Table 4 
Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted  

Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted
  April
2018
March
2019r
April
2019p
March to April 2019 April 2018 to April 2019
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Manufacturing 81.8 81.5 79.5 -2.0 -2.3
Non-durable goods industries 83.1 82.8 81.8 -1.0 -1.3
Food manufacturing 85.1 79.6 80.1 0.5 -5.0
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 75.7 76.0 77.0 1.0 1.3
Beverage manufacturing 78.1 76.5 77.6 1.1 -0.5
Tobacco manufacturing 64.8 74.3 74.8 0.5 10.0
Textile mills 80.8 78.6 78.4 -0.2 -2.4
Textile product mills 75.9 74.3 73.8 -0.5 -2.1
Clothing manufacturing 69.4 82.5 84.2 1.7 14.8
Leather and allied product manufacturing 90.3 82.5 74.2 -8.3 -16.1
Paper manufacturing 90.9 89.5 88.3 -1.2 -2.6
Printing and related support activities 79.0 77.9 78.0 0.1 -1.0
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 74.9 89.8 86.6 -3.2 11.7
Chemical manufacturing 89.1 84.1 81.8 -2.3 -7.3
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 83.7 75.9 75.5 -0.4 -8.2
Plastic product manufacturing 83.6 74.8 74.4 -0.4 -9.2
Rubber product manufacturing 84.3 82.0 81.8 -0.2 -2.5
Durable goods industries 80.7 80.4 77.5 -2.9 -3.2
Wood product manufacturing 86.8 82.7 82.0 -0.7 -4.8
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 74.8 64.4 68.3 3.9 -6.5
Primary metal manufacturing 81.2 77.6 74.1 -3.5 -7.1
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 67.7 76.7 77.5 0.8 9.8
Machinery manufacturing 75.0 78.5 78.4 -0.1 3.4
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 81.2 83.4 80.3 -3.1 -0.9
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 81.7 79.4 75.2 -4.2 -6.5
Transportation equipment manufacturing 87.0 84.9 79.1 -5.8 -7.9
Furniture and related product manufacturing 79.1 77.0 77.3 0.3 -1.8
Miscellaneous manufacturing 73.8 80.5 75.0 -5.5 1.2
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data are not seasonally adjusted in this table.
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