2010.08.1804:40:00UTC+00Swedish Capacity Utilization Rate Drops In Q2

Swedish industries' capacity utilization rate fell 0.5 percentage points to 84.2% in the second quarter from the first quarter, Statistics Sweden said Wednesday.

Compared to the second quarter last year, capacity utilization increased 7.6 percentage points. The manufacturing sector's capacity utilization rate dropped to 84.2% from 84.8%, while in the mining sector, it improved to 88.6% from 88.5%.

Meanwhile, total stocks or inventories in industry increased by SEK 3.8 billion in the June quarter, rising 2.2% from the March quarter. Compared to the second quarter of 2009, total stocks in industry went up 5.3%.

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