Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2003 | 2003 89 91 95| 2003 2004 | 2003 2004 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q2 Q3 Q4 r Q1 | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.1 85.2 78.6 84.8 | 74.1 74.6 75.5 76.5 | 75.8 76.2 76.7 76.5 | | | | Manufacturing | 84.35 | 80.0 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 72.7 73.2 74.1 75.0 | 74.4 74.5 75.3 75.2 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 79.53 | 79.8 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 72.0 72.6 73.6 74.4 | 73.9 74.0 74.7 74.6 | | | | Durable manufacturing | 44.99 | 78.3 84.5 73.4 83.7 | 69.1 70.1 71.4 72.5 | 71.7 72.0 72.8 72.7 Wood products 321 | 1.45 | 80.2 88.8 73.0 87.9 | 72.7 74.0 76.5 77.0 | 76.3 77.2 77.4 76.5 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.20 | 79.4 85.7 72.1 84.0 | 76.9 77.7 78.8 78.6 | 79.1 78.3 78.0 79.5 Primary metal 331 | 2.18 | 80.8 95.3 75.2 94.9 | 73.4 73.3 76.5 78.1 | 77.8 77.6 78.2 78.5 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.26 | 76.9 80.3 71.1 83.8 | 67.2 67.3 68.1 68.7 | 68.4 68.4 69.0 68.8 Machinery 333 | 5.73 | 79.5 84.6 72.8 87.6 | 67.0 67.6 69.3 72.9 | 70.2 71.4 73.4 73.9 Computer and electronic products 334 | 9.67 | 79.1 81.1 76.3 85.3 | 62.9 65.2 66.8 67.6 | 66.6 67.1 67.8 67.8 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.23 | 83.0 87.4 75.0 92.5 | 73.1 73.5 75.6 76.9 | 76.5 76.5 76.9 77.3 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 6.27 | 77.7 89.7 56.5 87.8 | 77.9 80.7 81.7 82.7 | 82.0 82.4 83.9 81.9 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.06 | 72.9 88.9 81.9 67.7 | 63.6 64.0 64.7 65.7 | 65.1 65.3 65.8 66.0 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.77 | 78.9 84.0 67.9 83.7 | 69.6 69.6 69.3 69.6 | 69.2 69.3 69.3 70.1 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.15 | 76.9 81.7 77.7 81.2 | 76.5 75.6 75.8 77.3 | 77.0 76.6 77.6 77.8 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.55 | 82.0 87.0 81.8 85.5 | 76.1 76.1 76.8 77.2 | 76.9 76.9 77.3 77.5 Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 11.18 | 82.1 85.5 81.3 84.5 | 77.3 77.2 77.0 77.0 | 77.1 76.9 76.9 77.1 Textile and product mills 313,4 | 1.23 | 83.3 91.4 77.2 91.0 | 71.7 70.4 72.1 73.1 | 72.0 73.8 72.6 72.8 Apparel and leather 315,6 | 1.13 | 79.6 84.2 77.3 89.2 | 63.4 61.9 64.1 66.2 | 64.8 65.3 66.5 66.9 Paper 322 | 2.69 | 88.3 93.7 85.2 92.4 | 83.8 83.4 83.6 84.2 | 84.3 83.9 84.6 84.2 Printing and support 323 | 2.46 | 84.3 91.6 82.7 86.0 | 71.9 71.8 71.1 71.8 | 71.2 71.8 71.9 71.6 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 2.07 | 86.4 88.9 82.5 90.2 | 87.6 87.9 89.1 88.9 | 90.0 87.9 89.2 89.8 Chemical 325 | 10.27 | 78.4 85.6 80.8 81.3 | 72.6 73.0 74.2 75.0 | 74.4 74.4 75.2 75.4 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.51 | 83.7 91.3 77.2 92.4 | 79.1 79.9 80.9 81.7 | 80.7 81.2 81.9 82.0 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 4.81 | 83.6 90.7 79.1 82.8 | 83.2 82.4 83.4 85.0 | 83.1 84.1 85.8 85.2 | | | | Mining 21 | 6.71 | 86.9 85.6 83.4 88.3 | 84.7 85.0 85.3 85.5 | 85.3 85.6 85.6 85.4 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.95 | 86.9 92.8 84.1 93.8 | 82.4 82.9 83.1 85.8 | 84.2 87.1 86.2 84.0 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 6.35 | 78.8 79.9 74.5 88.3 | 62.0 65.0 67.0 69.5 | 66.9 68.5 70.0 70.0 Computers and office equipment 3341 | 1.37 | 78.1 79.3 67.2 86.6 | 68.6 70.4 73.3 76.2 | 74.2 75.3 76.3 77.1 Communications equipment 3342 | 2.09 | 77.7 81.7 73.2 87.5 | 50.9 50.2 50.8 51.1 | 50.1 51.3 51.5 50.5 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 2.89 | 80.7 80.5 78.1 91.5 | 66.8 73.0 75.5 79.1 | 75.4 77.4 79.9 79.9 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 93.65 | 81.3 85.6 78.8 84.7 | 75.3 75.7 76.5 77.4 | 76.8 77.2 77.7 77.4 Manufacturing 1 | 78.00 | 80.1 86.1 77.3 84.1 | 73.9 74.3 75.2 76.0 | 75.5 75.6 76.3 76.2 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 9.67 | 86.3 88.5 84.7 88.9 | 83.3 83.7 83.8 84.4 | 83.9 84.3 84.5 84.2 Primary and semifinished | 48.65 | 82.2 86.4 77.5 87.9 | 75.8 76.4 77.6 78.9 | 78.0 78.7 79.3 78.8 Finished | 41.68 | 78.2 83.2 77.2 80.3 | 70.4 70.9 71.6 72.3 | 71.8 71.9 72.5 72.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.