Seasonally adjusted manufacturing industry capacity utilisation rate decreased by 0.1 points on a monthly basis to 75.5 percent in February, according to the Central Bank data.
The capacity utilisation rate;
- rose by 0.5 points to 71.6 percent from 71.1 percent in consumer goods,
- rose by 3.0 points to 76.8 percent from 73.8 percent in durable consumer goods,
- unchanged in non-durable consumer goods at 70.6 percent,
- rose by 0.3 points to 78.1 percent from 77.8 percent in intermediate goods over the same period,
- unchanged in investment goods at 74.6 percent.
The Capacity Utilization Rate of Manufacturing Industry statistics compiled as part of the Business Tendency Statistics intends to monitor actually realized capacity utilization rates as per the physical capacities of establishments in the manufacturing industry.