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Industrial capacity utilisation, third quarter 2017:

Increased capacity utilisation in industry

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-11-15 9.30

Capacity utilisation in industry increased by 0.2 percentage points in the third quarter of 2017 compared with the second quarter of 2017 in seasonally adjusted figures.

The 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 2.3 percentage points compared with the third quarter of 2016 and showed a 90.8 percent level of utilisation in calendar adjusted figures.

The figures for the third quarter of 2017 are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the capacity utilisation for the second quarter of 2017 compared with the first quarter of 2017 remains unchanged. On an annual basis, capacity utilisation remained unchanged compared with the second quarter of 2016 and showed an 91.0 percent level of utilisation in calendar adjusted figures.

Capacity utilisation in industry, seasonally adjusted figures

Industrial capacity utilization, 3rd quarter 2017

Capacity utilisation in industry, percent
NACE 2007INDUSTRY TITLESeasonally adjusted figures
  20162017Q3
2017-
Q2
2017
[1]
Q3
2017-
Q3
2016
[2]
  Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3  
B+C
Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry
88.6 89.6 90.2 90.7 90.9 0.2 2.3
-
Intermediate goods industry
90.6 91.2 92.3 92.1 92.6 0.5 2.0
-
Capital goods industry
89.9 91.0 91.2 92.2 92.9 0.7 3.1
-
Non-durable consumer goods industry
82.6 82.2 83.1 84.1 84.0 ‑0.1 1.5
-
Durable consumer goods industry
91.4 89.8 92.7 90.2 91.9 1.7 0.5
B
Mines and quarries
96.7 94.5 96.9 94.7 93.4 ‑1.3 ‑3.3
C
Manufacturing industry
88.5 89.5 90.0 90.6 90.9 0.3 2.4
20-21
Industry for chemicals and pharmaceutical products
78.2 79.4 79.0 78.6 78.6 0.0 0.4
24
Industry for basic metals
90.9 94.1 94.9 95.2 95.4 0.2 4.4
26
Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
86.0 87.2 83.0 86.9 83.4 ‑3.5 ‑2.6
28
Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c.
89.4 90.4 91.7 93.0 95.6 2.6 6.2
29
Industry for motor vehicles
91.4 92.9 92.7 92.6 94.3 1.7 2.9

Definitions and explanations

Revisions

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

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2018-02-14 at 09:30.

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