Industrial capacity utilisation, fourth quarter 2020
Capacity utilisation in industry increased
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2021-02-19 9.30
Capacity utilisation in industry increased by 1.7 percentage points in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared with the third quarter of 2020 in seasonally adjusted figures.
Following this increase in capacity utilisation in industry, the level of utilisation was 87.9 percent in seasonally adjusted figures. This indicates that capacity utilisation in industry is still recovering from the low level in the second quarter of 2020.
On an annual basis, capacity utilisation decreased by 1.4 percentage points compared with the fourth quarter of 2019 and was 87.9 percent in calendar adjusted figures.
The figures for the fourth quarter of 2020 are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the change in capacity utilisation in the third quarter of 2020 compared with the second quarter of 2020 has been revised downwards by 0.6 percentage points, to a level of utilisation of 86.2 percent in seasonally adjusted figures.
The change in capacity utilisation in the third quarter of 2020 compared with the corresponding quarter a year ago decreased by 0.7 percentage points to a level of utilisation of 86.1 percent in calendar adjusted figures.
Source: Statistics Sweden
| NACE 2007 | INDUSTRY TITLE | Seasonally adjusted figures | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | Q4 2020-Q3 2020[1] | Q4 2020-Q4 2019[2] | ||||||
| Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |||||
| B+C | Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry | 89.4 | 89.1 | 82.4 | 86.2 | 87.9 | 1.7 | ‑1.4 | |
| - | Intermediate goods industry | 90.5 | 90.9 | 85.9 | 88.2 | 89.5 | 1.3 | ‑1.0 | |
| - | Capital goods industry | 92.8 | 88.9 | 77.2 | 85.8 | 89.2 | 3.4 | ‑3.6 | |
| - | Non-durable consumer goods industry | 86.6 | 86.8 | 83.5 | 85.2 | 86.0 | 0.8 | ‑0.6 | |
| - | Durable consumer goods industry | 92.5 | 84.9 | 84.6 | 84.6 | 87.7 | 3.1 | ‑4.6 | |
| B | Mines and quarries | 96.2 | 97.2 | 92.8 | 95.2 | 94.9 | ‑0.3 | ‑1.5 | |
| C | Manufacturing industry | 89.2 | 88.8 | 82.1 | 85.9 | 87.7 | 1.8 | ‑1.4 | |
| 20-21 | Industry for chemicals and pharmaceutical products | 84.9 | 84.9 | 79.3 | 80.0 | 80.1 | 0.1 | ‑4.9 | |
| 24 | Industry for basic metals | 90.5 | 93.7 | 88.2 | 90.1 | 93.0 | 2.9 | 2.4 | |
| 26 | Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products | 90.1 | 91.0 | 90.3 | 91.2 | 91.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 | |
| 28 | Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. | 92.2 | 88.8 | 82.0 | 85.5 | 89.0 | 3.5 | ‑3.2 | |
| 29 | Industry for motor vehicles | 93.9 | 88.2 | 61.8 | 83.5 | 87.2 | 3.7 | ‑6.8 | |
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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