Table 5 
Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted  

Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted
  December
2021
November
2022r
December
2022p
November to December 2022 December 2021 to December 2022
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Manufacturing 75.6 79.0 75.9 -3.1 0.3
Non-durable goods industries 78.1 78.9 76.6 -2.3 -1.5
Food manufacturing 78.1E 80.0E 77.5E -2.5 -0.6
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 75.5 75.5 70.1 -5.4 -5.4
Beverage manufacturing 74.9E 78.4 72.3E -6.1 -2.6
Tobacco manufacturing 83.6 61.0 57.7 -3.3 -25.9
Textile mills 78.2 81.1 79.7 -1.4 1.5
Textile product mills 66.3 77.2E 67.6E -9.6 1.3
Clothing manufacturing 62.7E 82.6E 77.9E -4.7 15.2
Leather and allied product manufacturing 71.8E 77.7 78.0E 0.3 6.2
Paper manufacturing 81.2 84.0 80.4 -3.6 -0.8
Printing and related support activities 75.2E 80.3E 73.2E -7.1 -2.0
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 88.1 82.3 84.5 2.2 -3.6
Chemical manufacturing 76.9 75.2 72.8E -2.4 -4.1
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 64.6E 70.2E 61.6E -8.6 -3.0
Plastic product manufacturing 64.1E 69.4E 60.0E -9.4 -4.1
Rubber product manufacturing 67.9 75.7 71.3 -4.4 3.4
Durable goods industries 73.2 79.2 75.2 -4.0 2.0
Wood product manufacturing 74.3 80.8 69.5E -11.3 -4.8
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 72.4E 76.0E 64.1E -11.9 -8.3
Primary metal manufacturing 74.0 74.0 73.8 -0.2 -0.2
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 69.0E 79.8E 74.4E -5.4 5.4
Machinery manufacturing 75.7E 81.3E 79.1E -2.2 3.4
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 79.2 77.1 76.3E -0.8 -2.9
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 75.7 86.0E 84.2E -1.8 8.5
Transportation equipment manufacturing 70.4 80.5 77.7 -2.8 7.3
Furniture and related product manufacturing 77.8E 84.3E 77.1E -7.2 -0.7
Miscellaneous manufacturing 79.5 78.7E 71.4E -7.3 -8.1
r
revised
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
Note(s):
Data in this table are not seasonally adjusted.
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