Table 5 
Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted  

Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted
  March
2020
February
2021r
March
2021p
February to March 2021 March 2020 to March 2021
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Manufacturing 72.1 75.5 80.1 4.6 8.0
Non-durable goods industries 76.5 77.0 79.8 2.8 3.3
Food manufacturing 80.3 77.1 79.4 2.3 -0.9
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 72.8 69.6 73.1 3.5 0.3
Beverage manufacturing 73.1 68.4 71.7 3.3 -1.4
Tobacco manufacturing 71.3 76.2 79.1 2.9 7.8
Textile mills 79.0 75.9 80.9 5.0 1.9
Textile product mills 67.2 74.7 78.4 3.7 11.2
Clothing manufacturing 56.9 70.1 71.3 1.2 14.4
Leather and allied product manufacturing 57.6 61.0 75.1 14.1 17.5
Paper manufacturing 89.0 85.3 85.6 0.3 -3.4
Printing and related support activities 67.7 65.4 73.5 8.1 5.8
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 67.6 79.9 82.9 3.0 15.3
Chemical manufacturing 75.8 78.6 80.4 1.8 4.6
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 72.1 70.9 75.3 4.4 3.2
Plastic product manufacturing 72.3 71.2 75.2 4.0 2.9
Rubber product manufacturing 71.4 69.3 76.3 7.0 4.9
Durable goods industries 68.7 74.1 80.4 6.3 11.7
Wood product manufacturing 74.8 84.8 88.1 3.3 13.3
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 61.1 62.0 74.6 12.6 13.5
Primary metal manufacturing 75.7 76.4 79.2 2.8 3.5
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 64.8 67.0 73.5 6.5 8.7
Machinery manufacturing 69.0 74.2 79.4 5.2 10.4
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 79.7 79.2 84.5 5.3 4.8
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 72.5 75.5 84.6 9.1 12.1
Transportation equipment manufacturing 65.2 71.9 80.5 8.6 15.3
Furniture and related product manufacturing 68.0 71.9 80.8 8.9 12.8
Miscellaneous manufacturing 72.5 77.2 80.6 3.4 8.1
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data in this table are not seasonally adjusted.
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