Table 4 
Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted  

Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted
  November
2017
October
2018r
November
2018p
October to November 2018 November 2017 to November 2018
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Manufacturing 84.2 80.5 78.8 -1.7 -5.4
Non-durable goods industries 85.3 80.6 78.3 -2.3 -7.0
Food manufacturing 81.8 80.5 82.1 1.6 0.3
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 72.4 74.0 73.9 -0.1 1.5
Beverage manufacturing 73.0 75.1 74.8 -0.3 1.8
Tobacco manufacturing 69.3 69.3 69.9 0.6 0.6
Textile mills 88.6 80.0 78.4 -1.6 -10.2
Textile product mills 71.2 78.3 73.3 -5.0 2.1
Clothing manufacturing 93.4 85.1 87.1 2.0 -6.3
Leather and allied product manufacturing 75.0 86.5 80.3 -6.2 5.3
Paper manufacturing 88.5 88.4 88.2 -0.2 -0.3
Printing and related support activities 78.1 78.1 77.9 -0.2 -0.2
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 90.6 79.1 70.3 -8.8 -20.3
Chemical manufacturing 89.7 84.4 80.8 -3.6 -8.9
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 86.1 75.7 73.6 -2.1 -12.5
Plastic product manufacturing 82.7 76.1 73.7 -2.4 -9.0
Rubber product manufacturing 104.5 74.0 73.0 -1.0 -31.5
Durable goods industries 83.2 80.4 79.2 -1.2 -4.0
Wood product manufacturing 84.1 82.3 79.3 -3.0 -4.8
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 75.0 76.0 67.6 -8.4 -7.4
Primary metal manufacturing 85.7 80.0 80.4 0.4 -5.3
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 68.4 76.2 76.1 -0.1 7.7
Machinery manufacturing 78.1 80.4 81.3 0.9 3.2
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 80.3 83.1 84.1 1.0 3.8
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 83.9 77.1 82.7 5.6 -1.2
Transportation equipment manufacturing 89.9 82.3 79.8 -2.5 -10.1
Furniture and related product manufacturing 85.9 79.3 80.6 1.3 -5.3
Miscellaneous manufacturing 76.6 80.5 76.3 -4.2 -0.3
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data are not seasonally adjusted in this table.
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