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Industrial capacity utilisation, second quarter 2018:

Capacity utilisation in industry increased

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2018-08-20 9.30

Capacity utilisation in industry increased by 0.6 percentage points in the second quarter of 2018 compared with the first quarter of 2018 in seasonally adjusted figures.

This increased capacity utilisation in industry meant that the level of utilisation increased to 90.9 percent in seasonally adjusted figures.

On an annual basis, capacity utilisation increased by 0.1 percentage points compared with the second quarter of 2017 and was 91.2 percent in calendar adjusted figures.

The figures for the second quarter of 2018 are preliminary. Since the previous publication, capacity utilisation for the first quarter of 2018 compared with the fourth quarter of 2017 has been revised downwards by 0.3 percentage points to 90.3 percent. The change in capacity utilisation in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous year has been revised downwards by 0.3 percentage points to an increase of 0.1 percentage points.

Capacity utilisation in industry, seasonally adjusted figures
Industrial capacity utilisation, 2nd quarter 2018

Capacity utilisation in industry, percent
NACE 2007INDUSTRY TITLESeasonally adjusted figures
  20172018Q2 2018-
Q2 2017
[1]
Q2 2018-
Q2 2017
[2]
  Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2  
B+C
Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry
90.7 91.0 91.0 90.3 90.9 0.6 0.1
-
Intermediate goods industry
92.1 93.0 92.0 90.8 90.1 ‑0.7 ‑2.1
-
Capital goods industry
92.0 93.2 93.4 92.4 93.2 0.8 1.1
-
Non-durable consumer goods industry
83.9 83.2 86.1 86.5 86.4 ‑0.1 2.6
-
Durable consumer goods industry
89.8 90.0 91.8 91.4 92.3 0.9 2.5
B
Mines and quarries
95.3 94.4 95.6 95.1 90.1 ‑5.0 ‑4.7
C
Manufacturing industry
90.6 91.0 90.8 90.2 90.8 0.6 0.2
20-21
Industry for chemicals and pharmaceutical products
78.7 78.7 79.8 80.3 79.9 ‑0.4 1.1
24
Industry for basic metals
95.3 95.6 95.7 94.1 93.4 ‑0.7 ‑2.0
26
Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
86.5 83.3 83.2 78.9 85.4 6.5 ‑1.3
28
Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c.
93.3 95.7 96.2 93.6 93.1 ‑0.5 ‑0.4
29
Industry for motor vehicles
92.4 94.5 94.4 93.9 94.8 0.9 2.3

Revisions

When capacity utilisation for a new quarter is published, the percentage figure for the previous quarter is also revised. The material for the previous quarter is normally revised. This is mainly due to receipt of new and revised information.

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2018-11-14 at 09:30.

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