Table 4 
Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted  

Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted
  February
2018
January
2019r
February
2019p
January to February 2019 February 2018 to February 2019
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Manufacturing 81.5 78.7 78.2 -0.5 -3.3
Non-durable goods industries 83.9 80.3 80.1 -0.2 -3.8
Food manufacturing 80.8 78.3 79.3 1.0 -1.5
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 78.4 73.1 72.7 -0.4 -5.7
Beverage manufacturing 82.8 74.1 74.6 0.5 -8.2
Tobacco manufacturing 60.9 68.8 64.9 -3.9 4.0
Textile mills 83.3 75.2 74.6 -0.6 -8.7
Textile product mills 70.1 72.7 75.8 3.1 5.7
Clothing manufacturing 73.8 79.6 81.0 1.4 7.2
Leather and allied product manufacturing 85.7 78.1 75.7 -2.4 -10.0
Paper manufacturing 88.7 88.2 87.4 -0.8 -1.3
Printing and related support activities 74.2 75.0 73.4 -1.6 -0.8
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 89.8 84.0 85.2 1.2 -4.6
Chemical manufacturing 86.9 84.7 81.8 -2.9 -5.1
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 79.7 72.1 70.5 -1.6 -9.2
Plastic product manufacturing 78.9 70.7 69.8 -0.9 -9.1
Rubber product manufacturing 83.1 79.0 74.4 -4.6 -8.7
Durable goods industries 79.6 77.3 76.6 -0.7 -3.0
Wood product manufacturing 82.5 77.9 76.2 -1.7 -6.3
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 54.8 54.7 55.5 0.8 0.7
Primary metal manufacturing 77.5 77.7 75.8 -1.9 -1.7
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 69.0 72.3 70.7 -1.6 1.7
Machinery manufacturing 72.5 78.4 79.3 0.9 6.8
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 81.7 81.7 81.4 -0.3 -0.3
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 81.0 80.7 79.5 -1.2 -1.5
Transportation equipment manufacturing 90.2 81.1 81.0 -0.1 -9.2
Furniture and related product manufacturing 74.3 71.0 70.0 -1.0 -4.3
Miscellaneous manufacturing 74.9 76.4 75.5 -0.9 0.6
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data are not seasonally adjusted in this table.
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