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Monthly automotive aftermarket magazine
Turkey’s industrial capacity
usage increases in August
Turkey's manufacturing industry
capacity utilization rate rose
slightly at 77.8 percent in August,
the Central Bank of the Republic
of Turkey (CBRT) announced.
The capacity utilization rate (CUR)
saw a 0.7-percentage point
monthly gain from 77.1 percent
in July, according to the bank.
The bank stated that the CUR
figures are based on the responses
given to its business tendency
survey by local units operating in
the manufacturing industry.
It added that while some 2,607
companies responded to the
survey in August, the monthly
data does not reflect the bank's
views or predictions.
Among over 20 sectors, the
highest capacity usage was seen
in the manufacturing of coal and
refined petroleum products with
88.4 percent in August, while
the lowest CUR was seen in the
leather and related products
sector, with 59.7 percent.
On the main industrial groups
side, the highest CUR was 79.7
percent for intermediate goods,
while the lowest capacity usage
was 71 percent in food and
beverages.
According to CBRT data,
manufacturers of investment
goods used 78.9 percent of their
capacity this month while the
CUR in consumer goods was 73
percent - durable goods at 71.6
percent, and non-durable goods
at 73.3 percent.
Last year, the average capacity
usage in the manufacturing
industry was 78.5 percent. Over
the past five years, the highest
CUR was seen last November with
79.9 percent, and the lowest was
73.5 percent in February 2013.
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