0 0.0 5.9
Machinery 80.3 87.9 87.8 -0.1 7.5
Computer and electronic products 90.0 82.4 82.1 -0.3 -7.9
Electrical equipment, appliance and component 76.9 79.1 77.9 -1.2 1.0
Transportation equipment 83.9 91.3 92.6 1.3 8.7
Furniture and related products 72.9 77.1 74.9 -2.2 2.0
Miscellaneous manufacturing 82.7 77.1 81.2 4.1 -1.5
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