Швеция - Использование произв. мощностей

Industries in Sweden operated at 91.0% of their production capacity in Q1 2019, up from 90.5% in Q4, reaching its highest level since Q2 2018. An increase was seen in manufacturing (91.0% vs 90.5% in Q4), namely in production of motor vehicles (98.7% vs 95.2%); machinery & equipment (94.0% vs 92.7%); computer, electronic and optical products (89.4% vs 85.5%) and chemicals & pharmaceutical products (77.8% vs 77.6%). In contrast, capacity utilization declined in mining & quarrying (91.1% vs 92.1%). A year ago, capacity utilization was lower at 90.2.

Industries in Sweden operated at 90.4 percent of their production capacity in Q4 2018, down from 91 percent in Q3, reaching its lowest level since Q1 2018. A decline was particularly seen in mining & quarrying (91.4% from 93.0% in Q3). In addition, capacity utilization fell in manufacturing (90.4% from 91%), namely in production of chemicals & pharmaceutical products (78.1% from 79.7%); motor vehicles (95.2% from 97.6%) and machinery & equipment (92.3% from 92.4%). A year earlier, capacity utilization was higher at 91.1 percent.