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Industrial capacity utilisation, 1st quarter 2019

Capacity utilisation in industry increased

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2019-05-22 9.30

Capacity utilisation in industry increased by 0.5 percentage points in the first quarter of 2019 compared with the fourth quarter of 2018 in seasonally adjusted figures.

This increased capacity utilisation in industry meant that the level of utilisation amounted to 91.0 percent in seasonally adjusted figures.

On an annual basis, capacity utilisation increased by 0.8 percentage points compared with the first quarter of 2018 and amounted to 91.0 percent in calendar adjusted figures.

The figures for the first quarter of 2019 are preliminary. Since the previous publication, capacity utilisation in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared with the third quarter of 2018 has been revised by 0.1 percentage points to 90.5 percent. The change in capacity utilisation in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year remains unchanged.

Capacity utilisation in industry, seasonally adjusted figures
Industrial capacity utilisation, 1st quarter 2019

Data up to and including 1st quarter 2019. Source: Statistics Sweden

Capacity utilisation in industry, percent

NACE 2007

INDUSTRY TITLE

Seasonally adjusted figures

   

2018

2019 Q1 2019-Q4 2018[1] Q1 2019-Q1 2018[2]
    Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1    
B+C
Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry
90.2 90.8 91.0 90.5 91.0 0.5 0.8
-
Intermediate goods industry
90.9 90.4 90.3 90.6 90.3 ‑0.3 ‑0.6
-
Capital goods industry
92.4 93.3 94.1 93.5 95.2 1.7 2.8
-
Non-durable consumer goods industry
85.8 85.8 86.1 86.1 86.6 0.5 0.8
-
Durable consumer goods industry
91.3 92.3 92.6 88.4 93.5 5.1 2.2
B
Mines and quarries
95.2 90.3 93.0 92.1 91.1 ‑1.0 ‑4.3
C
Manufacturing industry
90.2 90.8 91.0 90.5 91.0 0.5 0.8
20-21
Industry for chemicals and pharmaceutical products
80.4 80.1 79.7 77.6 77.8 0.2 ‑2.6
24
Industry for basic metals
94.2 93.7 94.2 95.0 94.0 ‑1.0 ‑0.2
26
Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
78.7 85.1 85.4 85.5 89.4 3.9 10.8
28
Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c.
93.4 92.3 92.4 92.7 94.0 1.3 0.4
29
Industry for motor vehicles
93.8 95.1 97.6 95.2 98.7 3.5 4.9

1) Calendar and seasonally adjusted figures 2) Calendar adjusted figures

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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2019-08-22 at 09:30.

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