Capacity utilization: Plastics and rubber products (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 326) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: US industrial capacity utilization (FED Board)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent data on industrial capacity utilization in the United States, the production of plastics and rubber products was 74.73 percent of total available capacity in February 2026, compared to 74.28 in January.
Sample. There are 938 observations in the monthly time series shown in the figure above. The series covers the period stretching from January 1948 to February 2026.
History. Check out a few simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: capacity utilization had a mean of 83.23 percent of productive capacity; it hit a peak of 98.84 in July 1966; it recorded a bottom of 57.57 in May 2009.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 72.9057 |
| 2026-01-31 | 74.2848 |
| 2026-02-28 | 74.7296 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Capacity utilization: Plastics and rubber products (NAICS = 326) |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Actual production divided by production capacity |
| Data type | Capacity utilization |
| Deflation method | Real |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity utilization: Total index (percentage of total capacity) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
Main industry groups
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity utilization: Durable manufacturing (percentage of total capacity) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Capacity utilization: Nondurable manufacturing (percentage of total capacity) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Capacity utilization: Other manufacturing (percentage of total capacity) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 650 | 1972-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Capacity utilization: Mining (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 21) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Capacity utilization: Electric and gas utilities (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 2211,2) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Utilities
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity utilization: Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 2211) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Capacity utilization: Natural gas distribution (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 2212) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 710 | 1967-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |