Table Data - Capacity Utilization: Manufacturing: Nondurable Goods: Chemical (NAICS = 325)

Title Capacity Utilization: Manufacturing: Nondurable Goods: Chemical (NAICS = 325)
Series ID CAPUTLG325A
Source Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)
Release G.17 Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Percent
Date Range 1948-01-01 to 2025-01-01
Last Updated 2026-05-15 8:19 AM CDT
Notes

The Federal Reserve Board constructs estimates of capacity and capacity utilization for industries in manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities. For a given industry, the capacity utilization rate is equal to an output index (seasonally adjusted) divided by a capacity index. The Federal Reserve Board's capacity indexes attempt to capture the concept of sustainable maximum output -- the greatest level of output a plant can maintain within the framework of a realistic work schedule, after factoring in normal downtime and assuming sufficient availability of inputs to operate the capital in place.

The Federal Reserve's monthly index of industrial production and the related capacity indexes and capacity utilization rates cover manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities. The industrial sector, together with construction, accounts for the bulk of the variation in national output over the course of the business cycle. The industrial detail provided by these measures helps illuminate structural developments in the economy. The industrial production (IP) index measures the real output of all relevant establishments located in the United States, regardless of their ownership, but not those located in U.S. territories. For more information, see the explanatory notes issued by the Board of Governors. For recent updates, see the announcements issued by the Board of Governors.

DATE VALUE
1948-01-01 82.1150
1949-01-01 73.3941
1950-01-01 84.7456
1951-01-01 88.2183
1952-01-01 84.5422
1953-01-01 84.1866
1954-01-01 79.5756
1955-01-01 85.9157
1956-01-01 83.5414
1957-01-01 81.1593
1958-01-01 77.3738
1959-01-01 83.6776
1960-01-01 80.9458
1961-01-01 78.5637
1962-01-01 81.1980
1963-01-01 82.5955
1964-01-01 83.6551
1965-01-01 84.9083
1966-01-01 83.3946
1967-01-01 78.8827
1968-01-01 80.1632
1969-01-01 79.1782
1970-01-01 76.2762
1971-01-01 75.5879
1972-01-01 80.3171
1973-01-01 83.8398
1974-01-01 83.8804
1975-01-01 71.7363
1976-01-01 77.8018
1977-01-01 81.2909
1978-01-01 82.5026
1979-01-01 82.9479
1980-01-01 76.6712
1981-01-01 76.0741
1982-01-01 69.2842
1983-01-01 72.9503
1984-01-01 76.0735
1985-01-01 73.5391
1986-01-01 76.1111
1987-01-01 81.2046
1988-01-01 84.6167
1989-01-01 83.4225
1990-01-01 83.0075
1991-01-01 81.2190
1992-01-01 79.7527
1993-01-01 79.1678
1994-01-01 80.6179
1995-01-01 80.8542
1996-01-01 80.3718
1997-01-01 81.2631
1998-01-01 78.6393
1999-01-01 77.2272
2000-01-01 76.4081
2001-01-01 72.1100
2002-01-01 73.9704
2003-01-01 74.3869
2004-01-01 77.3710
2005-01-01 78.2139
2006-01-01 78.6509
2007-01-01 79.8812
2008-01-01 72.5891
2009-01-01 67.1472
2010-01-01 71.1609
2011-01-01 72.7340
2012-01-01 71.0552
2013-01-01 69.4047
2014-01-01 71.7254
2015-01-01 73.4473
2016-01-01 74.7476
2017-01-01 75.2741
2018-01-01 75.8065
2019-01-01 76.5065
2020-01-01 76.1960
2021-01-01 78.8462
2022-01-01 74.4895
2023-01-01 74.2613
2024-01-01 74.4891
2025-01-01 74.9393

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