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-| | | | 2000 1975 2000 | | 1999 | 2000 Item | Ave. Ave. Ave. | 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | Aug. | Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Total industry | 3.2 3.8 3.0 | 5.4 5.4 6.3 4.2 3.7 | 170.7 | 174.4 174.9 175.5 176.1 176.6 177.1 | | | | Manufacturing | 3.5 4.0 3.4 | 6.1 6.1 7.0 4.7 4.2 | 178.7 | 183.0 183.7 184.4 185.1 185.7 186.3 | | | | Primary processing | 2.3 4.1 1.7 | 3.5 3.9 3.8 2.4 1.1 | 149.0 | 150.6 150.7 150.9 151.0 151.1 151.2 Advanced processing | 4.1 4.0 4.2 | 7.2 7.0 8.5 5.6 5.6 | 193.7 | 199.6 200.5 201.5 202.6 203.4 204.3 | | | | Durable | 4.3 3.7 4.5 | 9.3 8.7 10.7 7.3 7.4 | 217.6 | 226.1 227.6 229.1 230.6 231.9 233.2 Lumber and products 24 | 2.0 2.9 1.7 | 3.6 3.4 3.1 2.9 .3 | 147.4 | 149.1 149.1 149.1 149.1 149.0 149.0 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 3.0 4.5 2.5 | 4.3 3.8 3.2 2.0 .7 | 159.7 | 161.1 161.2 161.2 161.3 161.3 161.4 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 1.6 2.5 1.3 | 3.3 3.1 2.8 3.5 2.2 | 156.1 | 159.1 159.4 159.7 159.9 160.1 160.4 | | | | Primary metals 33 | .6 1.7 .2 | 5.7 3.5 3.5 2.5 1.9 | 149.3 | 151.0 151.2 151.5 151.7 151.9 152.2 Iron and steel 331,2 | .0 .7 -.2 | 5.2 3.8 5.2 3.9 2.3 | 151.3 | 153.8 154.1 154.5 154.7 155.0 155.3 Raw steel | -.4 .3 -.6 | 2.7 6.0 6.2 1.5 2.2 | 143.1 | 144.0 144.3 144.6 144.9 145.2 145.5 Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 1.7 3.8 1.0 | 6.4 3.1 1.5 .8 1.4 | 147.0 | 147.7 147.8 148.0 148.2 148.4 148.6 Primary copper 3331 | -.1 1.8 -.8 | -5.1 .7 -.5 -2.2 -5.9 | 120.8 | 118.5 117.9 117.2 116.5 115.8 115.0 Primary aluminum 3334 | 1.1 5.2 -.3 | .4 .0 .0 .0 .4 | 104.2 | 104.3 104.3 104.3 104.4 104.4 104.5 | | | | Fabricated metal products 34 | 2.0 3.1 1.6 | 5.1 6.1 5.8 .3 .0 | 171.6 | 171.1 171.1 171.1 171.1 171.1 171.2 Industrial machinery | | | | and equipment 35 | 6.4 4.7 7.0 | 12.3 14.2 15.8 15.3 12.3 | 285.3 | 309.2 312.2 315.3 318.2 320.9 323.5 Computer and office equip. 357 | 23.7 12.0 28.1 | 42.5 50.9 58.8 61.9 42.2 | 1353.2 | 1754.5 1807.0 1858.3 1909.0 1959.0 2009.4 Electrical machinery 36 | 9.9 5.9 11.4 | 30.9 22.9 30.5 17.3 25.4 | 498.4 | 547.1 558.1 570.3 583.6 594.9 606.8 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 3672-9 | 21.9 13.1 25.1 | 59.1 43.0 61.1 31.6 53.6 | 1499.3 | 1771.6 1838.8 1914.2 1997.5 2074.8 2158.0 | | | | Transportation equipment 37 | 2.4 3.0 2.2 | .5 2.4 2.7 -.1 .1 | 155.3 | 155.2 155.2 155.2 155.2 155.3 155.3 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 3.1 4.4 2.7 | 1.5 3.6 2.8 .2 1.9 | 184.9 | 186.0 186.3 186.7 187.0 187.4 187.7 Autos and light trucks 1 | | -4.5 4.2 2.6 -1.7 1.2 | 156.6 | 156.5 156.6 156.9 157.1 157.3 157.5 Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 1.4 1.1 1.5 | -1.0 .7 2.7 -.7 -2.0 | 126.2 | 125.0 124.7 124.5 124.3 124.1 123.9 Instruments 38 | 4.5 7.6 3.4 | .3 .8 2.2 4.0 1.9 | 145.1 | 148.1 148.3 148.5 148.7 148.8 149.0 Miscellaneous 39 | 2.0 4.4 1.2 | 2.4 .5 1.4 1.1 .3 | 153.3 | 154.0 154.0 154.0 154.0 154.1 154.1 | | | | Nondurable | 2.6 4.3 2.0 | 2.2 2.6 2.4 1.3 .3 | 139.9 | 140.6 140.6 140.6 140.6 140.6 140.6 Foods 20 | 2.3 3.0 2.0 | 2.2 2.3 2.2 1.9 .6 | 139.5 | 140.8 140.8 140.9 140.9 140.9 140.9 Textile mill products 22 | 2.0 4.4 1.2 | 1.9 2.1 .3 .3 .1 | 131.6 | 131.9 131.9 131.9 131.9 131.9 131.9 Apparel products 23 | 1.0 2.3 .5 | .3 .6 .6 -.8 -2.4 | 131.3 | 130.0 129.8 129.5 129.2 128.9 128.7 Paper and products 26 | 2.7 3.9 2.3 | 1.4 3.3 3.1 2.4 .1 | 135.3 | 136.6 136.7 136.7 136.6 136.6 136.5 Pulp and paper 261-3 | 2.3 2.9 2.1 | 1.2 2.3 1.4 1.2 .2 | 124.0 | 124.7 124.7 124.7 124.7 124.7 124.7 Printing and publishing 27 | 2.5 3.0 2.4 | .7 1.9 1.6 -.2 .7 | 129.5 | 129.4 129.5 129.6 129.7 129.8 129.9 | | | | Chemicals and products 28 | 3.6 6.8 2.4 | 3.4 2.8 2.9 1.0 .9 | 150.7 | 151.5 151.6 151.7 151.8 152.0 152.1 Plastics materials 2821 | 6.0 12.7 3.7 | 3.3 1.7 3.7 3.7 3.2 | 138.4 | 141.1 141.5 141.9 142.2 142.6 143.0 Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | 3.3 9.7 1.0 | -2.0 1.1 .5 1.6 -2.3 | 119.5 | 120.0 119.8 119.5 119.2 118.8 118.5 Petroleum products 29 | 1.5 4.2 .6 | 1.4 2.3 2.9 1.6 .6 | 122.7 | 123.5 123.5 123.6 123.6 123.7 123.7 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 5.4 8.4 4.3 | 4.2 5.3 5.1 5.4 3.4 | 164.7 | 169.3 169.8 170.2 170.7 171.0 171.4 Leather and products 31 | -3.3 -1.5 -3.9 | -1.5 -1.9 -2.8 -4.9 -5.0 | 101.4 | 98.3 97.9 97.5 97.1 96.7 96.2 | | | | Mining | .2 -.1 .2 | .4 1.6 .9 -.2 -1.5 | 120.2 | 119.7 119.5 119.3 119.2 119.0 118.8 Metal mining 10 | 1.1 .5 1.3 | 1.6 3.2 1.1 -1.5 -2.5 | 121.2 | 119.8 119.6 119.3 119.0 118.7 118.4 Coal mining 12 | 2.2 2.4 2.1 | 1.8 .2 .4 .4 .2 | 126.8 | 127.0 127.1 127.1 127.1 127.1 127.1 Oil and gas extraction 13 | -.5 -1.0 -.3 | -.3 1.2 .6 -.6 -2.1 | 115.0 | 114.1 113.9 113.7 113.5 113.3 113.0 Oil and gas well drilling 138 | .6 .8 .5 | -1.2 1.0 1.9 -3.1 .8 | 175.4 | 172.8 172.8 173.0 173.3 173.6 174.0 Stone and earth minerals 14 | 1.4 2.6 1.0 | 3.6 4.3 2.9 1.6 .3 | 147.8 | 148.7 148.7 148.7 148.7 148.7 148.7 | | | | Utilities | 2.6 6.1 1.4 | 1.8 .2 .7 1.4 1.2 | 127.8 | 128.7 128.8 129.0 129.1 129.2 129.4 Electric 491,3pt | 3.5 7.8 2.1 | 1.9 -.2 .7 1.4 1.7 | 125.6 | 126.8 126.9 127.1 127.3 127.5 127.7 Gas 492,3pt | .4 2.3 -.2 | 1.9 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.0 | 137.9 | 138.7 138.9 139.0 139.1 139.2 139.3 | | | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | | | | | Computers, communications eq, and | | | | semiconductors 2 | 17.8 9.5 20.9 | 45.6 37.9 48.2 35.7 39.1 | 1025.8 | 1223.3 1258.5 1295.8 1335.1 1371.5 1409.4 | | | | Manufacturing ex. computers, | | | | communications eq., and | | | | semiconductors 2 | 2.3 3.7 1.8 | 2.6 3.0 3.0 1.3 .5 | 149.1 | 149.8 149.8 149.9 149.9 150.0 150.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> Series begins in 1977. <2> Semiconductors include related electronic components.