Unchanged capacity utilisation

Capacity utilisation in industry was unchanged at 88.2 percent, in seasonally adjusted figures, during the second quarter compared to the first quarter.

The industry sub-sectors showed a mixed development during the second quarter compared to the first quarter. Capacity utilisation within the motor vehicle industry increased by 1.9 percentage points to 91.5 percent, while the machinery industry decreased by 1.1 percentage points to 89.7.

On an annual basis capacity utilisation in total decreased. Compared to the second quarter of last year, capacity utilisation decreased by 0.3 percentage points to 88.8 percent, in working day adjusted figures.

Capacity utilisation in industry, seasonally adjusted figures

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Capacity utilisation in industry, percent

NACE 2007	INDUSTRY TITLE	Seasonally adjusted figures
		2011			2012
		Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q2‑Q1 2012 ^[1]	Q2 2012‑ Q2 2011 ^[2]
B+C	Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry	88.5	88.7	87.6	88.2	88.2	0.0	‑0.3
-	Intermediate goods industry	89.0	88.5	87.1	88.1	87.7	‑0.4	‑1.3
-	Capital goods industry	89.2	90.6	89.7	89.7	89.8	0.1	0.6
-	Non-durable consumer goods industry	84.7	84.8	84.6	84.2	84.2	0.0	‑0.4
-	Durable consumer goods industry	89.4	88.3	87.6	88.5	90.4	1.9	0.9
B	Mines and quarries	89.9	94.5	94.9	94.6	89.6	‑5.0	‑0.3
C	Manufacturing industry	88.5	88.6	87.5	88.1	88.2	0.1	‑0.3
20-21	Industry for chemicals and pharmaceutical products	84.4	83.4	83.5	84.3	84.3	0.0	‑0.1
24	Industry for basic metals	91.5	90.7	87.3	90.3	90.0	‑0.3	‑1.6
26	Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	89.9	89.0	85.3	85.3	85.3	0.0	‑4.6
28	Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c.	92.3	92.8	91.3	90.8	89.7	‑1.1	‑2.5
29	Industry for motor vehicles	86.6	88.9	89.0	89.6	91.5	1.9	4.9

1) Working day and seasonally adjusted figures
2) Working day adjusted figures

Definitions and explanations

Percentage change
All comparisons between successive periods are based on seasonally adjusted percentages. Comparisons between the current period and the corresponding period of the previous year are based on working day adjusted percentages.

Revisions
When capacity utilisation for a new quarter is published, the percentage for the previous quarter is also revised. The material is normally revised for four quarter retroactively. This is mainly due to new and revised information having been received.

Seasonal adjustment
For industrial capacity utilisation the seasonal adjustment of each series is done separately by the program TRAMO-SEATS. This method was implemented in 2004 and is one of the methods recommended by Eurostat. An important part of this method is to identify a model for the actual time series for each industry.

From the publication of the results for the fourth quarter 2010, working day adjusted and trend figures are available in the database.

Review of the model
In connection with the publication in February regarding data for the fourth quarter of 2011 was a review of the model done. No models have changed in conjunction with the annual review.

Margin of uncertainty
As of the first quarter of 2011, the margin of uncertainty is published together with the point estimate of industrial capacity utilisation. Point estimates ± the margin of uncertainty correspond to a 95 percent confidence interval and refer to the uncertainty because the statistics are based on a probability sample of objects. The margin of uncertainty is published in the Statistical Database.