Table 4 
Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted  

Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted
  August
2017
July
2018r
August
2018p
July to August 2018 August 2017 to August 2018
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Manufacturing 82.3 79.5 80.2 0.7 -2.1
Non-durable goods industries 84.4 83.7 82.3 -1.4 -2.1
Food manufacturing 81.7 83.2 81.0 -2.2 -0.7
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 77.3 76.7 76.8 0.1 -0.5
Beverage manufacturing 78.8 78.9 80.0 1.1 1.2
Tobacco manufacturing 70.0 66.9 63.0 -3.9 -7.0
Textile mills 83.7 73.9 76.3 2.4 -7.4
Textile product mills 71.3 72.5 70.5 -2.0 -0.8
Clothing manufacturing 88.2 69.0 75.6 6.6 -12.6
Leather and allied product manufacturing 80.9 72.7 74.4 1.7 -6.5
Paper manufacturing 90.4 89.6 90.7 1.1 0.3
Printing and related support activities 70.9 72.1 74.1 2.0 3.2
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 90.6 89.5 86.8 -2.7 -3.8
Chemical manufacturing 84.5 83.9 81.9 -2.0 -2.6
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 84.6 76.2 76.4 0.2 -8.2
Plastic product manufacturing 81.4 76.0 76.4 0.4 -5.0
Rubber product manufacturing 102.0 77.1 76.7 -0.4 -25.3
Durable goods industries 80.4 75.7 78.3 2.6 -2.1
Wood product manufacturing 84.8 83.5 83.6 0.1 -1.2
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 78.5 73.3 73.9 0.6 -4.6
Primary metal manufacturing 77.2 78.1 77.8 -0.3 0.6
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 68.1 69.8 70.6 0.8 2.5
Machinery manufacturing 79.3 75.9 74.2 -1.7 -5.1
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 75.2 79.7 80.5 0.8 5.3
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 78.6 78.1 80.5 2.4 1.9
Transportation equipment manufacturing 86.3 73.4 81.5 8.1 -4.8
Furniture and related product manufacturing 82.3 79.9 81.5 1.6 -0.8
Miscellaneous manufacturing 76.2 77.4 75.7 -1.7 -0.5
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data are not seasonally adjusted in this table.
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