Table 1 
Industrial capacity utilization rates 

Industrial capacity utilization rates
  Third quarter 2016 Second quarter 2017 Third quarter 2017 Second quarter to third quarter 2017 Third quarter 2016 to third quarter 2017
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Total industrial 80.7 84.3 85.0 0.7 4.3
Forestry and logging 94.9 86.1 81.4 -4.7 -13.5
Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction 76.3 80.7 81.0 0.3 4.7
Oil and gas extraction 79.8 81.8 81.5 -0.3 1.7
Mining and quarrying 66.4 77.6 79.5 1.9 13.1
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 84.9 85.2 88.9 3.7 4.0
Construction 83.4 87.6 89.1 1.5 5.7
Manufacturing 81.6 85.1 85.2 0.1 3.6
Food 84.2 87.8 87.2 -0.6 3.0
Beverage and tobacco products 84.0 83.1 83.0 -0.1 -1.0
Beverage 88.3 87.6 87.7 0.1 -0.6
Tobacco 62.8 60.0 59.2 -0.8 -3.6
Textiles 72.8 84.5 82.3 -2.2 9.5
Textile mills 78.8 91.3 92.0 0.7 13.2
Textile product mills 67.8 78.8 74.2 -4.6 6.4
Clothing 69.6 75.4 76.7 1.3 7.1
Leather and allied products 79.9 95.5 87.7 -7.8 7.8
Wood products 87.4 89.0 89.2 0.2 1.8
Paper 85.7 90.9 91.7 0.8 6.0
Printing and related support activities 72.6 73.9 74.3 0.4 1.7
Petroleum and coal products 84.9 91.3 91.1 -0.2 6.2
Chemical products 87.0 88.6 88.8 0.2 1.8
Plastics and rubber products 86.4 92.1 93.3 1.2 6.9
Plastic products 86.5 92.6 93.5 0.9 7.0
Rubber products 85.7 89.8 92.6 2.8 6.9
Non-metallic mineral products 71.1 76.7 81.4 4.7 10.3
Primary metal 78.9 77.5 77.5 0.0 -1.4
Fabricated metal products 71.8 78.4 79.3 0.9 7.5
Machinery 73.8 88.6 91.3 2.7 17.5
Computer and electronic products 81.3 82.4 84.2 1.8 2.9
Electrical equipment, appliances and components 73.7 76.1 78.5 2.4 4.8
Transportation equipment 87.3 86.6 83.0 -3.6 -4.3
Furniture and related products 86.4 89.2 88.7 -0.5 2.3
Miscellaneous manufacturing 78.2 77.6 79.9 2.3 1.7
Source(s):
CANSIM table 028-0002.
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