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Industrial capacity utilisation, third quarter 2021

Capacity utilisation in industry decreased

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2021-11-19 9.30

Capacity utilisation in industry decreased by 0.7 percentage points in the third quarter of 2021 compared with the second quarter of 2021 in seasonally adjusted figures.

The decrease in capacity utilisation in industry in the third quarter led to a decrease in the level of utilisation, which amounted to 90.4 percent in seasonally adjusted figures.

On an annual basis, capacity utilisation increased by 4.2 percentage points compared with the third quarter of 2020 and was 90.3 percent in calendar adjusted figures.

The figures for the third quarter of 2021 are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the change in capacity utilisation in the second quarter of 2021 compared with the first quarter of 2021 has been revised downwards by 0.1 percentage point, to a utilisation rate of 91.1 percent in seasonally adjusted figures.

The change in capacity utilisation in the second quarter of 2021 compared with the corresponding quarter a year ago decreased by 0.1 percentage point to a utilisation rate of 91.4 percent in calendar adjusted figures.

Capacity utilisation in industry, seasonally adjusted figures
Industrial capacity utilisation, 3rd quarter 2021

Source: Statistics Sweden

Capacity utilisation in industry, percent
NACE 2007 INDUSTRY TITLE Seasonally adjusted figures
    2020 2021 Q3 2021-Q2 2021[1] Q3 2021-Q3 2020[2]
    Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3    
B+C Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry 86.2 88.0 89.6 91.1 90.4 ‑0.7 4.2
- Intermediate goods industry 88.1 89.9 90.6 91.3 92.1 0.8 4.0
- Capital goods industry 85.9 88.9 91.3 91.2 88.0 ‑3.2 2.0
- Non-durable consumer goods industry 85.1 85.1 86.6 90.9 90.7 ‑0.2 5.6
- Durable consumer goods industry 84.5 87.3 86.8 94.7 94.7 0.0 10.2
B Mines and quarries 95.2 95.0 98.9 91.7 93.7 2.0 ‑1.6
C Manufacturing industry 85.9 87.8 89.4 91.1 90.3 ‑0.8 4.4
20-21 Industry for chemicals and pharmaceutical products 80.2 81.8 91.9 95.2 93.6 ‑1.6 13.5
24 Industry for basic metals 90.0 93.1 94.5 95.3 96.1 0.8 6.0
26 Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 91.2 91.3 91.3 90.9 91.7 0.8 0.6
28 Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. 85.5 89.0 90.5 91.4 91.2 ‑0.2 5.7
29 Industry for motor vehicles 83.4 87.7 91.4 90.1 80.0 ‑10.1 ‑3.5

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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2022-02-21 at 08:00.

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