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Industrial capacity utilisation, fourth quarter 2017:

Capacity utilisation in industry decreased. Corrected 2018-02-14

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2018-02-14 9.30

Capacity utilisation in industry decreased by 0.3 percentage points in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared with the third quarter of 2017 in seasonally adjusted figures.

The decreased capacity utilisation in industry meant that the level of utilisation decreased to 90.6 percent in seasonally adjusted figures.

On an annual basis, capacity utilisation increased by 1.6 percentage points compared with the fourth quarter of 2016 and showed a 90.4 percent level of utilisation in calendar adjusted figures.

The figures for the fourth quarter of 2017 are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the capacity utilisation for the third quarter of 2017 compared with the second quarter of 2017 remains unchanged. The change in capacity utilisation in the third quarter of 2017 compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous year has been revised upwards by 0.2 percentage points to an increase of 2.6 percentage points.

Capacity utilisation in industry, seasonally adjusted figures
Industrial capacity utilization, 4th quarter 2017

Capacity utilisation in industry, percent
NACE 2007INDUSTRY TITLESeasonally adjusted figures
  20162017Q4 2017-Q3 2017[1]Q4 2017-Q4 2016[2]
  Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4  
B+C
Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry
89.1 90.2 90.7 90.9 90.6 ‑0.3 1.6
-
Intermediate goods industry
90.7 92.6 92.0 93.0 91.8 ‑1.2 1.1
-
Capital goods industry
90.2 91.4 92.2 93.0 92.9 ‑0.1 2.8
-
Non-durable consumer goods industry
81.8 82.3 84.1 83.4 84.8 1.4 3.0
-
Durable consumer goods industry
87.5 89.9 89.9 90.1 91.9 1.8 4.5
B
Mines and quarries
94.5 97.1 94.8 94.4 95.3 0.9 0.3
C
Manufacturing industry
89.0 90.0 90.6 90.8 90.4 ‑0.4 1.5
20-21
Industry for chemicals and pharmaceutical products
79.3 79.0 78.7 78.6 79.1 0.5 ‑0.1
24
Industry for basic metals
93.9 94.8 95.1 95.8 96.5 0.7 2.6
26
Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
87.1 83.0 87.0 83.5 83.4 ‑0.1 ‑3.4
28
Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c.
90.4 92.4 92.9 95.6 95.7 0.1 5.4
29
Industry for motor vehicles
92.9 92.7 92.6 94.4 94.6 0.2 1.6

Industrial capacity utilization, 4th quarter 2017

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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2018-05-16 at 09:30.

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