Production capacity: Food, beverage, and tobacco (volume; index; NAICS = 311,2) - 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 food, beverage and tobacco sector stood at 126.65 (index) in February 2026, versus 126.54 in the previous month. This represents a gain of 0.09 percent.
Sample. In the monthly time series presented in the plot, there are 710 data points in total. The series covers the time range going from January 1967 to February 2026.
History. Take a look at a few statistics we computed on the full sample: productive capacity had a mean of 104.84; it recorded its maximum of 131.47 in September 2019; it recorded a bottom of 61.75 in January 1967.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units of product or equivalent concept |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 126.5402 |
| 2026-01-31 | 126.5421 |
| 2026-02-28 | 126.6452 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Production capacity: Food, beverage, and tobacco (NAICS = 311,2) |
| 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 | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
Main industry groups
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production capacity: Durable manufacturing (volume; index) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Production capacity: Nondurable manufacturing (volume; index) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Production capacity: Other manufacturing (volume; index) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 650 | 1972-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Production capacity: Mining (volume; index; NAICS = 212) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 650 | 1972-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Production capacity: Electric and gas utilities (volume; index; NAICS = 2211,2) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
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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 | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Production capacity: Natural gas distribution (volume; index; NAICS = 2212) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |