Table 5 
Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted  

Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted
  April
2022
March
2023r
April
2023p
March to April 2023 April 2022 to April 2023
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Manufacturing 79.0 80.9 77.4 -3.5 -1.6
Non-durable goods industries 80.3 80.0 77.5 -2.5 -2.8
Food manufacturing 78.8E 79.1E 78.5E -0.6 -0.3
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 76.3 73.3 71.3 -2.0 -5.0
Beverage manufacturing 77.4 75.3 73.6 -1.7 -3.8
Tobacco manufacturing 70.8 64.0 60.1 -3.9 -10.7
Textile mills 80.4 86.9 82.0E -4.9 1.6
Textile product mills 76.8 77.6E 68.1E -9.5 -8.7
Apparel manufacturing 73.1E 82.1E 88.6E 6.5 15.5
Leather and allied product manufacturing 74.5 78.7 78.9 0.2 4.4
Paper manufacturing 84.1 84.8 82.2E -2.6 -1.9
Printing and related support activities 74.3E 79.2E 70.7E -8.5 -3.6
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 85.8 87.5 84.7 -2.8 -1.1
Chemical manufacturing 79.7E 78.9 73.1E -5.8 -6.6
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 73.4E 68.8E 67.0E -1.8 -6.4
Plastic product manufacturing 73.3E 69.2E 66.9E -2.3 -6.4
Rubber product manufacturing 74.6 66.2E 67.7E 1.5 -6.9
Durable goods industries 77.7 81.8 77.3 -4.5 -0.4
Wood product manufacturing 83.4 79.8 77.1 -2.7 -6.3
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 73.5E 67.0E 68.4E 1.4 -5.1
Primary metal manufacturing 75.6 77.0 72.5 -4.5 -3.1
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 74.3E 80.2E 74.0E -6.2 -0.3
Machinery manufacturing 77.0E 82.4E 79.5E -2.9 2.5
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 78.1E 84.9 77.2E -7.7 -0.9
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 84.1E 85.5 83.6E -1.9 -0.5
Transportation equipment manufacturing 77.4 87.3 81.4 -5.9 4.0
Furniture and related product manufacturing 84.2E 82.7E 78.3E -4.4 -5.9
Miscellaneous manufacturing 78.5E 79.0E 76.9E -2.1 -1.6
r
revised
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
Note(s):
Data in this table are not seasonally adjusted.
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