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Industrial capacity utilisation, 4th quarter 2018

Capacity utilisation in industry decreased

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2019-02-20 9.30

Capacity utilisation in industry decreased by 0.6 percentage points in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared with the third quarter of 2018 in seasonally adjusted figures.

This decreased capacity utilisation in industry meant that the level of utilisation decreased to 90.4 percent in seasonally adjusted figures.

On an annual basis, capacity utilisation decreased by 0.5 percentage points compared with the fourth quarter of 2017 and was 90.4 percent in calendar adjusted figures.

The figures for the fourth quarter of 2018 are preliminary. The change in capacity utilisation in the third quarter of 2018 compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous year has been revised upwards by 0.1 percentage points to an increase of 0.1 percentage points.

Capacity utilisation in industry, seasonally adjusted figures
Industrial capacity utilization, 4th quarter 2017

Capacity utilisation in industry, percent
NACE 2007INDUSTRY TITLESeasonally adjusted figures
  20172018Q4 2018-Q3 2018[1]Q4 2018-Q4 2017[2]
  Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4  
B+C
Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry
91.1 90.3 90.8 91.0 90.4 ‑0.6 ‑0.5
-
Intermediate goods industry
92.0 90.8 90.3 90.3 90.5 0.2 ‑1.6
-
Capital goods industry
93.5 92.4 93.4 94.1 93.3 ‑0.8 ‑0.1
-
Non-durable consumer goods industry
85.9 86.3 85.6 85.7 86.3 0.6 0.4
-
Durable consumer goods industry
92.2 91.5 92.2 92.1 89.6 ‑2.5 ‑2.6
B
Mines and quarries
95.8 95.1 90.2 93.0 91.4 ‑1.6 ‑4.8
C
Manufacturing industry
90.9 90.2 90.8 91.0 90.4 ‑0.6 ‑0.5
20-21
Industry for chemicals and pharmaceutical products
80.0 80.3 80.0 79.7 78.1 ‑1.6 ‑1.8
24
Industry for basic metals
95.6 94.1 93.6 94.3 95.0 0.7 ‑0.7
26
Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
83.2 78.8 85.5 85.2 85.3 0.1 2.2
28
Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c.
96.2 93.5 92.6 92.4 92.3 ‑0.1 ‑3.7
29
Industry for motor vehicles
94.4 93.9 95.1 97.6 95.2 ‑2.4 0.7

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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2019-05-22 at 09:30.

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