Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2009 | 2009 1982 1989 1991 1995 2002| 2009 | 2009 2010 Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. Low High Low High Low| May | Dec.[r] Jan.[r] Feb.[r] Mar.[r] Apr.[r] May[p] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total industry | | 100.00 | 80.6 70.9 85.1 78.7 84.9 73.5 | 68.5 | 72.0 72.8 72.8 73.1 73.7 74.7 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 11.83 | 86.5 78.1 88.3 84.7 89.9 81.7 | 79.8 | 84.1 85.5 86.6 87.5 88.4 88.1 Primary and semifinished | | 47.38 | 81.6 68.1 86.5 77.9 87.9 74.3 | 65.9 | 69.3 69.9 69.9 69.6 70.3 71.9 Finished | | 40.79 | 77.5 71.0 83.0 77.2 80.3 70.0 | 67.0 | 70.1 71.1 70.8 71.6 71.8 72.4 | | | | | Industry Groups | | | | | Manufacturing | | 82.66 | 79.2 68.6 85.4 77.2 84.5 71.4 | 65.3 | 68.4 69.1 69.2 70.1 70.8 71.5 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 78.77 | 79.0 67.9 85.4 77.1 84.6 70.9 | 65.4 | 68.6 69.4 69.5 70.5 71.2 71.9 Durable manufacturing | | 41.62 | 77.3 63.0 84.6 73.6 83.7 67.8 | 58.2 | 62.0 63.1 63.1 64.1 65.1 66.3 Wood products | 321 | 1.27 | 78.4 59.4 87.1 72.6 87.5 70.4 | 48.2 | 49.9 50.7 50.1 50.7 52.3 54.5 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.69 | 77.1 63.9 83.8 71.7 82.5 70.4 | 54.6 | 53.3 55.1 53.3 54.4 56.6 56.7 Primary metal | 331 | 2.31 | 79.7 47.0 94.4 74.8 94.7 68.0 | 44.3 | 61.6 62.5 63.0 65.1 65.6 67.2 Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | 1.07 | 80.9 38.0 97.6 70.9 97.6 68.9 | 34.0 | 64.2 67.0 66.8 69.4 68.9 72.2 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 6.06 | 77.1 61.8 81.7 72.7 85.5 69.4 | 62.2 | 64.5 65.5 66.0 67.1 68.3 69.8 Machinery | 333 | 5.26 | 78.1 57.9 85.5 74.1 87.9 62.8 | 57.3 | 60.1 61.7 62.1 62.3 64.8 66.1 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 7.40 | 77.9 77.9 82.2 76.8 84.4 58.8 | 63.4 | 64.4 65.3 66.1 67.6 68.6 69.5 Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | .93 | 77.8 67.1 79.6 70.1 87.3 66.8 | 63.4 | 69.0 67.8 67.3 67.8 69.3 71.1 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.45 | 76.0 84.6 85.3 76.9 82.9 41.6 | 69.0 | 66.4 66.9 68.1 69.2 69.7 69.8 Semiconductor and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 1.84 | 80.0 77.2 83.1 78.0 91.7 58.0 | 57.1 | 59.0 61.1 63.1 65.4 67.5 69.3 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.98 | 82.9 64.6 89.1 77.0 93.1 72.1 | 70.2 | 69.6 72.6 72.3 73.9 76.4 75.9 Transportation equipment | 336 | 9.45 | 74.7 56.3 86.4 67.6 79.4 69.2 | 52.1 | 60.1 61.2 60.6 61.6 61.1 62.7 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.77 | 75.8 45.0 89.2 56.0 88.7 69.2 | 38.8 | 52.4 54.0 53.2 54.2 53.7 56.8 Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 2.42 | 76.1 39.7 94.8 53.7 89.1 74.9 | 30.9 | 52.3 55.6 53.6 55.9 55.0 59.9 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.69 | 73.2 67.6 87.7 80.8 68.6 64.4 | 73.7 | 72.7 72.9 72.6 73.5 73.2 72.6 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.45 | 77.9 65.7 82.2 67.6 83.1 68.3 | 58.4 | 57.6 57.1 58.4 59.8 60.9 62.7 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.74 | 76.3 68.9 82.5 77.3 81.3 71.0 | 66.8 | 68.7 68.7 67.7 68.0 68.6 69.3 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 37.15 | 81.3 75.2 86.7 81.6 85.7 75.0 | 73.2 | 75.8 76.2 76.5 77.4 77.7 77.8 Food | 311 | 8.91 | 82.4 79.8 86.3 83.9 85.4 77.2 | 80.1 | 81.2 81.7 82.6 83.1 82.8 82.9 Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 2.82 | 78.3 77.9 87.1 74.2 86.0 64.5 | 66.4 | 67.2 68.0 65.6 68.9 66.5 69.3 Textile mills | 313 | .52 | 80.8 72.5 91.4 77.7 93.6 66.0 | 57.7 | 66.2 65.8 67.1 67.2 69.5 71.2 Textile product mills | 314 | .46 | 81.2 70.4 90.7 75.4 88.7 72.7 | 60.0 | 64.3 65.2 65.0 64.8 64.7 65.6 Apparel | 315 | .48 | 80.1 76.5 85.0 78.0 89.9 65.5 | 69.8 | 71.4 75.2 74.5 74.1 75.7 75.5 Leather and allied products | 316 | .11 | 73.9 73.1 81.7 72.6 80.4 51.2 | 53.1 | 59.6 63.9 65.1 64.4 63.0 65.0 Paper | 322 | 2.62 | 87.2 81.6 92.8 86.2 92.7 78.8 | 70.9 | 74.5 73.2 74.8 75.7 75.5 76.0 Printing and support | 323 | 1.81 | 83.0 80.4 91.4 82.5 87.0 72.7 | 66.3 | 68.5 68.4 67.6 67.6 68.8 70.2 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 3.49 | 86.0 68.6 85.8 81.4 91.1 86.0 | 83.3 | 81.2 78.3 81.9 85.6 88.0 86.1 Chemical | 325 | 12.83 | 78.0 67.9 85.2 80.2 81.1 69.5 | 70.1 | 73.9 74.9 74.2 74.0 74.3 73.7 Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .81 | 86.4 66.2 92.8 79.5 98.5 80.3 | 82.4 | 82.4 81.4 86.6 Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .12 | 76.2 54.5 94.2 72.2 86.8 54.9 | 64.8 | 61.9 66.7 63.6 65.0 65.3 66.2 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | | and filaments | 32522 | .09 | 80.9 63.1 94.1 75.9 91.3 55.7 | 60.8 | 69.1 69.8 67.5 70.3 73.7 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.09 | 83.1 71.9 89.5 76.9 92.2 74.6 | 64.9 | 70.2 71.6 72.4 73.7 76.1 77.1 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.89 | 83.7 86.7 91.1 80.3 83.0 79.8 | 62.9 | 64.4 63.2 61.6 61.5 61.8 62.9 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 7.18 | 87.5 79.7 86.5 83.8 89.1 84.9 | 81.9 | 84.3 86.7 88.2 89.4 90.7 90.6 Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 3.47 | 92.2 89.5 91.7 89.4 94.8 90.0 | 95.8 | 97.3 98.0 99.1 98.7 98.8 99.1 Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 1.99 | 83.9 68.0 91.5 80.9 87.8 78.7 | 72.8 | 69.7 72.9 74.1 76.0 78.0 76.7 Coal mining | 2121 | .85 | 86.1 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.3 78.7 | 78.9 | 79.9 79.2 81.9 84.1 85.5 Metal mining | 2122 | .39 | 78.9 32.5 95.2 84.7 91.6 66.6 | 68.0 | 63.0 79.1 76.8 76.9 75.8 78.8 Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .74 | 83.3 65.5 89.9 76.2 93.0 79.3 | 69.3 | 62.5 64.0 65.2 67.8 72.0 72.9 Support activities for mining | 213 | 1.73 | 74.8 53.1 63.1 53.3 77.0 65.2 | 48.0 | 56.5 60.2 62.3 64.7 67.1 67.0 Utilities | 2211,2 | 10.16 | 86.6 77.4 92.8 84.2 93.3 84.2 | 79.2 | 84.1 85.2 83.8 78.5 77.3 81.0 Electric | 2211 | 8.57 | 88.0 78.0 94.3 87.7 95.8 86.7 | 80.0 | 83.7 84.3 83.4 78.6 77.6 81.5 Natural gas | 2212 | 1.59 | 80.1 72.9 86.4 67.5 87.4 71.1 | 74.8 | 86.3 90.0 85.6 77.3 75.9 77.5 | | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 4.22 | 77.8 75.2 81.7 75.4 86.5 56.5 | 62.2 | 63.2 63.9 65.1 66.5 67.9 69.0 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | industries | | 78.44 | 79.3 68.1 85.9 77.3 84.4 72.7 | 65.4 | 68.7 69.4 69.4 70.3 70.9 71.6 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | and motor vehicles and pts. | | 72.67 | 79.6 69.5 85.6 79.2 84.1 72.6 | 67.5 | 69.9 70.5 70.6 71.4 72.2 72.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ r Revised. p Preliminary.