Table 1 
Industrial capacity utilization rates 

Industrial capacity utilization rates
  Second
quarter 2014
First
quarter 2015
Second
quarter 2015
First quarter to second quarter 2015 Second quarter 2014 to second quarter 2015
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Total industrial 82.8 82.6 81.3 -1.3 -1.5
Forestry and logging 86.2 86.9 89.5 2.6 3.3
Mining and oil and gas extraction 80.9 78.9 75.9 -3.0 -5.0
Oil and gas extraction 87.7 87.9 84.7 -3.2 -3.0
Mining and quarrying 67.8 61.0 58.2 -2.8 -9.6
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 85.4 87.2 85.6 -1.6 0.2
Construction 83.9 83.2 82.3 -0.9 -1.6
Manufacturing 82.5 82.8 81.9 -0.9 -0.6
Food 79.1 80.0 78.4 -1.6 -0.7
Beverage and tobacco products 76.5 76.2 78.3 2.1 1.8
Beverage 78.4 78.5 80.6 2.1 2.2
Tobacco 64.2 61.5 63.8 2.3 -0.4
Textiles 71.5 77.4 75.3 -2.1 3.8
Textile mills 80.8 90.8 87.8 -3.0 7.0
Textile product mills 64.8 68.2 66.7 -1.5 1.9
Clothing 71.3 68.5 70.8 2.3 -0.5
Leather and allied products 70.8 64.9 66.7 1.8 -4.1
Wood products 89.7 97.2 96.5 -0.7 6.8
Paper 91.8 93.3 93.8 0.5 2.0
Printing and related support activities 69.0 67.7 65.9 -1.8 -3.1
Petroleum and coal products 80.8 79.8 80.1 0.3 -0.7
Chemical products 78.8 84.5 84.0 -0.5 5.2
Plastics and rubber products 80.4 82.3 83.6 1.3 3.2
Plastic products 79.8 81.8 83.3 1.5 3.5
Rubber products 83.1 84.6 84.8 0.2 1.7
Non-metallic mineral products 76.0 73.1 74.5 1.4 -1.5
Primary metal 83.3 75.6 75.4 -0.2 -7.9
Fabricated metal products 79.2 75.8 73.3 -2.5 -5.9
Machinery 81.4 82.3 77.9 -4.4 -3.5
Computer and electronic products 81.2 86.8 83.9 -2.9 2.7
Electrical equipment, appliances and components 73.1 69.0 70.9 1.9 -2.2
Transportation equipment 92.4 90.5 90.2 -0.3 -2.2
Furniture and related products 81.3 83.3 82.8 -0.5 1.5
Miscellaneous manufacturing 78.7 82.8 82.2 -0.6 3.5
Source(s):
CANSIM table 028-0002.
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