Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | 1972- 1978- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2002 | 2002 1980 1982 1989 1991 1995| 2002 | 2003 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High Low High| Oct. | May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.3 86.6 70.9 85.2 78.6 84.8 | 75.4 | 74.1 74.0 74.5 74.6 74.9 75.0 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 8.29 | 86.4 91.5 77.2 88.5 84.7 88.9 | 82.1 | 83.0 83.6 83.9 83.3 84.1 83.5 Primary and semifinished | 49.05 | 82.4 87.9 68.1 86.4 77.5 87.9 | 77.8 | 75.9 75.6 76.3 76.6 76.7 77.4 Finished | 42.66 | 78.4 83.7 71.3 83.2 77.2 80.3 | 71.3 | 70.4 70.4 70.8 70.7 71.1 70.7 | | | | Manufacturing | 86.43 | 80.2 86.3 68.7 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 73.7 | 72.6 72.7 73.0 73.0 73.5 73.5 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 81.54 | 80.0 86.3 68.0 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 73.3 | 72.0 72.0 72.5 72.4 73.0 72.9 Durable manufacturing | 46.72 | 78.5 86.9 63.2 84.5 73.4 83.7 | 70.5 | 69.0 69.3 69.8 69.8 70.7 70.5 Wood products 321 | 1.46 | 80.4 87.4 59.6 88.8 73.0 87.9 | 74.5 | 72.5 73.0 74.5 74.2 74.0 75.7 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.26 | 79.4 88.1 62.5 85.7 72.1 84.0 | 77.9 | 76.6 77.1 77.7 78.1 77.8 77.9 Primary metal 331 | 2.23 | 81.0 91.1 47.2 95.3 75.2 94.9 | 77.9 | 72.8 73.3 73.4 73.0 74.2 77.2 Iron and steel products 3311,2 | .85 | 81.1 96.2 37.8 99.0 70.9 100.6 | 86.1 | 76.3 79.5 79.4 76.9 80.4 87.8 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.41 | 77.2 83.3 62.0 80.3 71.1 83.8 | 70.3 | 67.0 67.0 67.6 66.8 67.4 67.6 Machinery 333 | 5.99 | 79.8 93.1 58.4 84.6 72.8 87.6 | 66.7 | 67.2 67.3 67.0 67.6 68.1 67.5 Computer and electronic products 334 | 10.50 | 79.5 89.5 77.3 81.1 76.3 85.3 | 62.8 | 63.0 63.1 64.2 65.2 65.2 66.1 Computer and office equipment 3341 | 1.54 | 78.4 89.5 68.8 79.3 67.2 86.6 | 71.1 | 68.3 68.5 69.5 70.3 70.9 71.5 Communications equipment 3342 | 2.34 | 78.6 93.5 83.0 81.7 73.2 87.5 | 46.9 | 50.9 50.7 49.9 50.7 50.0 50.8 Semiconductor and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 3.28 | 81.0 93.8 76.7 80.5 78.1 91.5 | 67.4 | 66.7 68.2 70.8 72.8 73.0 74.4 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.35 | 83.2 91.9 64.5 87.4 75.0 92.5 | 73.7 | 72.7 73.7 73.2 73.4 74.0 74.6 Transportation equipment 336 | 10.50 | 75.8 86.4 56.4 87.8 68.6 77.8 | 74.4 | 72.0 72.6 73.6 73.0 75.9 73.9 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 6.36 | 77.6 96.3 45.3 89.7 56.5 87.8 | 80.6 | 77.2 78.3 80.0 78.6 83.5 80.2 Autos and light trucks 3361 | 2.45 | 78.0 100.2 39.6 98.6 54.8 88.1 | 87.7 | 82.3 83.4 86.4 83.0 91.5 86.3 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.15 | 73.2 84.2 69.6 88.9 81.9 67.7 | 64.7 | 63.8 63.6 63.4 64.0 63.9 63.9 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.81 | 79.2 86.4 66.6 84.0 67.9 83.7 | 71.3 | 69.7 69.3 69.9 69.5 69.5 69.7 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.21 | 76.9 80.2 69.0 81.7 77.7 81.2 | 75.8 | 76.3 76.7 76.3 75.6 75.8 75.4 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.82 | 82.2 85.7 75.6 87.0 81.8 85.5 | 77.2 | 76.1 75.8 76.2 76.1 76.2 76.2 Food 311 | 8.09 | 82.8 85.2 80.7 85.8 83.7 84.0 | 79.8 | 79.3 79.6 79.7 79.0 79.1 78.3 Beverage and tobacco products 312 | 3.29 | 80.6 84.9 77.1 87.0 74.9 87.8 | 76.7 | 72.4 72.1 72.9 72.0 71.1 71.0 Textile mills 313 | .79 | 83.7 90.3 72.3 91.9 78.4 92.7 | 73.9 | 68.9 68.9 67.0 66.3 66.9 67.0 Textile product mills 314 | .53 | 83.4 93.0 71.1 90.7 73.7 88.0 | 75.3 | 75.5 74.7 76.8 76.4 73.7 75.4 Apparel 315 | 1.09 | 80.7 85.0 78.0 85.5 78.0 91.2 | 67.3 | 64.1 62.8 62.3 61.0 61.5 63.2 Leather and allied products 316 | .20 | 77.1 86.4 75.5 79.9 71.7 81.3 | 64.2 | 63.2 62.0 64.4 62.7 63.4 64.4 Paper 322 | 2.81 | 88.4 95.4 81.3 93.7 85.2 92.4 | 84.5 | 83.8 84.3 84.3 82.9 82.6 82.6 Printing and support 323 | 2.56 | 84.7 88.2 80.1 91.6 82.7 86.0 | 74.2 | 71.5 71.6 71.9 71.7 72.4 72.8 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.72 | 86.3 92.3 71.2 88.9 82.5 90.2 | 85.1 | 88.6 86.3 87.0 88.4 87.9 88.1 Chemical 325 | 10.16 | 78.6 83.1 68.1 85.6 80.8 81.3 | 73.3 | 72.5 71.8 72.4 73.2 73.5 73.2 Plastics material and resin 325211 | .57 | 86.0 84.7 65.3 97.6 78.1 101.3 | 82.1 | 78.3 76.1 79.6 81.7 86.2 Synthetic rubber 325212 | .11 | 79.1 90.4 55.5 92.5 73.6 88.6 | 75.6 | 77.6 73.7 75.9 75.7 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | and filaments 32522 | .19 | 81.6 94.2 62.1 96.1 75.6 89.3 | 80.5 | 75.0 73.8 79.5 77.4 83.0 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.59 | 83.8 89.9 70.5 91.3 77.2 92.4 | 80.0 | 79.4 79.2 79.6 80.1 80.5 81.6 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 4.89 | 83.7 88.2 85.7 90.7 79.1 82.8 | 79.7 | 83.0 83.8 82.3 82.5 82.2 83.6 | | | | Mining 21 | 5.25 | 86.9 94.2 78.6 85.6 83.4 88.3 | 83.2 | 84.3 84.8 85.0 84.7 85.6 84.9 Oil and gas extraction 211 | 3.14 | 92.0 95.6 89.5 91.1 88.8 94.5 | 89.0 | 91.0 91.6 91.2 90.7 92.5 91.3 Mining (except oil and gas) 212 | 1.38 | 84.2 92.5 67.6 90.3 80.1 87.9 | 83.7 | 81.9 81.9 84.1 83.8 82.5 83.3 Coal mining 2121 | .61 | 86.1 97.8 76.3 92.6 79.6 87.5 | 82.9 | 81.1 81.7 83.9 82.6 80.5 81.4 Metal mining 2122 | .20 | 79.9 86.0 32.0 90.4 82.1 92.1 | 80.7 | 72.7 77.9 78.8 80.3 79.0 79.2 Stone and earth minerals 2123 | .57 | 83.0 93.0 64.3 89.4 75.5 90.3 | 85.9 | 86.2 83.6 86.4 86.6 86.1 87.0 Support activities for mining 213 | .73 | 72.3 99.8 49.7 61.6 52.3 74.2 | 57.3 | 59.7 59.9 60.2 60.6 60.2 60.3 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.32 | 87.0 88.1 77.6 92.8 84.1 93.8 | 87.9 | 83.1 81.1 83.4 84.6 82.7 84.0 Electric 2211 | 7.04 | 88.4 88.0 78.9 94.2 86.8 96.5 | 89.0 | 83.9 81.6 84.5 85.8 83.6 85.3 Natural gas 2212 | 1.28 | 80.2 92.1 72.3 86.5 67.4 87.8 | 82.4 | 79.4 79.0 78.4 79.1 78.6 78.6 | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 7.16 | 79.2 89.4 75.4 79.9 74.5 88.3 | 61.5 | 61.9 62.5 63.6 65.0 65.0 66.1 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | industries | 79.27 | 80.2 86.3 68.2 86.1 77.3 84.1 | 74.8 | 73.8 73.9 74.2 74.0 74.6 74.5 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech and | | | | motor vehicles and pts. | 72.91 | 80.4 85.7 69.6 85.9 79.2 83.8 | 74.3 | 73.5 73.5 73.6 73.6 73.8 74.0 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