Table 9B CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION: Manufacturing <1> Excluding Selected High-Technology Industries <2> Seasonally adjusted --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.| Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4| Annual --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Capacity | | | (percent of | | | 2002 output) | | | 1979 | 88.3 88.5 88.7 88.8 89.0 89.2 89.3 89.5 89.7 89.8 90.0 90.1 | 88.5 89.0 89.5 90.0 | 89.2 1980 | 90.3 90.4 90.6 90.8 90.9 91.1 91.3 91.4 91.6 91.8 92.0 92.2 | 90.4 90.9 91.4 92.0 | 91.2 | | | 1981 | 92.4 92.5 92.7 92.9 93.1 93.2 93.4 93.5 93.7 93.8 93.9 94.0 | 92.5 93.1 93.5 93.9 | 93.3 1982 | 94.2 94.3 94.4 94.5 94.6 94.6 94.7 94.8 94.8 94.8 94.8 94.8 | 94.3 94.6 94.8 94.8 | 94.6 1983 | 94.8 94.8 94.8 94.7 94.7 94.6 94.6 94.5 94.5 94.5 94.5 94.5 | 94.8 94.7 94.5 94.5 | 94.6 1984 | 94.5 94.6 94.6 94.7 94.8 94.9 95.1 95.2 95.4 95.6 95.7 95.9 | 94.6 94.8 95.2 95.7 | 95.1 1985 | 96.1 96.3 96.5 96.7 96.9 97.1 97.3 97.4 97.6 97.7 97.8 97.9 | 96.3 96.9 97.4 97.8 | 97.1 | | | 1986 | 98.0 98.1 98.2 98.3 98.4 98.4 98.5 98.6 98.7 98.8 98.9 99.1 | 98.1 98.4 98.6 99.0 | 98.5 1987 | 99.2 99.4 99.5 99.7 99.8 99.9 100.1 100.2 100.3 100.4 100.4 100.5 | 99.4 99.8 100.2 100.4 | 99.9 1988 | 100.5 100.6 100.6 100.6 100.6 100.6 100.6 100.7 100.7 100.8 100.8 100.9 | 100.5 100.6 100.7 100.8 | 100.7 1989 | 101.0 101.2 101.3 101.5 101.6 101.8 102.0 102.2 102.4 102.5 102.7 102.9 | 101.2 101.6 102.2 102.7 | 101.9 1990 | 103.1 103.2 103.4 103.6 103.7 103.9 104.0 104.2 104.3 104.5 104.6 104.8 | 103.2 103.7 104.2 104.6 | 103.9 | | | 1991 | 104.9 105.1 105.2 105.4 105.5 105.7 105.8 105.9 106.1 106.2 106.3 106.4 | 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 | 105.7 1992 | 106.5 106.7 106.8 106.9 107.0 107.1 107.2 107.3 107.4 107.5 107.7 107.8 | 106.7 107.0 107.3 107.7 | 107.2 1993 | 107.9 108.0 108.1 108.2 108.3 108.4 108.5 108.6 108.7 108.8 108.9 109.0 | 108.0 108.3 108.6 108.9 | 108.4 1994 | 109.2 109.3 109.5 109.6 109.8 109.9 110.1 110.3 110.5 110.7 110.9 111.1 | 109.3 109.8 110.3 110.9 | 110.1 1995 | 111.3 111.5 111.7 111.9 112.1 112.3 112.6 112.8 113.0 113.2 113.4 113.7 | 111.5 112.1 112.8 113.4 | 112.5 | | | 1996 | 113.9 114.1 114.4 114.6 114.8 115.1 115.4 115.6 115.9 116.2 116.5 116.9 | 114.1 114.8 115.6 116.5 | 115.3 1997 | 117.2 117.6 118.0 118.4 118.8 119.3 119.7 120.2 120.7 121.2 121.7 122.3 | 117.6 118.8 120.2 121.7 | 119.6 1998 | 122.8 123.3 123.8 124.3 124.8 125.2 125.7 126.1 126.6 127.0 127.4 127.7 | 123.3 124.8 126.1 127.4 | 125.4 1999 | 128.1 128.5 128.8 129.1 129.5 129.8 130.1 130.4 130.6 130.9 131.2 131.4 | 128.5 129.5 130.4 131.2 | 129.9 2000 | 131.7 131.9 132.2 132.4 132.6 132.8 133.0 133.2 133.4 133.6 133.8 133.9 | 131.9 132.6 133.2 133.7 | 132.9 | | | 2001 | 134.1 134.2 134.3 134.5 134.6 134.7 134.8 134.8 134.9 134.9 135.0 135.0 | 134.2 134.6 134.8 135.0 | 134.6 2002 | 135.0 135.0 135.0 135.0 134.9 134.9 134.8 134.8 134.7 134.6 134.5 134.4 | 135.0 134.9 134.7 134.5 | 134.8 2003 | 134.3 134.2 134.1 134.0 133.9 133.8 133.7 133.7 133.6 133.5 133.5 133.4 | 134.2 133.9 133.7 133.5 | 133.8 2004 | 133.4 133.4 133.3 133.3 133.3 133.2 133.2 133.2 133.2 133.2 133.2 133.2 | 133.4 133.3 133.2 133.2 | 133.3 2005 | 133.2 133.3 133.3 133.4 133.4 133.5 133.6 133.7 133.8 133.9 134.1 134.2 | 133.3 133.4 133.7 134.1 | 133.6 | | | 2006 | 134.3 134.5 134.6 134.7 134.9 135.0 135.1 135.3 135.4 135.5 135.6 135.7 | 134.5 134.9 135.3 135.6 | 135.0 2007 | 135.8 135.9 136.0 136.1 136.2 136.3 136.4 136.5 136.7 136.8 137.0 137.1 | 135.9 136.2 136.5 137.0 | 136.4 2008 | 137.3 137.5 137.6 137.8 137.9 138.1 138.2 138.3 138.3 138.4 138.3 138.3 | 137.5 137.9 138.3 138.3 | 138.0 2009 | 138.2 138.1 | | | | | Utilization | | | (percent) | | | 1979 | 85.2 85.4 85.5 84.0 84.8 84.6 84.4 83.0 83.0 83.1 82.6 82.6 | 85.4 84.5 83.5 82.7 | 84.0 1980 | 82.7 82.4 81.6 79.6 76.9 75.5 74.6 74.9 76.0 77.2 78.5 78.5 | 82.2 77.3 75.1 78.1 | 78.2 | | | 1981 | 77.9 77.3 77.4 77.4 77.7 77.1 77.1 77.0 76.4 75.4 74.4 73.0 | 77.5 77.4 76.8 74.3 | 76.5 1982 | 71.1 72.9 72.2 71.5 71.2 70.9 70.7 70.1 69.7 68.9 68.4 68.1 | 72.1 71.2 70.2 68.5 | 70.5 1983 | 69.8 69.7 70.3 71.0 71.9 72.4 73.4 74.1 75.3 76.1 76.3 76.4 | 69.9 71.8 74.3 76.3 | 73.1 1984 | 77.8 78.5 78.7 78.9 78.9 79.1 79.3 79.1 78.8 79.0 79.0 79.1 | 78.3 79.0 79.1 79.0 | 78.9 1985 | 78.6 78.2 78.7 78.4 78.4 78.3 77.9 78.1 78.2 77.8 78.2 78.5 | 78.5 78.4 78.1 78.2 | 78.3 | | | 1986 | 79.3 78.8 78.4 78.7 78.7 78.5 78.5 78.6 78.7 78.9 79.1 79.6 | 78.9 78.6 78.6 79.2 | 78.8 1987 | 79.2 80.2 80.1 80.3 80.7 80.8 81.1 81.3 81.7 82.8 83.2 83.6 | 79.8 80.6 81.4 83.2 | 81.3 1988 | 83.4 83.5 83.7 84.3 84.2 84.2 84.2 84.2 84.4 84.8 85.0 85.2 | 83.5 84.2 84.3 85.0 | 84.3 1989 | 85.9 84.9 84.8 84.7 83.8 83.7 82.5 83.1 82.7 82.3 82.3 82.1 | 85.2 84.1 82.8 82.2 | 83.6 1990 | 81.8 82.9 83.0 82.6 82.6 82.6 82.3 82.3 82.2 81.3 80.2 79.4 | 82.6 82.6 82.2 80.3 | 81.9 | | | 1991 | 78.7 78.0 77.3 77.4 77.8 78.6 78.7 78.7 79.5 79.3 78.9 78.6 | 78.0 78.0 79.0 78.9 | 78.5 1992 | 77.8 78.4 79.1 79.3 79.6 79.7 80.2 79.7 79.5 79.8 80.0 79.7 | 78.5 79.5 79.8 79.8 | 79.4 1993 | 80.5 80.5 80.2 80.5 80.3 80.0 80.2 80.0 80.3 80.8 81.0 81.3 | 80.4 80.3 80.2 81.0 | 80.5 1994 | 81.3 81.2 82.1 82.4 82.7 82.7 82.8 83.1 83.0 83.5 83.8 84.4 | 81.5 82.6 83.0 83.9 | 82.7 1995 | 84.4 84.0 83.8 83.3 83.0 83.0 82.2 82.7 83.1 82.5 82.3 82.2 | 84.1 83.1 82.6 82.3 | 83.0 | | | 1996 | 81.0 81.9 81.4 82.0 82.2 82.7 82.5 82.6 82.7 82.2 82.6 82.9 | 81.4 82.3 82.6 82.6 | 82.2 1997 | 82.5 83.1 83.6 82.7 82.8 82.8 82.5 83.3 83.5 83.5 83.9 83.7 | 83.1 82.7 83.1 83.7 | 83.1 1998 | 83.8 83.3 82.7 82.7 82.8 81.5 80.5 82.1 81.3 81.5 81.2 81.1 | 83.3 82.3 81.3 81.3 | 82.1 1999 | 80.9 81.0 80.4 80.2 80.6 79.8 79.7 80.0 79.4 80.4 80.6 80.7 | 80.8 80.2 79.7 80.6 | 80.3 2000 | 80.3 80.0 80.2 80.3 79.8 79.7 79.3 78.6 78.8 78.3 77.7 76.9 | 80.2 79.9 78.9 77.6 | 79.1 | | | 2001 | 76.3 75.8 75.5 75.4 74.8 74.3 74.2 73.6 73.4 72.8 72.7 72.8 | 75.9 74.8 73.7 72.7 | 74.3 2002 | 73.2 73.1 73.7 73.7 74.1 74.9 74.5 74.7 74.8 74.5 74.8 74.3 | 73.3 74.2 74.7 74.5 | 74.2 2003 | 74.8 74.8 74.9 74.1 74.1 74.5 74.5 74.3 74.9 74.8 75.6 75.4 | 74.8 74.2 74.5 75.3 | 74.7 2004 | 75.3 75.9 75.7 76.1 76.7 76.0 76.7 77.1 76.9 77.7 77.7 78.2 | 75.6 76.3 76.9 77.8 | 76.7 2005 | 78.6 79.2 78.7 78.7 79.0 79.1 78.9 78.9 77.9 79.0 79.5 79.4 | 78.8 78.9 78.5 79.3 | 78.9 | | | 2006 | 79.9 79.5 79.3 79.6 79.2 79.3 79.2 79.3 79.0 78.6 78.4 79.3 | 79.6 79.4 79.2 78.8 | 79.2 2007 | 78.7 78.8 79.1 79.2 79.1 79.2 79.4 78.9 79.1 78.5 78.7 78.8 | 78.9 79.2 79.2 78.7 | 79.0 2008 | 78.4 77.8 77.5 76.6 76.4 76.1 75.8 75.1 72.2 72.7 71.3 69.3 | 77.9 76.4 74.4 71.1 | 74.9 2009 | 67.4 67.1 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates from October 2008 through February 2009 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases. <1> See footnote 2 to table 3. <2> High technology industries include computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors and related electronic components.