Table 4 INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent change Capacity indexes | Annual rate | Fourth quarter to fourth quarter | Percent of 1992 output | 1967- 1967- 1975-| | | | 1999 1975 1999 | | 1998 | 1999 Item | Ave. Ave. Ave. | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 | Nov. | June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Total industry | 3.2 3.8 2.9 | 5.0 5.4 5.4 6.3 4.2 | 165.3 | 169.8 170.2 170.7 171.2 171.7 172.3 | | | | Manufacturing | 3.5 4.0 3.3 | 5.6 6.1 6.1 7.0 4.7 | 172.5 | 177.6 178.2 178.7 179.3 179.9 180.5 | | | | Primary processing | 2.4 4.1 1.7 | 3.1 3.5 3.9 3.8 2.4 | 146.4 | 148.5 148.8 149.0 149.3 149.6 149.8 Advanced processing | 4.1 4.0 4.1 | 6.9 7.2 7.0 8.5 5.6 | 185.6 | 192.3 193.0 193.7 194.5 195.3 196.1 | | | | Durable | 4.2 3.7 4.3 | 8.8 9.3 8.7 10.7 7.3 | 206.0 | 215.4 216.5 217.6 218.7 219.8 221.0 Lumber and products 24 | 2.0 2.9 1.7 | 3.3 3.6 3.4 3.1 2.9 | 144.2 | 146.7 147.0 147.4 147.7 148.1 148.4 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 3.1 4.5 2.6 | 4.4 4.3 3.8 3.2 2.0 | 157.3 | 159.2 159.5 159.7 160.0 160.2 160.4 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 1.6 2.5 1.2 | 2.0 3.3 3.1 2.8 3.5 | 152.2 | 155.2 155.7 156.1 156.6 157.1 157.6 | | | | Primary metals 33 | .6 1.7 .1 | 2.5 5.7 3.5 3.5 2.5 | 146.5 | 148.8 149.0 149.3 149.6 149.8 150.1 Iron and steel 331,2 | -.1 .7 -.3 | 1.9 5.2 3.8 5.2 3.9 | 146.9 | 150.4 150.8 151.3 151.7 152.1 152.5 Raw steel | -.5 .3 -.8 | 3.2 2.7 6.0 6.2 1.5 | 141.2 | 142.9 143.0 143.1 143.2 143.3 143.4 Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 1.7 3.8 1.0 | 3.2 6.4 3.1 1.5 .8 | 146.0 | 146.8 146.9 147.0 147.1 147.1 147.2 Primary copper 3331 | .1 1.8 -.6 | 1.6 -5.1 .7 -.5 -2.2 | 122.8 | 121.3 121.0 120.8 120.5 120.3 120.1 Primary aluminum 3334 | 1.2 5.2 -.3 | .0 .4 .0 .0 .0 | 104.2 | 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 | | | | Fabricated metal products 34 | 2.0 3.1 1.7 | 6.0 5.1 6.1 5.8 .3 | 170.7 | 171.7 171.6 171.6 171.5 171.4 171.3 Industrial machinery | | | | and equipment 35 | 6.2 4.7 6.8 | 10.0 12.3 14.2 15.8 15.3 | 256.4 | 278.9 282.1 285.3 288.6 292.1 295.7 Computer and office equip. 357 | 23.2 12.0 27.6 | 30.3 42.5 50.9 58.8 61.9 | 942.8 | 1248.9 1300.0 1353.2 1408.5 1466.3 1526.5 Electrical machinery 36 | 9.5 5.9 10.8 | 29.8 30.9 22.9 30.5 17.3 | 438.9 | 488.3 493.3 498.4 503.6 509.0 514.5 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 3672-9 | 20.9 13.1 24.0 | 63.0 59.1 43.0 61.1 31.6 | 1203.8 | 1446.6 1472.9 1499.3 1526.3 1554.2 1583.4 | | | | Transportation equipment 37 | 2.5 3.0 2.3 | 2.2 .5 2.4 2.7 -.1 | 155.4 | 155.5 155.4 155.3 155.2 155.2 155.1 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 3.2 4.4 2.7 | 5.3 1.5 3.6 2.8 .2 | 184.6 | 184.8 184.9 184.9 184.9 185.0 185.0 Autos and light trucks 1 | | .2 -4.5 4.2 2.6 -1.7 | 158.8 | 157.0 156.8 156.6 156.4 156.2 156.1 Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 1.5 1.1 1.6 | -1.4 -1.0 .7 2.7 -.7 | 126.6 | 126.5 126.4 126.2 126.1 125.9 125.8 Instruments 38 | 4.6 7.6 3.5 | 2.5 .3 .8 2.2 4.0 | 141.0 | 144.1 144.6 145.1 145.6 146.1 146.6 Miscellaneous 39 | 2.1 4.4 1.3 | 2.6 2.4 .5 1.4 1.1 | 152.0 | 153.0 153.2 153.3 153.4 153.5 153.6 | | | | Nondurable | 2.7 4.3 2.1 | 2.0 2.2 2.6 2.4 1.3 | 138.5 | 139.6 139.8 139.9 140.0 140.2 140.3 Foods 20 | 2.3 3.0 2.1 | 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.2 1.9 | 137.5 | 139.1 139.3 139.5 139.8 140.0 140.2 Textile mill products 22 | 2.1 4.4 1.2 | 2.6 1.9 2.1 .3 .3 | 131.4 | 131.5 131.6 131.6 131.7 131.7 131.8 Apparel products 23 | 1.1 2.3 .7 | 1.6 .3 .6 .6 -.8 | 132.0 | 131.5 131.4 131.3 131.1 131.0 130.9 Paper and products 26 | 2.8 3.9 2.4 | 3.0 1.4 3.3 3.1 2.4 | 133.0 | 134.8 135.1 135.3 135.6 135.9 136.1 Pulp and paper 261-3 | 2.4 2.9 2.1 | 2.9 1.2 2.3 1.4 1.2 | 122.9 | 123.7 123.9 124.0 124.1 124.3 124.4 Printing and publishing 27 | 2.6 3.0 2.4 | .3 .7 1.9 1.6 -.2 | 129.6 | 129.6 129.6 129.5 129.5 129.4 129.4 | | | | Chemicals and products 28 | 3.6 6.8 2.5 | 2.5 3.4 2.8 2.9 1.0 | 149.5 | 150.5 150.6 150.7 150.8 150.9 151.0 Plastics materials 2821 | 6.1 12.7 3.7 | 3.0 3.3 1.7 3.7 3.7 | 134.6 | 137.6 138.0 138.4 138.8 139.2 139.6 Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | 3.4 9.7 1.2 | -.7 -2.0 1.1 .5 1.6 | 118.2 | 119.2 119.3 119.5 119.7 119.9 120.1 Petroleum products 29 | 1.6 4.2 .6 | -.2 1.4 2.3 2.9 1.6 | 121.1 | 122.4 122.5 122.7 122.8 122.9 123.1 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 5.4 8.4 4.4 | 4.1 4.2 5.3 5.1 5.4 | 158.4 | 163.3 164.0 164.7 165.5 166.2 166.9 Leather and products 31 | -3.2 -1.5 -3.9 | -2.2 -1.5 -1.9 -2.8 -4.9 | 105.2 | 102.3 101.9 101.4 101.0 100.5 100.1 | | | | Mining | .2 -.1 .3 | -.4 .4 1.6 .9 -.2 | 120.4 | 120.3 120.3 120.2 120.2 120.2 120.2 Metal mining 10 | 1.2 .5 1.5 | .7 1.6 3.2 1.1 -1.5 | 122.5 | 121.6 121.4 121.2 121.0 120.8 120.7 Coal mining 12 | 2.2 2.4 2.1 | .3 1.8 .2 .4 .4 | 126.3 | 126.7 126.8 126.8 126.8 126.9 126.9 Oil and gas extraction 13 | -.4 -1.0 -.2 | -1.0 -.3 1.2 .6 -.6 | 115.6 | 115.1 115.1 115.0 115.0 114.9 114.9 Oil and gas well drilling 138 | .6 .8 .5 | -1.6 -1.2 1.0 1.9 -3.1 | 179.2 | 176.6 176.0 175.4 174.8 174.2 173.6 Stone and earth minerals 14 | 1.4 2.6 1.0 | 2.3 3.6 4.3 2.9 1.6 | 145.9 | 147.5 147.6 147.8 148.0 148.1 148.3 | | | | Utilities | 2.6 6.1 1.4 | 1.7 1.8 .2 .7 1.4 | 126.5 | 127.5 127.6 127.8 127.9 128.1 128.2 Electric 491,3pt | 3.6 7.8 2.1 | 2.3 1.9 -.2 .7 1.4 | 124.3 | 125.3 125.5 125.6 125.8 125.9 126.1 Gas 492,3pt | .4 2.3 -.3 | .5 1.9 1.5 1.1 1.0 | 136.9 | 137.7 137.8 137.9 138.1 138.2 138.3 | | | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | | | | | Computers, communications eq, and | | | | semiconductors 2 | 17.2 9.5 20.2 | 42.0 45.6 37.9 48.2 35.7 | 811.7 | 979.3 1002.3 1025.8 1050.0 1075.2 1101.3 | | | | Manufacturing ex. computers, | | | | communications eq., and | | | | semiconductors 2 | 2.4 3.7 1.9 | 2.7 2.6 3.0 3.0 1.3 | 147.5 | 148.8 148.9 149.1 149.2 149.3 149.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> Series begins in 1977. <2> Semiconductors include related electronic components.