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

Title Capacity Utilization: Manufacturing: Nondurable Goods: Chemical (NAICS = 325)
Series ID CAPUTLG325SQ
Source Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)
Release G.17 Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Quarterly
Units Percent
Date Range 1948-01-01 to 2025-10-01
Last Updated 2026-02-18 8:20 AM CST
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 84.3531
1948-04-01 83.0863
1948-07-01 82.0142
1948-10-01 79.0065
1949-01-01 75.4294
1949-04-01 71.2794
1949-07-01 71.6327
1949-10-01 75.2348
1950-01-01 78.5539
1950-04-01 83.3245
1950-07-01 87.6486
1950-10-01 89.4554
1951-01-01 89.8092
1951-04-01 89.8182
1951-07-01 87.7802
1951-10-01 85.4657
1952-01-01 85.3889
1952-04-01 83.3722
1952-07-01 84.2083
1952-10-01 85.1994
1953-01-01 85.1042
1953-04-01 86.4274
1953-07-01 84.4880
1953-10-01 80.7268
1954-01-01 78.9460
1954-04-01 78.5987
1954-07-01 79.3361
1954-10-01 81.4215
1955-01-01 84.6510
1955-04-01 86.2503
1955-07-01 85.8201
1955-10-01 86.9413
1956-01-01 85.6338
1956-04-01 84.2916
1956-07-01 82.3526
1956-10-01 81.8874
1957-01-01 82.7081
1957-04-01 80.5270
1957-07-01 81.0469
1957-10-01 80.3552
1958-01-01 76.6098
1958-04-01 74.4668
1958-07-01 78.0689
1958-10-01 80.3497
1959-01-01 82.4872
1959-04-01 84.9232
1959-07-01 84.3989
1959-10-01 82.9010
1960-01-01 83.8041
1960-04-01 82.3247
1960-07-01 80.2025
1960-10-01 77.4519
1961-01-01 76.4414
1961-04-01 78.3061
1961-07-01 78.5535
1961-10-01 80.9537
1962-01-01 81.1560
1962-04-01 81.3917
1962-07-01 81.3348
1962-10-01 80.9096
1963-01-01 81.8791
1963-04-01 82.6186
1963-07-01 82.7309
1963-10-01 83.1535
1964-01-01 82.9397
1964-04-01 83.8556
1964-07-01 83.8649
1964-10-01 83.9601
1965-01-01 85.7182
1965-04-01 85.2043
1965-07-01 85.0725
1965-10-01 83.6382
1966-01-01 84.1766
1966-04-01 83.4944
1966-07-01 83.4779
1966-10-01 82.4295
1967-01-01 80.6157
1967-04-01 77.8489
1967-07-01 77.3818
1967-10-01 79.6844
1968-01-01 79.8265
1968-04-01 80.1373
1968-07-01 80.2636
1968-10-01 80.4252
1969-01-01 80.1977
1969-04-01 79.5774
1969-07-01 78.9584
1969-10-01 77.9793
1970-01-01 77.1099
1970-04-01 76.9630
1970-07-01 76.1818
1970-10-01 74.8500
1971-01-01 73.4941
1971-04-01 74.7811
1971-07-01 76.2322
1971-10-01 77.8441
1972-01-01 79.4463
1972-04-01 79.9867
1972-07-01 80.1955
1972-10-01 81.6400
1973-01-01 83.4780
1973-04-01 83.4351
1973-07-01 83.3443
1973-10-01 85.1019
1974-01-01 86.1138
1974-04-01 85.4085
1974-07-01 84.6229
1974-10-01 79.3764
1975-01-01 72.3116
1975-04-01 69.3367
1975-07-01 71.2934
1975-10-01 74.0036
1976-01-01 76.2524
1976-04-01 77.3146
1976-07-01 78.4328
1976-10-01 79.2073
1977-01-01 80.4659
1977-04-01 82.0932
1977-07-01 81.5731
1977-10-01 81.0314
1978-01-01 80.4051
1978-04-01 82.5064
1978-07-01 83.3158
1978-10-01 83.7832
1979-01-01 83.9219
1979-04-01 83.6407
1979-07-01 82.4059
1979-10-01 81.8232
1980-01-01 80.2912
1980-04-01 75.9400
1980-07-01 73.5257
1980-10-01 76.9278
1981-01-01 77.3102
1981-04-01 77.5334
1981-07-01 76.5157
1981-10-01 72.9370
1982-01-01 70.6133
1982-04-01 69.2777
1982-07-01 68.9390
1982-10-01 68.3068
1983-01-01 69.8771
1983-04-01 72.1779
1983-07-01 74.0206
1983-10-01 75.7258
1984-01-01 76.9293
1984-04-01 76.7607
1984-07-01 75.6593
1984-10-01 74.9448
1985-01-01 73.9603
1985-04-01 74.1018
1985-07-01 72.8380
1985-10-01 73.2562
1986-01-01 74.5789
1986-04-01 75.6531
1986-07-01 76.6082
1986-10-01 77.6044
1987-01-01 78.5626
1987-04-01 80.0338
1987-07-01 82.7505
1987-10-01 83.4715
1988-01-01 84.0217
1988-04-01 84.9547
1988-07-01 84.8963
1988-10-01 84.5941
1989-01-01 84.7497
1989-04-01 83.2351
1989-07-01 82.5617
1989-10-01 83.1435
1990-01-01 83.8484
1990-04-01 83.1008
1990-07-01 82.5953
1990-10-01 82.4856
1991-01-01 81.2350
1991-04-01 81.4308
1991-07-01 81.6647
1991-10-01 80.5454
1992-01-01 79.8748
1992-04-01 79.7695
1992-07-01 79.7308
1992-10-01 79.6357
1993-01-01 79.3699
1993-04-01 79.1315
1993-07-01 79.1116
1993-10-01 79.0580
1994-01-01 79.3858
1994-04-01 81.1150
1994-07-01 81.0682
1994-10-01 80.9024
1995-01-01 81.6224
1995-04-01 80.6965
1995-07-01 80.3628
1995-10-01 80.7350
1996-01-01 79.7490
1996-04-01 79.8419
1996-07-01 80.7107
1996-10-01 81.1857
1997-01-01 81.4506
1997-04-01 81.1801
1997-07-01 81.5626
1997-10-01 80.8589
1998-01-01 80.4990
1998-04-01 79.6528
1998-07-01 77.9443
1998-10-01 76.4612
1999-01-01 77.1138
1999-04-01 77.4943
1999-07-01 76.0174
1999-10-01 78.2833
2000-01-01 77.1147
2000-04-01 77.4009
2000-07-01 75.8225
2000-10-01 75.2945
2001-01-01 73.4779
2001-04-01 71.2379
2001-07-01 71.2245
2001-10-01 72.4999
2002-01-01 73.5044
2002-04-01 74.1692
2002-07-01 74.5098
2002-10-01 73.6982
2003-01-01 74.5675
2003-04-01 73.9684
2003-07-01 74.3039
2003-10-01 74.7079
2004-01-01 75.6598
2004-04-01 76.4743
2004-07-01 77.7574
2004-10-01 79.5923
2005-01-01 79.9306
2005-04-01 80.1538
2005-07-01 77.1261
2005-10-01 75.6452
2006-01-01 77.6091
2006-04-01 78.2469
2006-07-01 79.2847
2006-10-01 79.4630
2007-01-01 80.3925
2007-04-01 80.3869
2007-07-01 79.8436
2007-10-01 78.9019
2008-01-01 76.9535
2008-04-01 74.4983
2008-07-01 70.8517
2008-10-01 68.0529
2009-01-01 65.6394
2009-04-01 66.3140
2009-07-01 67.6477
2009-10-01 68.9879
2010-01-01 70.0052
2010-04-01 71.0633
2010-07-01 71.6039
2010-10-01 71.9713
2011-01-01 72.9290
2011-04-01 72.5947
2011-07-01 72.7839
2011-10-01 72.6284
2012-01-01 72.6931
2012-04-01 71.3973
2012-07-01 70.1286
2012-10-01 70.0018
2013-01-01 69.0873
2013-04-01 69.3573
2013-07-01 69.5428
2013-10-01 69.6312
2014-01-01 70.2060
2014-04-01 71.3111
2014-07-01 72.6496
2014-10-01 72.7348
2015-01-01 72.9998
2015-04-01 73.1605
2015-07-01 73.4757
2015-10-01 74.1533
2016-01-01 75.1415
2016-04-01 74.7711
2016-07-01 74.2329
2016-10-01 74.8447
2017-01-01 74.5371
2017-04-01 75.7259
2017-07-01 74.7467
2017-10-01 76.0867
2018-01-01 75.0342
2018-04-01 75.6654
2018-07-01 76.0405
2018-10-01 76.4860
2019-01-01 76.5526
2019-04-01 75.8946
2019-07-01 76.8348
2019-10-01 76.7439
2020-01-01 77.2818
2020-04-01 73.6354
2020-07-01 75.9963
2020-10-01 77.8704
2021-01-01 75.7469
2021-04-01 80.9629
2021-07-01 79.6928
2021-10-01 78.9823
2022-01-01 76.8405
2022-04-01 75.1590
2022-07-01 73.8093
2022-10-01 72.1491
2023-01-01 73.9547
2023-04-01 74.4342
2023-07-01 74.3949
2023-10-01 74.2613
2024-01-01 73.6562
2024-04-01 74.4655
2024-07-01 74.5620
2024-10-01 75.2725
2025-01-01 75.2029
2025-04-01 74.9494
2025-07-01 75.7531
2025-10-01 74.2541

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