Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2002 | 2002 89 91 95| 2003 | 2003 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q1 Q2 Q3 r Q4 | Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.3 85.2 78.6 84.8 | 75.1 74.1 74.6 75.6 | 74.9 75.1 75.8 75.8 | | | | Manufacturing | 86.43 | 80.2 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 73.5 72.7 73.2 74.2 | 73.6 73.7 74.4 74.5 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 81.54 | 80.0 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 72.9 72.0 72.6 73.6 | 73.0 73.1 73.8 74.0 | | | | Durable manufacturing | 46.72 | 78.5 84.5 73.4 83.7 | 70.3 69.1 70.1 71.5 | 70.8 70.9 71.6 71.9 Wood products 321 | 1.46 | 80.4 88.8 73.0 87.9 | 73.1 72.7 74.0 76.3 | 73.8 75.7 76.4 76.8 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.26 | 79.4 85.7 72.1 84.0 | 77.5 76.9 77.7 78.4 | 77.5 77.7 78.3 79.0 Primary metal 331 | 2.23 | 81.0 95.3 75.2 94.9 | 76.8 73.4 73.3 77.0 | 73.4 75.3 77.0 78.5 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.41 | 77.2 80.3 71.1 83.8 | 68.8 67.2 67.3 68.5 | 67.6 68.0 68.7 68.7 Machinery 333 | 5.99 | 79.8 84.6 72.8 87.6 | 66.8 67.0 67.6 69.4 | 68.2 67.6 70.2 70.6 Computer and electronic products 334 | 10.50 | 79.5 81.1 76.3 85.3 | 63.2 62.9 65.2 67.6 | 65.9 67.2 67.9 67.8 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.35 | 83.2 87.4 75.0 92.5 | 73.5 73.1 73.5 74.8 | 74.1 74.5 74.6 75.3 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 6.36 | 77.6 89.7 56.5 87.8 | 80.9 77.9 80.7 81.4 | 83.7 81.5 81.2 81.5 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.15 | 73.2 88.9 81.9 67.7 | 63.8 63.6 64.0 64.5 | 64.3 64.2 64.4 65.0 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.81 | 79.2 84.0 67.9 83.7 | 71.1 69.6 69.6 69.7 | 69.5 69.3 69.9 69.8 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.21 | 76.9 81.7 77.7 81.2 | 77.8 76.5 75.6 75.2 | 75.4 74.9 75.2 75.4 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.82 | 82.2 87.0 81.8 85.5 | 76.5 76.1 76.1 76.7 | 76.2 76.3 77.0 77.0 Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 11.38 | 82.3 85.5 81.3 84.5 | 77.4 77.3 77.2 76.8 | 77.0 76.6 77.0 76.8 Textile and product mills 313,4 | 1.32 | 83.7 91.4 77.2 91.0 | 73.2 71.7 70.4 71.4 | 69.8 70.5 72.2 71.5 Apparel and leather 315,6 | 1.28 | 80.1 84.2 77.3 89.2 | 65.2 63.4 61.9 64.3 | 61.8 63.6 64.8 64.5 Paper 322 | 2.81 | 88.4 93.7 85.2 92.4 | 83.6 83.8 83.4 83.4 | 82.8 82.8 83.7 83.6 Printing and support 323 | 2.56 | 84.7 91.6 82.7 86.0 | 73.7 71.9 71.8 72.2 | 71.9 71.9 72.5 72.3 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.72 | 86.3 88.9 82.5 90.2 | 88.4 87.6 87.9 88.3 | 88.4 88.3 88.0 88.6 Chemical 325 | 10.16 | 78.6 85.6 80.8 81.3 | 73.1 72.6 73.0 74.5 | 73.4 73.6 74.7 75.1 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.59 | 83.8 91.3 77.2 92.4 | 79.6 79.1 79.9 80.9 | 80.1 80.8 80.9 81.0 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 4.89 | 83.7 90.7 79.1 82.8 | 82.3 83.2 82.4 84.0 | 82.3 83.5 84.4 84.1 | | | | Mining 21 | 5.25 | 86.9 85.6 83.4 88.3 | 84.7 84.7 85.0 85.7 | 85.2 85.3 85.9 85.9 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.32 | 87.0 92.8 84.1 93.8 | 86.3 82.4 82.9 83.2 | 81.8 83.1 84.0 82.6 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 7.16 | 79.2 79.9 74.5 88.3 | 61.7 62.0 65.0 68.1 | 65.8 67.2 68.2 68.9 Computers and office equipment 3341 | 1.54 | 78.4 79.3 67.2 86.6 | 71.4 68.6 70.4 73.9 | 71.3 72.6 73.9 75.3 Communications equipment 3342 | 2.34 | 78.6 81.7 73.2 87.5 | 50.6 50.9 50.2 51.9 | 50.1 51.8 52.5 51.4 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 3.28 | 81.0 80.5 78.1 91.5 | 64.9 66.8 73.0 76.9 | 74.5 75.6 76.7 78.3 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 92.84 | 81.4 85.6 78.8 84.7 | 76.3 75.3 75.7 76.5 | 75.9 76.1 76.8 76.7 Manufacturing 1 | 79.27 | 80.2 86.1 77.3 84.1 | 74.7 73.9 74.3 75.2 | 74.6 74.7 75.4 75.5 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 8.29 | 86.4 88.5 84.7 88.9 | 83.3 83.3 83.7 84.3 | 83.8 83.9 84.5 84.6 Primary and semifinished | 49.05 | 82.4 86.4 77.5 87.9 | 77.2 75.8 76.4 77.7 | 76.6 77.2 77.9 77.9 Finished | 42.66 | 78.4 83.2 77.2 80.3 | 71.2 70.4 70.9 71.6 | 71.2 71.1 71.9 71.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.