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Industrial capacity utilisation, 2nd quarter 2019

Capacity utilisation in industry unchanged

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2019-08-29 9.30

Capacity utilisation in industry remained unchanged in the second quarter of 2019 compared with the first quarter of 2019 in seasonally adjusted figures.

The level of utilisation, seasonally adjusted, amounted to 90.8 percent, unchanged from the previous quarter.

On an annual basis, capacity utilisation remained unchanged compared with the second quarter of 2018, and amounted to 91.1 percent in calendar adjusted figures.

The figures for the second quarter of 2019 are preliminary. Since the previous publication, capacity utilisation in the first quarter of 2019 compared with the fourth quarter of 2018 has been revised downwards by 0.2 percentage points, to 90.8 percent in seasonally adjusted figures.

The change in capacity utilisation in the first quarter of 2019 compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous year has been revised downwards by 0.2 percentage points to 90.8 percent in calendar adjusted figures.

Capacity utilisation in industry, seasonally adjusted figures
Industrial capacity utilisation, 2nd quarter 2019

Data up to and including 2nd quarter 2019. Source: Statistics Sweden

Capacity utilisation in industry, percent
NACE 2007INDUSTRY TITLESeasonally adjusted figures
  20182019Q2 2019–
Q1 2019
[1]
Q2 2019–
Q2 2018
[2]
  Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2  
B+C
Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry
90.8 91.0 90.5 90.8 90.8 0.0 0.0
-
Intermediate goods industry
90.4 90.3 90.6 90.1 90.8 0.7 0.4
-
Capital goods industry
93.3 94.2 93.4 95.2 94.7 ‑0.5 1.1
-
Non-durable consumer goods industry
85.8 86.0 86.0 86.4 85.6 ‑0.8 ‑0.2
-
Durable consumer goods industry
92.2 92.3 89.0 92.2 88.9 ‑3.3 ‑3.4
B
Mines and quarries
90.2 93.0 92.1 91.2 94.1 2.9 4.4
C
Manufacturing industry
90.8 91.0 90.4 90.9 90.7 ‑0.2 ‑0.2
20–21
Industry for chemicals and pharmaceutical products
80.1 79.7 77.5 78.6 77.9 ‑0.7 ‑2.2
24
Industry for basic metals
93.8 94.4 95.0 93.6 92.0 ‑1.6 ‑1.9
26
Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
85.1 85.2 85.5 89.2 90.7 1.5 5.4
28
Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c.
92.4 92.5 92.8 94.0 94.1 0.1 1.6
29
Industry for motor vehicles
95.1 97.5 95.2 98.7 96.9 ‑1.8 1.7

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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2019-11-20 at 09:30.

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