Industrial capacity utilisation, first quarter 2021
Capacity utilisation in industry increased
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2021-05-21 9.30
Capacity utilisation in industry increased by 1.4 percentage points in the first quarter of 2021 compared with the fourth quarter of 2020 in seasonally adjusted figures.
The increase in capacity utilisation in industry in the first quarter meant that the level of utilisation was 89.4 percent in seasonally adjusted figures. This shows that capacity utilisation in industry has recovered from the low level in the second quarter of 2020 and is now roughly at the same level as in the fourth quarter of 2019.
On an annual basis, capacity utilisation increased by 0.5 percentage points compared with the first quarter of 2020 and was 89.5 percent in calendar adjusted figures.
The figures for the first quarter of 2021 are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the change in capacity utilisation in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared with the third quarter of 2020 has been revised upwards by 0.2 percentage points, to a level of utilisation of 88.0 percent in seasonally adjusted figures.
The change in capacity utilisation in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared with the corresponding quarter a year ago decreased by 0.1 percentage points to a level of utilisation of 87.8 percent in calendar adjusted figures.
Source: Statistics Sweden
| NACE 2007 | INDUSTRY TITLE | Seasonally adjusted figures | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 | Q1 2021-Q4 2020[1] | Q1 2021-Q1 2020[2] | ||||||
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | |||||
| B+C | Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry | 89.0 | 82.4 | 86.1 | 88.0 | 89.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | |
| - | Intermediate goods industry | 90.8 | 85.9 | 88.2 | 90.0 | 91.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | |
| - | Capital goods industry | 88.8 | 77.2 | 85.8 | 89.0 | 91.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | |
| - | Non-durable consumer goods industry | 86.9 | 83.9 | 84.8 | 84.7 | 84.7 | 0.0 | ‑2.2 | |
| - | Durable consumer goods industry | 84.8 | 84.5 | 84.6 | 87.5 | 88.2 | 0.7 | 3.4 | |
| B | Mines and quarries | 96.3 | 93.2 | 95.5 | 95.3 | 98.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | |
| C | Manufacturing industry | 88.7 | 82.1 | 85.9 | 87.8 | 89.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 | |
| 20-21 | Industry for chemicals and pharmaceutical products | 84.8 | 79.4 | 80.2 | 81.7 | 82.7 | 1.0 | ‑2.1 | |
| 24 | Industry for basic metals | 93.7 | 88.2 | 90.1 | 93.1 | 94.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | |
| 26 | Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products | 90.9 | 90.4 | 91.2 | 91.3 | 91.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | |
| 28 | Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. | 88.8 | 81.9 | 85.5 | 89.0 | 90.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | |
| 29 | Industry for motor vehicles | 87.9 | 61.9 | 83.6 | 87.5 | 91.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | |
1) Calendar and seasonally adjusted figures 2) Calendar adjusted figures
Revisions
When capacity utilisation for a new quarter is published, the percentages for the previous quarter are also revised. Normally, the figures for the previous quarter are revised mainly due to new and revised information.
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