The decrease in capacity utilisation in industry in the third quarter led to a decrease in the level of utilisation, which amounted to 90.0 percent in seasonally adjusted figures.

On an annual basis, capacity utilisation decreased by 0.3 percentage points compared with the third quarter of 2022 and amounted to 89.8 percent in calendar adjusted figures.

The figures for the third quarter of 2023 are preliminary. Since the previous publication capacity utilisation in the second quarter of 2023 compared with the first quarter of 2023 has been revised downwards by 0.7 percentage points, to a utilisation rate of 90.5 percent in seasonally adjusted figures.

Capacity utilisation in the second quarter of 2023 compared with the corresponding quarter a year ago has been revised downwards by 0.6 percentage points to a utilisation rate of 91.0 percent in calendar adjusted figures.

Statistics under development

When businesses have below 100% in capacity utilization, they can indicate the main reason for the lower capacity utilization. The proportion who responded to each reason is distributed as follows

Other information

Outdated tables

The table "Industrial capacity utilisation, actual utilisation by industrial classification SNI2007 (aggregates). Quarter 1990K1 - 2023K1" is no longer updated as of 2023-08-18. The reason for this is a reduced sample as a result of the increased use of VAT data for industry turnover. Consequently, since then, the industry's capacity utilization has only been presented for the total industrial sector (B+C).

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.

2024-02-20 at 08:00.