Canada Data: 3Q-18 Cap Util -1.5 PPTS to 82.6% Q/Q>

Release for:                   Third Quarter 2018

Source: Statistics Canada

Percentage of industrial capacity in use

                                                Yr-ago       % Point change:

                                 3Q-18   2Q-18   3Q-17     q/q     y/y

Total industrial                   82.6    84.1    82.1    -1.5     0.5

Logging, forestry                  82.7    83.7    79.4    -1.0     3.3

Mining, quarrying, oil             82.5    82.2    78.3     0.3     4.2

 Oil and gas extraction            84.2    85.4    80.1    -1.2     4.1

 Mining                            79.1    75.7    74.8     3.4     4.3

Electric power                     84.5    82.6    86.4     1.9    -1.9

Construction                       88.3    90.3    88.4    -2.0    -0.1

Manufacturing                      78.8    81.7    80.3    -2.9    -1.5

 Food                              81.8    85.9    81.4    -4.1     0.4

 Beverages, tobacco                75.5    77.8    76.0    -2.3    -0.5

  Beverages                        77.8    80.2    77.2    -2.4     0.6

  Tobacco                          63.5    65.2    69.2    -1.7    -5.7

Textiles                           70.4    77.5    76.5    -7.1    -6.1

 Textile Mills                     75.0    79.3    84.1    -4.3    -9.1

 Textile Product Mills             66.5    75.8    69.9    -9.3    -3.4

 Clothing                          75.6    69.2    86.8     6.4   -11.2

 Leather                           74.5    84.2    81.2    -9.7    -6.7

 Wood Products                     80.1    87.1    84.6    -7.0    -4.5

 Paper                             88.9    90.0    89.4    -1.1    -0.5

Printing                           73.9    78.3    72.3    -4.4     1.6

 Petroleum and Coal                89.1    77.3    91.1    11.8    -2.0

 Chemical                          75.6    85.6    84.5   -10.0    -8.9

 Plastics and Rubber               76.7    81.8    83.8    -5.1    -7.1

  Plastics                         76.0    81.4    81.3    -5.4    -5.3

  Rubber                           80.3    84.0    99.0    -3.7   -18.7

 Non-metallic minerals             75.1    75.7    77.0    -0.6    -1.9

 Primary metals                    79.6    81.1    80.6    -1.5    -1.0

 Fabricated metal products         71.8    72.7    67.2    -0.9     4.6

 Machinery                         76.0    76.6    79.2    -0.6    -3.2

 Computers                         82.9    83.0    70.9    -0.1    12.0

 Electrical equipment              80.3    83.3    78.4    -3.0     1.9

 Transportation equipment          80.5    87.1    82.5    -6.6    -2.0

 Furniture                         80.8    81.8    81.2    -1.0    -0.4

 Miscellaneous                     77.5    75.8    77.9     1.7    -0.4

Percentage point changes are calculated by MNI.

--MNI Ottawa Bureau; email: yndiaye@mni-news.com

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