Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 1972- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2007 | 2007 95 02| 2008 | 2008 Item | NAICS | proportion| ave. high low| Q2 Q3[r] Q4[p] | July[r] Aug.[r] Sept.[r] Oct.[r] Nov.[r] Dec.[p] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 85.1 73.6 | 79.7 77.6 75.0 | 79.4 78.3 75.0 76.3 75.2 73.6 | | | | | Manufacturing<1> | | 80.83 | 79.7 84.6 71.5 | 77.5 75.5 71.9 | 77.1 76.2 73.1 73.7 71.9 70.2 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 77.04 | 79.5 84.7 71.0 | 77.6 75.5 71.9 | 77.2 76.3 73.1 73.6 71.8 70.1 | | | | | Durable manufacturing | | 41.25 | 78.0 84.2 68.1 | 75.4 73.6 67.7 | 75.2 74.0 71.4 69.6 67.8 65.9 Wood products | 321 | 1.36 | 79.9 87.9 70.7 | 66.3 64.1 56.9 | 65.3 64.8 62.1 58.7 57.4 54.5 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.35 | 79.4 84.0 74.9 | 74.9 73.9 69.8 | 75.1 74.3 72.3 72.5 68.8 68.1 Primary metal | 331 | 2.64 | 80.9 95.8 68.5 | 82.6 81.4 64.2 | 83.7 82.5 78.0 71.9 63.4 57.4 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.64 | 77.5 85.5 69.5 | 79.6 78.2 73.8 | 78.3 78.6 77.7 76.1 74.1 71.0 Machinery | 333 | 5.15 | 78.7 87.6 63.7 | 74.4 73.2 68.6 | 73.3 74.4 71.9 70.6 68.7 66.6 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 7.82 | 78.3 83.7 58.2 | 78.4 76.0 69.9 | 77.3 76.2 74.6 72.8 69.6 67.2 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.87 | 83.2 93.1 72.0 | 83.4 81.6 76.9 | 83.2 82.3 79.3 79.4 77.0 74.3 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.82 | 77.4 89.0 69.7 | 64.1 62.8 56.2 | 67.4 60.1 60.9 58.6 57.1 53.0 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.69 | 72.7 68.8 62.8 | 78.8 73.1 69.3 | 77.8 77.2 64.2 62.1 69.7 76.3 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.53 | 78.6 83.2 68.2 | 71.7 68.6 62.0 | 70.7 68.0 66.9 64.7 61.5 59.8 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.38 | 76.6 81.2 70.5 | 73.7 74.1 71.7 | 73.6 75.0 73.5 73.1 71.5 70.4 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 35.78 | 81.6 85.4 74.8 | 80.1 77.8 76.4 | 79.4 78.9 75.0 78.1 76.3 74.7 Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 10.68 | 81.5 84.0 75.7 | 80.8 79.6 79.7 | 79.9 79.6 79.5 80.2 80.3 78.7 Textile and product mills | 313,4 | 1.08 | 82.0 91.8 68.9 | 66.0 65.9 62.2 | 65.8 66.7 65.0 64.7 61.9 60.0 Apparel and leather | 315,6 | .66 | 78.4 87.5 60.2 | 72.1 74.0 72.2 | 73.7 74.5 73.7 71.9 72.4 72.2 Paper | 322 | 2.50 | 87.6 92.4 78.5 | 82.2 80.8 76.2 | 81.3 82.0 79.2 77.7 76.2 74.6 Printing and support | 323 | 2.00 | 83.5 86.5 72.6 | 73.7 71.2 69.5 | 70.8 71.8 71.1 70.8 69.9 67.9 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 4.21 | 85.9 90.5 83.8 | 90.6 86.3 89.4 | 90.4 89.0 79.4 91.4 88.6 88.0 Chemical | 325 | 11.69 | 78.3 81.2 69.4 | 77.3 74.0 71.1 | 76.6 75.8 69.5 73.8 70.7 68.8 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 2.98 | 83.6 91.8 74.6 | 81.3 80.2 74.2 | 81.8 80.2 78.6 76.6 74.1 72.0 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.79 | 84.5 83.0 80.3 | 76.2 74.5 73.5 | 74.9 74.4 74.1 74.3 73.9 72.3 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 9.90 | 87.5 88.7 84.8 | 90.8 88.9 89.7 | 92.1 91.6 82.9 88.9 90.8 89.3 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.27 | 86.8 93.9 84.6 | 85.6 82.6 84.0 | 84.9 80.9 82.0 83.6 84.3 84.0 | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 4.93 | 78.1 85.6 55.9 | 80.4 77.1 68.2 | 78.7 77.2 75.4 72.8 67.7 64.2 Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | 1.13 | 77.9 86.3 66.8 | 80.1 73.7 66.0 | 76.1 73.9 71.1 68.7 66.1 63.1 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.45 | 75.7 82.8 40.4 | 82.8 78.9 75.7 | 80.3 78.4 78.0 78.0 75.0 74.0 Semiconductors and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.35 | 80.8 92.2 57.4 | 79.5 78.1 65.1 | 79.5 78.5 76.3 72.0 64.4 59.0 | | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | | industries | | | | | Total industry | | 95.07 | 81.2 85.0 74.8 | 79.7 77.6 75.3 | 79.5 78.4 75.0 76.4 75.5 74.0 Manufacturing<1> | | 75.90 | 79.8 84.5 72.8 | 77.4 75.4 72.1 | 77.0 76.2 73.0 73.7 72.2 70.5 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 13.93 | 86.6 89.5 81.9 | 89.2 86.2 85.1 | 89.8 89.3 79.3 85.7 85.7 83.9 Primary and semifinished | | 47.15 | 82.2 88.2 74.6 | 79.8 77.4 74.2 | 79.2 77.8 75.3 76.5 74.1 72.1 Finished | | 38.92 | 77.7 80.4 69.9 | 76.0 74.5 72.0 | 75.7 74.7 73.0 72.4 72.4 71.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [r] Revised. [p] Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.