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Industrial capacity utilisation, third quarter 2020

Capacity utilisation in industry increased

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2020-11-20 9.30

Capacity utilisation in industry increased by 4.4 percentage points in the third quarter of 2020 compared with the second quarter of 2020 in seasonally adjusted figures.

Following this increase in capacity utilisation in industry, the level of utilisation was 86.8 percent in seasonally adjusted figures. This indicates that capacity utilisation in industry has recovered somewhat from the low level in the second quarter of 2020.

On an annual basis, capacity utilisation decreased by 4.4 percentage points compared with the third quarter of 2019 and was 86.8 percent in calendar adjusted figures.

The figures for the third quarter of 2020 are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the change in capacity utilisation in the second quarter of 2020 compared with the first quarter of 2020 has been revised downwards by 0.4 percentage points, to a level of utilisation of 82.4 percent in seasonally adjusted figures.

The change in capacity utilisation in the second quarter of 2020 compared with the corresponding quarter a year ago decreased by 0.4 percentage points to a level of utilisation of 82.6 percent in calendar adjusted figures.

Capacity utilisation in industry, seasonally adjusted figures
Industrial capacity utilisation, 3rd quarter 2020

Source: Statistics Sweden

Capacity utilisation in industry, percent
NACE 2007 INDUSTRY TITLE Seasonally adjusted figures
    2019 2020 Q3 2020-Q2 2020[1] Q3 2020-Q3 2019[2]
    Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3    
B+C Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry 91.3 89.4 89.1 82.4 86.8 4.4 ‑4.4
- Intermediate goods industry 91.4 90.6 90.9 85.9 88.2 2.3 ‑3.1
- Capital goods industry 94.6 92.7 88.9 77.1 86.9 9.8 ‑7.7
- Non-durable consumer goods industry 87.6 86.6 86.9 83.6 87.6 4.0 0.2
- Durable consumer goods industry 93.2 92.9 85.0 84.3 83.1 ‑1.2 ‑10.3
B Mines and quarries 97.4 96.2 97.2 92.8 94.8 2.0 ‑2.6
C Manufacturing industry 91.1 89.3 88.9 82.1 86.6 4.5 ‑4.5
20-21 Industry for chemicals and pharmaceutical products 84.6 85.0 85.0 79.3 86.8 7.5 2.4
24 Industry for basic metals 93.8 91.0 93.9 88.0 89.9 1.9 ‑3.6
26 Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 91.1 90.1 91.0 90.4 92.2 1.8 1.1
28 Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. 94.4 92.4 89.1 82.0 86.5 4.5 ‑7.9
29 Industry for motor vehicles 96.9 94.2 88.0 61.9 83.3 21.4 ‑13.6

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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2021-02-19 at 09:30.

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