Table 5 
Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted  

Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted
  May
2020
April
2021r
May
2021p
April to May 2021 May 2020 to May 2021
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Manufacturing 63.3 77.5 77.5 0.0 14.2
Non-durable goods industries 72.2 79.2 79.5 0.3 7.3
Food manufacturing 74.9 80.0 79.0 -1.0 4.1
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 74.2 74.2 74.9 0.7 0.7
Beverage manufacturing 75.0 73.7 74.6 0.9 -0.4
Tobacco manufacturing 69.1 77.4 76.6 -0.8 7.5
Textile mills 67.3 78.8 77.5 -1.3 10.2
Textile product mills 64.5 74.4 75.6 1.2 11.1
Clothing manufacturing 56.9 64.5 74.6 10.1 17.7
Leather and allied product manufacturing 41.0 76.2 73.0 -3.2 32.0
Paper manufacturing 84.6 85.6 85.6 0.0 1.0
Printing and related support activities 60.2 73.4 71.7 -1.7 11.5
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 70.2 80.7 85.2 4.5 15.0
Chemical manufacturing 70.7 80.9 78.8 -2.1 8.1
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 62.3 71.5 74.2 2.7 11.9
Plastic product manufacturing 62.4 71.7 74.6 2.9 12.2
Rubber product manufacturing 61.5 70.6 71.7 1.1 10.2
Durable goods industries 55.3 76.0 75.5 -0.5 20.2
Wood product manufacturing 69.5 86.1 85.3 -0.8 15.8
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 63.4 71.9 77.0 5.1 13.6
Primary metal manufacturing 66.4 79.8 79.2 -0.6 12.8
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 57.8 74.9 75.3 0.4 17.5
Machinery manufacturing 65.7 78.2 74.1 -4.1 8.4
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 72.6 79.6 78.9 -0.7 6.3
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 66.4 76.4 74.5 -1.9 8.1
Transportation equipment manufacturing 34.6 66.5 65.4 -1.1 30.8
Furniture and related product manufacturing 55.7 80.3 74.2 -6.1 18.5
Miscellaneous manufacturing 58.5 77.1 78.3 1.2 19.8
r
revised
p
preliminary
Note(s):
Data in this table are not seasonally adjusted.
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