Industry working at 81.4% capacity, 2.3 pp increase y/y - GUS

Industrial companies were using 81.4 percent of their production capacity in October 2017, compared to 79.1 percent recorded a year earlier, GUS stated. Only 9.5 percent of industrial firms find their production capacity too large considering to the order portfolio for the coming months, while 79.7 percent claim it is sufficient, and 10.8 percent don’t have enough manufacturing capacity to meet the demand. The companies that are working at the highest capacity were leather manufacturers, furniture producers, automotive firms, the paper industry and electrical appliances manufacturers and installers.