Table 5 
Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted  

Manufacturing capacity utilization rates by industry – Unadjusted
  August
2024
July
2025r
August
2025p
July to August 2025 August 2024 to August 2025
  %%% percentage point changepercentage point change
Manufacturing 79.1 77.2 78.6E 1.4 -0.5
Non-durable goods industries 80.8 78.2E 80.0E 1.8 -0.8
Food manufacturing 80.7E 78.1E 77.8E -0.3 -2.9
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 78.4 73.5 76.8 3.3 -1.6
Beverage manufacturing 83.5 81.6E 83.4E 1.8 -0.1
Tobacco manufacturing 49.2 37.0 39.0 2.0 -10.2
Textile mills 73.2 75.2 69.5 -5.7 -3.7
Textile product mills 68.1E F 59.8E F -8.3
Apparel manufacturing 76.4E 78.0E 73.4E -4.6 -3.0
Leather and allied product manufacturing 70.0 79.0 81.3E 2.3 11.3
Paper manufacturing 86.3 70.2E 80.9E 10.7 -5.4
Printing and related support activities 75.7E 73.7E 78.5E 4.8 2.8
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 91.3 94.1 90.5 -3.6 -0.8
Chemical manufacturing 73.4 69.6E 76.3E 6.7 2.9
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 72.5E 72.7 76.5E 3.8 4.0
Plastic product manufacturing 71.7E 73.3E 75.9E 2.6 4.2
Rubber product manufacturing 77.1 69.3 79.6E 10.3 2.5
Durable goods industries 77.4 76.2 77.3E 1.1 -0.1
Wood product manufacturing 71.5E 72.1E 73.6E 1.5 2.1
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 77.3E 74.6E 77.7E 3.1 0.4
Primary metal manufacturing 74.6 74.1 73.7 -0.4 -0.9
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 75.1E 73.1E 74.3E 1.2 -0.8
Machinery manufacturing 78.0E 77.1E 74.2E -2.9 -3.8
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 80.2 83.4E 82.5E -0.9 2.3
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 74.6E 77.6 74.6 -3.0 0.0
Transportation equipment manufacturing 82.4 79.4 83.1E 3.7 0.7
Furniture and related product manufacturing 74.4E 71.5E 77.8E 6.3 3.4
Miscellaneous manufacturing 73.7E 79.1E 78.6E -0.5 4.9
r
revised
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s):
Data in this table are not seasonally adjusted.
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