Table 5 
Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted  

Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted
  August
2019
July
2020r
August
2020p
July to August 2020 August 2019 to August 2020
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Manufacturing 79.6 74.0 75.8 1.8 -3.8
Non-durable goods industries 80.4 75.6 76.2 0.6 -4.2
Food manufacturing 79.7 76.4 77.4 1.0 -2.3
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 78.0 74.3 75.5 1.2 -2.5
Beverage manufacturing 79.5 74.7 75.1 0.4 -4.4
Tobacco manufacturing 68.4 71.8 78.0 6.2 9.6
Textile mills 77.1 67.7 75.9 8.2 -1.2
Textile product mills 71.1 68.4 70.7 2.3 -0.4
Clothing manufacturing 88.0 78.3 84.0 5.7 -4.0
Leather and allied product manufacturing 90.4 67.6 77.7 10.1 -12.7
Paper manufacturing 86.2 84.4 84.3 -0.1 -1.9
Printing and related support activities 76.5 66.5 69.5 3.0 -7.0
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 84.6 78.2 74.7 -3.5 -9.9
Chemical manufacturing 78.0 69.6 70.8 1.2 -7.2
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 76.2 75.8 78.3 2.5 2.1
Plastic product manufacturing 75.0 77.2 78.5 1.3 3.5
Rubber product manufacturing 82.7 68.5 77.1 8.6 -5.6
Durable goods industries 78.8 72.7 75.5 2.8 -3.3
Wood product manufacturing 76.9 78.4 82.9 4.5 6.0
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 78.7 74.5 78.5 4.0 -0.2
Primary metal manufacturing 74.9 69.2 73.4 4.2 -1.5
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 76.3 66.3 68.8 2.5 -7.5
Machinery manufacturing 76.1 69.1 67.4 -1.7 -8.7
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 80.6 68.6 67.0 -1.6 -13.6
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 75.7 75.4 73.4 -2.0 -2.3
Transportation equipment manufacturing 82.6 75.8 79.9 4.1 -2.7
Furniture and related product manufacturing 80.4 74.0 75.6 1.6 -4.8
Miscellaneous manufacturing 77.3 76.3 78.0 1.7 0.7
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data in this table are not seasonally adjusted.
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