Table 5 
Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted  

Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted
  December
2018
November
2019r
December
2019p
November to December 2019 December 2018 to December 2019
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Manufacturing 77.8 80.0 76.3 -3.7 -1.5
Non-durable goods industries 79.2 80.4 78.4 -2.0 -0.8
Food manufacturing 79.8 81.8 79.8 -2.0 0.0
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 75.0 75.1 71.9 -3.2 -3.1
Beverage manufacturing 77.0 74.4 71.4 -3.0 -5.6
Tobacco manufacturing 65.9 78.3 75.5 -2.8 9.6
Textile mills 77.3 77.7 77.7 0.0 0.4
Textile product mills 74.8 74.1 71.2 -2.9 -3.6
Clothing manufacturing 81.1 91.1 90.7 -0.4 9.6
Leather and allied product manufacturing 81.9 83.5 84.9 1.4 3.0
Paper manufacturing 88.7 85.3 84.2 -1.1 -4.5
Printing and related support activities 72.5 80.3 73.9 -6.4 1.4
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 82.9 85.1 86.3 1.2 3.4
Chemical manufacturing 78.8 74.5 73.1 -1.4 -5.7
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 67.2 74.8 64.0 -10.8 -3.2
Plastic product manufacturing 66.0 74.4 64.0 -10.4 -2.0
Rubber product manufacturing 72.6 76.5 63.9 -12.6 -8.7
Durable goods industries 76.6 79.5 74.4 -5.1 -2.2
Wood product manufacturing 76.9 77.3 74.1 -3.2 -2.8
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 69.4 75.7 66.8 -8.9 -2.6
Primary metal manufacturing 78.8 75.7 74.1 -1.6 -4.7
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 75.0 75.3 69.8 -5.5 -5.2
Machinery manufacturing 77.3 75.5 73.9 -1.6 -3.4
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 81.7 82.4 79.9 -2.5 -1.8
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 80.2 73.6 72.0 -1.6 -8.2
Transportation equipment manufacturing 76.0 84.8 76.8 -8.0 0.8
Furniture and related product manufacturing 73.3 78.7 75.5 -3.2 2.2
Miscellaneous manufacturing 77.6 79.2 74.7 -4.5 -2.9
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data in this table are not seasonally adjusted.
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