Production capacity: Chemical (volume; index; NAICS = 325) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Seasonally adjusted US industrial production capacity (FED Board)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, productive capacity in the chemical sector was 137.95 (index) in September 2025, compared to 137.66 in the previous month. This constitutes a rise of 0.21 percent.
Sample. There are 933 records overall in the monthly series presented in the graph above. The series covers the time period stretching from January 1948 to September 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of some simple statistics we calculated on the full sample: productive capacity reached a maximum of 160.95 in March 2008; it hit a trough of 8.37 in January 1948; it had a mean of 89.26.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units of product or equivalent concept |
|---|---|
| 2025-07-31 | 137.3665 |
| 2025-08-31 | 137.6583 |
| 2025-09-30 | 137.9508 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Production capacity: Chemical (NAICS = 325) |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Maximum possible production (estimate) |
| Data type | Capacity |
| Deflation method | Real |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Units of product or equivalent concept |
| Source | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Licence to copy and distribute without permission |
| Measure type | Level |
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Main index
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production capacity: Total index (volume; index) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 705 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-09-30 |
Main industry groups
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production capacity: Durable manufacturing (volume; index) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 705 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-09-30 |
| Production capacity: Nondurable manufacturing (volume; index) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 705 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-09-30 |
| Production capacity: Other manufacturing (volume; index) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 645 | 1972-01-31 | 2025-09-30 |
| Production capacity: Mining (volume; index; NAICS = 212) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 645 | 1972-01-31 | 2025-09-30 |
| Production capacity: Electric and gas utilities (volume; index; NAICS = 2211,2) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 705 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-09-30 |
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| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production capacity: Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution (volume; index; NAICS = 2211) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 705 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-09-30 |
| Production capacity: Natural gas distribution (volume; index; NAICS = 2212) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 705 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-09-30 |