Table 4 
Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted  

Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted
  March
2018
February
2019r
March
2019p
February to March 2019 March 2018 to March 2019
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Manufacturing 84.2 78.5 80.7 2.2 -3.5
Non-durable goods industries 86.5 80.3 81.2 0.9 -5.3
Food manufacturing 84.1 79.8 76.4 -3.4 -7.7
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 78.0 72.6 73.2 0.6 -4.8
Beverage manufacturing 81.5 74.5 75.3 0.8 -6.2
Tobacco manufacturing 65.1 64.9 65.3 0.4 0.2
Textile mills 84.8 75.8 79.1 3.3 -5.7
Textile product mills 75.0 72.3 74.1 1.8 -0.9
Clothing manufacturing 70.4 83.8 76.0 -7.8 5.6
Leather and allied product manufacturing 88.9 86.7 97.9 11.2 9.0
Paper manufacturing 89.8 87.4 88.8 1.4 -1.0
Printing and related support activities 79.3 74.0 78.0 4.0 -1.3
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 91.6 85.2 89.9 4.7 -1.7
Chemical manufacturing 89.7 81.2 82.4 1.2 -7.3
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 82.9 70.7 76.0 5.3 -6.9
Plastic product manufacturing 82.0 69.6 74.9 5.3 -7.1
Rubber product manufacturing 87.3 76.7 82.0 5.3 -5.3
Durable goods industries 82.5 77.1 80.3 3.2 -2.2
Wood product manufacturing 86.5 78.2 82.4 4.2 -4.1
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 63.6 57.5 64.9 7.4 1.3
Primary metal manufacturing 80.7 75.7 77.6 1.9 -3.1
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 72.3 73.4 76.6 3.2 4.3
Machinery manufacturing 78.4 79.2 78.2 -1.0 -0.2
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 84.5 80.9 83.2 2.3 -1.3
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 86.0 80.0 78.6 -1.4 -7.4
Transportation equipment manufacturing 89.2 80.7 85.1 4.4 -4.1
Furniture and related product manufacturing 80.5 70.6 76.9 6.3 -3.6
Miscellaneous manufacturing 79.2 73.7 78.3 4.6 -0.9
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data are not seasonally adjusted in this table.
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