Table 1 
Industrial capacity utilization rates 

Industrial capacity utilization rates
  First quarter 2022 Fourth quarter 20221 First quarter 2023 Fourth quarter 2022 to first quarter 2023 First quarter 2022 to first quarter 2023
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Total industrial 81.5 81.8 81.9 0.1 0.4
Forestry and logging 76.5 77.7 76.1 -1.6 -0.4
Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction 78.1 80.4 79.5 -0.9 1.4
Oil and gas extraction 79.7 80.7 80.4 -0.3 0.7
Mining and quarrying 74.7 79.7 77.6 -2.1 2.9
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 83.2 83.5 83.4 -0.1 0.2
Construction 92.2 90.5 90.2 -0.3 -2.0
Manufacturing 77.0 77.1 78.1 1.0 1.1
Food 79.5 79.5 80.3 0.8 0.8
Beverage and tobacco products 75.0 71.7 73.6 1.9 -1.4
Beverage 75.0 76.3 76.6 0.3 1.6
Tobacco 74.8 57.8 63.1 5.3 -11.7
Textiles 75.8 76.0 76.2 0.2 0.4
Textile mills 78.9 80.9 80.3 -0.6 1.4
Textile product mills 72.5 71.1 72.1 1.0 -0.4
Clothing 76.4 78.9 84.0 5.1 7.6
Leather and allied products 79.9 77.9 82.3 4.4 2.4
Wood products 82.1 78.7 77.1 -1.6 -5.0
Paper 83.9 83.4 82.6 -0.8 -1.3
Printing and related support activities 74.3 76.5 79.1 2.6 4.8
Petroleum and coal products 88.9 83.8 86.8 3.0 -2.1
Chemical products 78.4 74.7 75.5 0.8 -2.9
Plastics and rubber products 75.1 69.3 68.3 -1.0 -6.8
Plastic products 74.9 68.6 68.0 -0.6 -6.9
Rubber products 75.9 72.6 69.5 -3.1 -6.4
Non-metallic mineral products 74.0 71.2 70.9 -0.3 -3.1
Primary metal 73.8 73.3 75.1 1.8 1.3
Fabricated metal products 74.8 76.3 78.3 2.0 3.5
Machinery 76.8 80.1 81.0 0.9 4.2
Computer and electronic products 77.8 77.9 77.0 -0.9 -0.8
Electrical equipment, appliances and components 80.4 85.0 87.1 2.1 6.7
Transportation equipment 68.4 77.0 80.7 3.7 12.3
Furniture and related products 83.3 82.1 80.3 -1.8 -3.0
Miscellaneous manufacturing 78.9 76.2 75.5 -0.7 -3.4
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