Table 5 
Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted  

Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted
  October
2019
September
2020r
October
2020p
September to October 2020 October 2019 to October 2020
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Manufacturing 80.6 78.4 77.8 -0.6 -2.8
Non-durable goods industries 81.1 77.5 78.0 0.5 -3.1
Food manufacturing 81.3 78.9 79.8 0.9 -1.5
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 72.0 74.7 69.5 -5.2 -2.5
Beverage manufacturing 72.6 75.1 68.0 -7.1 -4.6
Tobacco manufacturing 69.4 72.8 77.8 5.0 8.4
Textile mills 78.7 77.5 80.3 2.8 1.6
Textile product mills 74.7 75.7 74.6 -1.1 -0.1
Clothing manufacturing 77.3 82.4 85.7 3.3 8.4
Leather and allied product manufacturing 84.1 86.0 83.3 -2.7 -0.8
Paper manufacturing 87.5 81.5 84.3 2.8 -3.2
Printing and related support activities 78.6 70.5 71.8 1.3 -6.8
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 87.1 76.5 77.3 0.8 -9.8
Chemical manufacturing 77.2 74.6 75.7 1.1 -1.5
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 77.4 78.8 77.2 -1.6 -0.2
Plastic product manufacturing 76.5 79.1 78.6 -0.5 2.1
Rubber product manufacturing 82.1 77.6 70.5 -7.1 -11.6
Durable goods industries 80.0 79.2 77.7 -1.5 -2.3
Wood product manufacturing 80.1 86.4 84.8 -1.6 4.7
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 80.9 80.6 78.7 -1.9 -2.2
Primary metal manufacturing 74.5 74.4 75.5 1.1 1.0
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 76.8 69.6 69.8 0.2 -7.0
Machinery manufacturing 75.5 74.1 73.1 -1.0 -2.4
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 80.7 80.7 80.1 -0.6 -0.6
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 76.4 74.7 78.0 3.3 1.6
Transportation equipment manufacturing 85.7 84.3 79.9 -4.4 -5.8
Furniture and related product manufacturing 78.2 78.5 78.7 0.2 0.5
Miscellaneous manufacturing 79.0 80.9 81.2 0.3 2.2
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data in this table are not seasonally adjusted.
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