Table 1 
Industrial capacity utilization rates 

Industrial capacity utilization rates
  Third
quarter 2014
Second
quarter 2015
Third
quarter 2015
Second quarter to third quarter 2015 Third quarter 2014 to third quarter 2015
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Total industrial 83.0 81.4 82.0 0.6 -1.0
Forestry and logging 84.4 91.5 90.0 -1.5 5.6
Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction 78.8 74.4 76.9 2.5 -1.9
Oil and gas extraction 85.0 83.4 86.5 3.1 1.5
Mining and quarrying 67.2 57.2 58.0 0.8 -9.2
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 83.2 83.2 81.1 -2.1 -2.1
Construction 85.5 83.5 83.6 0.1 -1.9
Manufacturing 83.2 82.4 83.1 0.7 -0.1
Food 80.4 79.0 81.5 2.5 1.1
Beverage and tobacco products 75.4 79.4 80.0 0.6 4.6
Beverage 77.2 81.9 82.6 0.7 5.4
Tobacco 62.8 62.5 62.3 -0.2 -0.5
Textiles 77.6 77.2 80.7 3.5 3.1
Textile mills 87.8 90.3 96.4 6.1 8.6
Textile product mills 70.0 67.6 69.1 1.5 -0.9
Clothing 70.5 70.8 74.3 3.5 3.8
Leather and allied products 68.9 66.9 70.0 3.1 1.1
Wood products 93.4 96.0 98.6 2.6 5.2
Paper 89.4 91.7 92.3 0.6 2.9
Printing and related support activities 68.9 66.7 66.7 0.0 -2.2
Petroleum and coal products 80.8 79.1 77.8 -1.3 -3.0
Chemical products 79.1 84.8 84.2 -0.6 5.1
Plastics and rubber products 81.9 84.6 86.1 1.5 4.2
Plastic products 81.3 84.4 85.2 0.8 3.9
Rubber products 84.8 85.7 90.4 4.7 5.6
Non-metallic mineral products 76.7 73.5 72.2 -1.3 -4.5
Primary metal 82.3 74.3 74.9 0.6 -7.4
Fabricated metal products 80.4 74.1 73.2 -0.9 -7.2
Machinery 82.3 79.2 76.2 -3.0 -6.1
Computer and electronic products 84.9 86.9 84.0 -2.9 -0.9
Electrical equipment, appliances and components 73.2 71.1 71.2 0.1 -2.0
Transportation equipment 92.8 90.8 93.4 2.6 0.6
Furniture and related products 83.2 83.9 87.9 4.0 4.7
Miscellaneous manufacturing 78.2 83.1 87.1 4.0 8.9
Source(s):
CANSIM table 028-0002.
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