Table 5 
Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted  

Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted
  May
2021
April
2022r
May
2022p
April to May 2022 May 2021 to May 2022
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Manufacturing 77.5 79.1 78.0 -1.1 0.5
Non-durable goods industries 78.8 80.3 80.8 0.5 2.0
Food manufacturing 78.9E 79.4E 78.9E -0.5 0.0
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 73.7 76.1 81.2 5.1 7.5
Beverage manufacturing 73.1 77.1 82.5 5.4 9.4
Tobacco manufacturing 77.1 70.8 74.1 3.3 -3.0
Textile mills 77.2 82.2 81.4 -0.8 4.2
Textile product mills 74.0 78.7 77.7E -1.0 3.7
Clothing manufacturing 72.6E 80.7E 81.2E 0.5 8.6
Leather and allied product manufacturing 78.9E 74.6 69.5E -5.1 -9.4
Paper manufacturing 86.8 84.0 84.8 0.8 -2.0
Printing and related support activities 72.7E 76.3E 77.7E 1.4 5.0
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 78.0 85.9 85.5 -0.4 7.5
Chemical manufacturing 81.6E 78.8E 78.8E 0.0 -2.8
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 73.4 72.2E 75.3E 3.1 1.9
Plastic product manufacturing 73.7E 71.7E 75.4E 3.7 1.7
Rubber product manufacturing 71.2 75.8 74.8 -1.0 3.6
Durable goods industries 76.3 77.8 75.2 -2.6 -1.1
Wood product manufacturing 86.1 83.8 84.5 0.7 -1.6
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 77.7E 72.8E 75.9E 3.1 -1.8
Primary metal manufacturing 81.2 75.7 77.1 1.4 -4.1
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 75.7E 74.5E 74.3E -0.2 -1.4
Machinery manufacturing 75.0E 75.7E 79.3E 3.6 4.3
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 79.8 77.7E 72.3E -5.4 -7.5
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 77.9 83.7E 88.1E 4.4 10.2
Transportation equipment manufacturing 66.4 78.4 65.6E -12.8 -0.8
Furniture and related product manufacturing 77.9E 85.4E 85.6E 0.2 7.7
Miscellaneous manufacturing 71.7 77.7E 80.6E 2.9 8.9
r
revised
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
Note(s):
Data in this table are not seasonally adjusted.
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