Table 4 INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent change Capacity indexes | Annual rate | December to December | Percent of 1992 output | 1967- 1967- 1975-| | | | 1998 1975 1998 | | 1997 | 1998 Item | Ave. Ave. Ave. | 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 | Sept. | Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | Total industry | 3.0 3.8 2.7 | 3.9 5.0 4.5 4.7 4.3 | 151.9 | 155.9 156.5 157.0 157.5 158.1 158.6 | | | | Manufacturing | 3.4 4.0 3.1 | 4.2 5.6 5.1 5.3 4.9 | 157.0 | 161.7 162.4 163.0 163.6 164.2 164.9 | | | | Primary processing | 2.3 4.1 1.6 | 2.4 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.1 | 138.4 | 141.1 141.4 141.8 142.1 142.5 142.8 Advanced processing | 3.9 4.0 3.9 | 5.2 6.9 5.9 6.3 5.7 | 166.5 | 172.3 173.1 174.0 174.7 175.5 176.2 | | | | Durable | 3.9 3.7 3.9 | 6.1 8.5 7.4 8.0 7.5 | 178.3 | 186.4 187.6 188.8 189.8 190.9 192.0 Lumber and products 24 | 2.0 2.9 1.6 | 3.0 3.9 4.5 4.0 1.3 | 140.4 | 142.5 142.6 142.8 142.9 143.1 143.2 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 3.2 4.5 2.6 | 2.5 4.0 6.0 4.8 2.3 | 153.5 | 156.6 156.9 157.2 157.5 157.7 158.0 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 1.6 2.5 1.2 | .9 2.4 3.4 3.7 3.3 | 148.0 | 151.1 151.5 151.9 152.3 152.7 153.1 | | | | Primary metals 33 | .5 1.7 .0 | 2.7 2.4 3.7 3.7 5.0 | 137.6 | 141.2 141.8 142.3 142.9 143.5 144.0 Iron and steel 331,2 | -.2 .7 -.6 | 3.1 1.4 4.5 3.8 5.3 | 137.0 | 140.6 141.3 141.9 142.5 143.1 143.8 Raw steel | -.5 .3 -.9 | 1.4 3.3 2.7 6.1 5.5 | 131.3 | 135.8 136.4 137.0 137.6 138.2 138.8 Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 1.8 3.8 1.0 | 2.2 3.5 2.8 3.7 4.6 | 138.1 | 141.7 142.1 142.6 143.1 143.6 144.1 Primary copper 3331 | .7 1.8 .3 | 3.2 8.3 -1.8 1.2 1.6 | 144.1 | 145.3 145.5 145.7 145.9 146.1 146.3 Primary aluminum 3334 | 1.2 5.2 -.3 | .5 .0 .2 .2 .0 | 104.1 | 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 | | | | Fabricated metal products 34 | 2.0 3.1 1.6 | 2.5 4.1 4.7 5.1 4.6 | 156.2 | 160.6 161.2 161.8 162.4 162.9 163.5 Industrial machinery | | | | and equipment 35 | 5.6 4.7 5.9 | 8.6 11.0 11.4 11.6 10.4 | 206.2 | 219.5 221.4 223.3 225.0 226.7 228.4 Computer and office equip. 357 | 21.3 12.0 25.1 | 21.9 32.0 40.6 41.0 41.7 | 505.6 | 618.7 637.0 655.8 675.1 695.0 715.5 Electrical machinery 36 | 8.5 5.9 9.6 | 19.1 26.5 18.6 19.3 17.6 | 293.2 | 324.1 328.6 333.1 337.4 341.8 346.2 Semiconductors 3672-9 | 19.4 13.1 21.9 | 43.0 57.1 29.6 37.6 34.8 | 606.2 | 728.8 746.8 765.2 784.1 803.5 823.4 | | | | Transportation equipment 37 | 2.7 3.0 2.6 | 3.4 3.8 2.3 3.5 3.7 | 154.3 | 157.5 158.0 158.5 159.0 159.5 160.0 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 3.4 4.4 3.0 | 7.5 8.1 4.5 4.6 4.3 | 185.4 | 190.1 190.8 191.5 192.2 192.8 193.5 Autos and light trucks <1> | | 5.9 5.7 .8 2.4 2.6 | 162.1 | 164.5 164.9 165.3 165.6 165.9 166.3 Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 1.6 1.1 1.8 | -1.1 -1.2 -.7 2.1 2.8 | 124.3 | 126.0 126.3 126.6 126.9 127.2 127.5 Instruments 38 | 4.6 7.6 3.4 | .0 .5 .8 1.9 3.4 | 135.3 | 137.5 137.9 138.2 138.6 139.0 139.4 Miscellaneous 39 | 2.4 4.4 1.6 | 1.9 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.6 | 157.2 | 160.3 160.8 161.3 161.7 162.2 162.7 | | | | Nondurable | 2.7 4.3 2.1 | 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.2 1.7 | 135.2 | 136.8 137.0 137.2 137.4 137.6 137.8 Foods 20 | 2.4 3.0 2.2 | 2.1 2.9 2.5 2.4 1.9 | 136.6 | 138.3 138.5 138.7 138.9 139.1 139.3 Textile mill products 22 | 2.2 4.4 1.3 | 3.9 3.1 2.0 1.8 1.0 | 131.9 | 133.1 133.2 133.2 133.3 133.4 133.5 Apparel products 23 | 1.1 2.3 .7 | 1.6 2.2 .1 .0 -.8 | 131.4 | 131.2 131.1 131.0 130.9 130.8 130.7 Paper and products 26 | 2.7 3.9 2.3 | 1.3 2.5 2.3 1.8 2.1 | 126.2 | 127.8 128.1 128.3 128.5 128.7 128.9 Pulp and paper 261-3 | 2.4 2.9 2.2 | 2.0 2.9 2.0 1.8 1.6 | 121.1 | 122.4 122.5 122.7 122.8 123.0 123.1 Printing and publishing 27 | 2.7 3.0 2.5 | .8 .7 1.0 .7 .9 | 127.2 | 127.9 128.0 128.0 128.1 128.2 128.3 | | | | Chemicals and products 28 | 3.8 6.8 2.6 | 2.7 2.8 3.6 3.3 2.2 | 146.7 | 149.2 149.4 149.7 149.9 150.2 150.4 Plastics materials 2821 | 6.5 12.7 4.1 | 6.2 5.3 6.6 5.5 3.9 | 140.6 | 144.5 145.0 145.4 145.8 146.3 146.7 Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | 3.7 9.7 1.5 | .4 .4 -.4 3.9 1.7 | 123.1 | 125.1 125.2 125.4 125.6 125.7 125.9 Petroleum products 29 | 1.5 4.2 .5 | 2.1 -.5 .4 1.8 3.1 | 115.4 | 116.8 117.2 117.5 117.8 118.2 118.5 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 5.3 8.4 4.1 | 4.4 5.1 4.4 4.2 3.2 | 146.0 | 149.1 149.4 149.8 150.2 150.6 151.0 Leather and products 31 | -3.3 -1.5 -4.0 | -2.1 -2.6 -2.3 -2.8 -5.2 | 105.9 | 103.6 103.1 102.6 102.1 101.6 101.1 | | | | Mining | .2 -.1 .3 | 1.1 -.7 .4 .7 1.1 | 118.1 | 118.5 118.6 118.7 118.8 119.0 119.1 Metal mining 10 | 1.3 .5 1.6 | -1.8 1.2 .5 .8 1.4 | 118.2 | 119.2 119.4 119.5 119.7 119.8 119.9 Coal mining 12 | 2.3 2.4 2.3 | 4.3 -.7 1.2 1.7 1.7 | 126.7 | 128.0 128.2 128.3 128.5 128.7 128.9 Oil and gas extraction 13 | -.5 -1.0 -.2 | .3 -1.2 -.1 .1 .6 | 113.7 | 113.7 113.7 113.8 113.8 113.9 114.0 Oil and gas well drilling 138 | .7 .8 .7 | -.6 -1.6 -1.2 1.1 1.4 | 175.4 | 176.7 176.9 177.1 177.3 177.6 177.8 Stone and earth minerals 14 | 1.4 2.6 1.0 | 2.3 2.4 3.5 4.0 3.6 | 140.3 | 143.2 143.6 144.0 144.4 144.9 145.3 | | | | Utilities | 2.7 6.1 1.4 | 1.2 2.1 1.5 1.3 1.0 | 126.8 | 127.6 127.7 127.8 127.9 128.0 128.1 Electric 491,3pt | 3.7 7.8 2.2 | 1.0 2.8 1.5 1.3 1.0 | 125.1 | 126.0 126.1 126.2 126.3 126.4 126.5 Gas 492,3pt | .4 2.3 -.3 | .4 .5 2.2 1.9 1.6 | 135.8 | 137.1 137.3 137.5 137.7 137.9 138.1 | | | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | | | | | Computers, communications eq, and | | | | semiconductors | 15.6 9.5 18.1 | 28.3 38.7 29.3 30.5 29.6 | 452.3 | 528.0 539.6 551.5 563.2 575.1 587.4 | | | | Manufacturing ex. computers, | | | | communications eq., and | | | | semiconductors | 2.4 3.7 1.9 | 2.4 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.7 | 142.6 | 145.0 145.3 145.6 145.9 146.2 146.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <1> Series begins in 1977.