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Industrial capacity utilisation, 2nd quarter 2020

Capacity utilisation in industry decreased

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2020-08-21 9.30

Capacity utilisation in industry decreased by 6.3 percentage points in the second quarter of 2020 compared with the first quarter of 2020 in seasonally adjusted figures.

This decrease in capacity utilisation in industry means that the level of utilisation amounted to 82.8 percent in seasonally adjusted figures, the lowest level since 2009.

On an annual basis, capacity utilisation decreased by 8.1 percentage points compared with the second quarter of 2019 and amounted to 83.0 percent in calendar adjusted figures.

The figures for the second quarter of 2020 are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the change in capacity utilisation in the first quarter of 2020 compared with the fourth quarter of 2019 has been revised downwards by 0.1 percentage point, to 89.1 percent in seasonally adjusted figures.

The change in capacity utilisation in the first quarter of 2020 compared with the corresponding quarter a year ago decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 89.0 percent in calendar adjusted figures.

Capacity utilisation in industry, seasonally adjusted figures

Capacity utilisation in industry

Source: Statistics Sweden

Capacity utilisation in industry, percent
NACE 2007INDUSTRY TITLESeasonally adjusted figures
  20192020Q2 2020-Q1 2020[1]Q2 2020-Q2 2019[2]
  Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2  
B+C
Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry
90.8 91.3 89.4 89.1 82.8 ‑6.3 ‑8.1
-
Intermediate goods industry
90.8 91.3 90.5 91.0 86.1 ‑4.9 ‑4.7
-
Capital goods industry
94.7 94.6 92.6 89.0 77.1 ‑11.9 ‑17.7
-
Non-durable consumer goods industry
85.8 87.6 86.5 86.7 86.0 ‑0.7 0.1
-
Durable consumer goods industry
90.7 93.1 92.8 85.1 84.9 ‑0.2 ‑5.9
B
Mines and quarries
95.6 97.4 96.1 97.0 93.0 ‑4.0 ‑2.0
C
Manufacturing industry
90.7 91.1 89.2 88.9 82.6 ‑6.3 ‑8.3
20-21
Industry for chemicals and pharmaceutical products
78.3 84.7 84.9 84.9 84.3 ‑0.6 6.0
24
Industry for basic metals
92.5 94.0 91.0 93.8 87.9 ‑5.9 ‑4.8
26
Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
90.6 91.2 90.1 91.0 90.5 ‑0.5 ‑0.6
28
Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c.
94.6 95.1 92.4 88.1 82.4 ‑5.7 ‑12.4
29
Industry for motor vehicles
97.0 96.8 94.2 88.0 61.9 ‑26.1 ‑35.0

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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2020-11-20 at 09:30.

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