Table 1 
Industrial capacity utilization rates 

Industrial capacity utilization rates
  Second quarter 2016 First quarter 2017 Second quarter 2017 First quarter to second quarter 2017 Second quarter 2016 to second quarter 2017
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Total industrial 78.9 83.2 85.0 1.8 6.1
Forestry and logging 88.9 86.8 85.7 -1.1 -3.2
Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction 72.0 80.3 83.7 3.4 11.7
Oil and gas extraction 73.3 80.7 84.0 3.3 10.7
Mining and quarrying 68.4 79.1 82.8 3.7 14.4
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 82.3 83.3 85.2 1.9 2.9
Construction 83.5 86.4 87.7 1.3 4.2
Manufacturing 80.6 83.5 84.2 0.7 3.6
Food 82.2 86.1 86.6 0.5 4.4
Beverage and tobacco products 81.5 87.0 82.2 -4.8 0.7
Beverage 85.2 91.8 86.4 -5.4 1.2
Tobacco 62.1 62.1 60.3 -1.8 -1.8
Textiles 72.0 82.6 83.4 0.8 11.4
Textile mills 75.1 88.8 91.0 2.2 15.9
Textile product mills 69.2 77.3 76.9 -0.4 7.7
Clothing 72.8 70.7 73.5 2.8 0.7
Leather and allied products 84.8 88.8 92.4 3.6 7.6
Wood products 88.1 90.9 89.8 -1.1 1.7
Paper 87.2 88.5 89.3 0.8 2.1
Printing and related support activities 69.3 71.6 71.2 -0.4 1.9
Petroleum and coal products 81.7 87.6 90.3 2.7 8.6
Chemical products 84.0 86.5 86.7 0.2 2.7
Plastics and rubber products 84.0 90.5 91.0 0.5 7.0
Plastic products 83.7 91.4 91.5 0.1 7.8
Rubber products 85.9 85.9 88.0 2.1 2.1
Non-metallic mineral products 72.8 75.6 75.8 0.2 3.0
Primary metal 79.5 75.4 75.6 0.2 -3.9
Fabricated metal products 72.6 76.2 76.6 0.4 4.0
Machinery 71.0 80.2 85.3 5.1 14.3
Computer and electronic products 75.6 82.4 86.8 4.4 11.2
Electrical equipment, appliances and components 73.6 78.1 75.1 -3.0 1.5
Transportation equipment 88.1 86.7 87.8 1.1 -0.3
Furniture and related products 86.3 90.2 92.7 2.5 6.4
Miscellaneous manufacturing 79.8 79.6 78.4 -1.2 -1.4
Source(s):
CANSIM table 028-0002.
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