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Production capacity: Food, beverage, and tobacco (volume; index; NAICS = 311,2) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly

Latest updates. In the United States, productive capacity in the food, beverage and tobacco sector stood at 124.79 (index) in August 2025, compared to 124.71 in July. This represents a rise of 0.06 percent.

Sample. In this monthly time series, there are 704 records overall. The series covers the time range going from January 1967 to August 2025.

History. Have a look at some simple statistics we computed on the whole sample: productive capacity recorded a bottom of 61.74 in January 1967; it peaked at 131.65 in September 2019; it was equal on average to 104.52.

Latest values

Date Value - Units of product or equivalent concept
2025-06-30 124.622
2025-07-31 124.706
2025-08-31 124.7938

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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 704 1967-01-31 2025-08-31

Main industry groups

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
Production capacity: Durable manufacturing (volume; index) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 704 1967-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Nondurable manufacturing (volume; index) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 704 1967-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Other manufacturing (volume; index) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 644 1972-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Mining (volume; index; NAICS = 212) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 644 1972-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Electric and gas utilities (volume; index; NAICS = 2211,2) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 704 1967-01-31 2025-08-31

Durable goods

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
Production capacity: Aerospace and miscellaneous transportation eq. (volume; index; NAICS = 3364-9) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 932 1948-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Computer and electronic product (volume; index; NAICS = 334) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 644 1972-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Electrical equipment, appliance, and component (volume; index; NAICS = 335) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 644 1972-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Fabricated metal product (volume; index; NAICS = 332) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 932 1948-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Furniture and related product (volume; index; NAICS = 337) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 704 1967-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Machinery (volume; index; NAICS = 333) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 704 1967-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Miscellaneous (volume; index; NAICS = 339) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 644 1972-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Motor vehicles and parts (volume; index; NAICS = 3361-3) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 932 1948-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Nonmetallic mineral product (volume; index; NAICS = 327) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 932 1948-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Primary metal (volume; index; NAICS = 331) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 704 1967-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Wood product (volume; index; NAICS = 321) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 644 1972-01-31 2025-08-31

Nondurable goods

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
Production capacity: Apparel and leather goods (volume; index; NAICS = 315,6) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 644 1972-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Chemical (volume; index; NAICS = 325) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 932 1948-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Food, beverage, and tobacco (volume; index; NAICS = 311,2) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 704 1967-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Paper (volume; index; NAICS = 322) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 932 1948-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Petroleum and coal products (volume; index; NAICS = 324) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 932 1948-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Plastics and rubber products (volume; index; NAICS = 326) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 932 1948-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Printing and related support activities (volume; index; NAICS = 323) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 644 1972-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Textile product mills (volume; index; NAICS = 314) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 644 1972-01-31 2025-08-31

Utilities

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
Production capacity: Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution (volume; index; NAICS = 2211) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 704 1967-01-31 2025-08-31
Production capacity: Natural gas distribution (volume; index; NAICS = 2212) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly 704 1967-01-31 2025-08-31