Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | 1972- 1978- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2001 | 2001 1980 1982 1989 1991 1995| 2001 | 2002 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High Low High| Dec. | July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.5 86.6 70.8 85.1 78.6 84.8 | 74.6 | 76.4 76.1 76.0 75.6 75.6 75.4 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 9.32 | 86.5 91.5 77.2 88.6 84.7 89.3 | 82.1 | 84.4 83.9 83.1 82.8 82.9 84.2 Primary and semifinished | 49.17 | 82.4 87.8 67.9 86.2 77.6 87.7 | 75.6 | 78.6 78.4 78.6 78.1 78.1 77.8 Finished | 41.51 | 78.7 83.8 71.3 83.1 77.2 80.3 | 71.9 | 71.9 71.7 71.3 70.9 71.0 70.6 | | | | Manufacturing | 86.10 | 80.4 86.3 68.6 85.5 77.2 84.3 | 73.0 | 74.3 74.3 74.1 73.8 73.8 73.6 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 81.39 | 80.3 86.3 67.9 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 72.5 | 74.0 73.9 73.6 73.3 73.3 73.1 Durable manufacturing | 47.05 | 78.8 87.0 63.1 84.5 73.4 83.7 | 69.6 | 70.6 70.8 70.2 69.9 70.2 69.7 Wood products 321 | 1.44 | 80.5 87.2 59.4 88.7 73.1 87.7 | 74.0 | 75.4 75.8 74.5 73.5 72.2 71.4 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.25 | 79.5 88.2 62.5 85.6 72.1 83.7 | 79.7 | 80.6 81.2 82.1 81.5 81.6 81.0 Primary metal 331 | 2.44 | 81.1 91.3 47.2 95.3 75.2 94.8 | 69.0 | 76.2 78.7 76.5 79.1 78.9 80.2 Iron and steel products 3311,2 | .97 | 81.0 96.5 37.7 99.0 71.0 100.6 | 64.3 | 81.4 86.1 82.4 87.8 86.2 89.1 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.25 | 77.3 83.1 61.7 80.1 71.0 83.6 | 70.3 | 71.5 71.2 71.2 71.7 71.1 70.8 Machinery 333 | 5.85 | 80.3 92.8 58.3 84.7 72.9 88.7 | 66.1 | 68.0 68.8 67.9 66.9 66.9 67.2 Computer and electronic products 334 | 11.20 | 80.2 89.8 77.3 81.5 76.4 85.4 | 63.6 | 62.6 62.7 62.5 62.2 62.0 62.0 Computer and office equipment 3341 | 1.62 | 78.7 89.6 68.8 79.7 67.0 86.4 | 70.8 | 73.8 74.4 75.0 75.8 76.2 76.6 Communications equipment 3342 | 2.68 | 79.2 94.0 82.5 82.2 73.3 87.4 | 59.0 | 53.0 52.5 50.6 50.6 49.8 49.2 Semiconductor and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 3.80 | 81.8 95.1 77.3 81.4 78.7 92.0 | 62.4 | 65.6 66.5 66.8 66.4 66.4 66.7 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.39 | 83.5 91.9 64.4 87.5 75.0 92.5 | 75.7 | 76.4 76.2 75.1 75.8 77.0 76.9 Transportation equipment 336 | 10.55 | 75.6 86.4 56.3 87.6 68.7 77.6 | 72.5 | 74.0 74.0 73.4 72.1 74.0 71.6 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 6.52 | 77.2 96.2 45.2 90.0 56.6 87.0 | 77.7 | 83.2 82.9 82.1 80.0 83.1 79.0 Autos and light trucks 3361 | 2.48 | 76.9 100.1 39.6 99.1 55.1 85.9 | 82.9 | 88.3 86.7 84.7 80.6 86.1 79.1 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.03 | 73.5 84.6 69.8 88.9 81.9 67.9 | 64.0 | 59.0 59.4 59.0 59.2 58.8 59.2 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.74 | 79.5 86.1 66.5 84.1 68.1 83.7 | 70.9 | 71.0 70.4 71.0 70.7 71.4 71.4 Miscellaneous 339 | 2.94 | 77.2 80.1 68.8 81.7 77.5 81.2 | 74.7 | 76.0 75.7 74.8 74.9 74.3 75.1 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.33 | 82.4 85.7 75.6 86.9 81.8 85.4 | 76.5 | 78.7 78.4 78.4 78.0 77.8 77.9 Food 311 | 7.56 | 83.1 85.3 80.7 85.8 83.7 83.9 | 80.3 | 80.6 80.5 80.8 81.0 80.3 80.5 Beverage and tobacco products 312 | 3.14 | 80.7 84.7 77.2 87.0 75.0 87.5 | 76.6 | 78.7 77.7 76.6 76.5 75.6 74.6 Textile mills 313 | .83 | 84.0 90.3 72.4 91.8 78.2 92.3 | 69.1 | 74.7 72.8 73.6 73.6 73.6 74.2 Textile product mills 314 | .51 | 83.7 92.8 71.0 90.1 73.2 88.1 | 75.4 | 75.6 75.8 74.3 73.7 75.0 74.8 Apparel 315 | 1.15 | 81.1 85.0 77.7 85.1 77.9 90.9 | 66.1 | 66.3 64.9 65.6 63.8 64.5 63.9 Leather and allied products 316 | .20 | 77.7 86.6 75.3 79.7 71.8 81.6 | 62.3 | 63.8 61.3 61.1 61.4 62.1 62.3 Paper 322 | 2.91 | 88.7 95.6 81.3 94.0 85.4 92.6 | 79.7 | 83.5 84.0 84.4 83.9 83.7 84.1 Printing and support 323 | 2.59 | 85.0 88.3 80.1 91.7 82.7 86.0 | 76.0 | 79.6 80.0 81.2 81.6 81.5 81.9 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.57 | 86.3 92.3 71.1 88.9 82.5 90.4 | 87.6 | 89.5 89.2 87.6 86.3 88.4 89.8 Chemical 325 | 10.19 | 78.8 83.0 67.9 85.6 80.8 81.3 | 73.6 | 75.7 75.2 75.1 74.4 74.2 74.5 Plastics material and resin 325211 | .63 | 86.1 84.7 65.3 97.6 78.0 101.4 | 81.5 | 91.7 92.7 90.1 85.1 Synthetic rubber 325212 | .11 | 79.7 90.3 55.6 92.5 73.8 89.1 | 60.0 | 76.6 75.2 72.2 74.1 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | and filaments 32522 | .21 | 81.5 94.4 62.2 96.4 75.7 89.4 | 55.2 | 76.2 74.7 72.0 74.9 71.8 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.67 | 83.8 90.5 70.5 91.2 77.1 92.3 | 75.8 | 80.3 80.3 80.4 79.9 79.2 79.0 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 4.72 | 83.6 88.1 85.7 90.2 79.1 82.7 | 81.4 | 80.9 81.7 82.8 82.7 82.3 83.2 | | | | Mining 21 | 5.94 | 87.0 94.2 78.6 85.6 83.3 88.5 | 86.1 | 85.7 85.3 83.8 83.9 84.4 85.8 Oil and gas extraction 211 | 3.83 | 92.0 95.6 89.5 91.1 88.8 94.6 | 92.7 | 92.7 91.6 87.9 88.6 89.6 91.0 Mining (except oil and gas) 212 | 1.32 | 84.2 92.4 67.6 90.4 80.0 88.3 | 84.0 | 82.3 82.7 84.9 83.8 84.3 85.3 Coal mining 2121 | .58 | 86.1 97.8 76.3 92.7 79.4 88.2 | 84.5 | 80.3 81.5 85.0 84.7 85.8 89.5 Metal mining 2122 | .19 | 80.0 86.1 32.1 90.5 82.0 92.1 | 78.0 | 74.3 71.9 77.9 76.9 77.0 77.1 Stone and earth minerals 2123 | .55 | 83.0 92.9 64.5 89.6 75.4 90.5 | 85.7 | 87.4 87.9 87.4 85.4 85.4 84.0 Support activities for mining 213 | .79 | 72.5 99.8 49.8 61.6 52.3 74.2 | 57.8 | 54.4 54.9 55.1 55.1 54.1 55.9 Utilities 2211,2 | 7.96 | 86.7 87.9 77.2 92.6 84.2 93.8 | 83.5 | 89.6 86.5 88.4 86.3 85.9 84.4 Electric 2211 | 6.51 | 88.1 87.8 78.6 94.1 87.1 96.5 | 85.6 | 91.0 87.7 89.9 87.3 86.5 85.2 Natural gas 2212 | 1.45 | 80.2 92.6 71.1 86.4 67.4 87.8 | 72.8 | 83.1 81.6 80.8 82.1 83.8 81.0 | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 8.10 | 79.8 89.9 75.6 80.4 74.6 88.5 | 62.5 | 62.1 62.4 62.0 61.9 61.7 61.7 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | industries | 78.00 | 80.4 86.3 68.1 86.1 77.3 84.0 | 74.2 | 75.9 75.9 75.7 75.4 75.4 75.2 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech and | | | | motor vehicles and pts. | 71.48 | 80.7 85.7 69.5 85.8 79.2 83.8 | 73.9 | 75.2 75.2 75.1 74.9 74.7 74.9 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