Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2003 | 2003 89 91 95| 2003 2004 | 2004 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 r | Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.1 85.2 78.6 84.8 | 75.5 76.5 77.1 77.3 | 77.4 77.2 77.5 77.6 | | | | Manufacturing | 84.35 | 80.0 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 74.1 75.1 76.1 76.6 | 76.8 76.3 76.6 76.7 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 79.53 | 79.8 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 73.6 74.5 75.3 75.8 | 76.0 75.5 75.8 75.9 | | | | Durable manufacturing | 44.99 | 78.3 84.5 73.4 83.7 | 71.4 72.6 73.1 73.5 | 73.6 73.2 73.4 73.5 Wood products 321 | 1.45 | 80.2 88.8 73.0 87.9 | 76.5 77.1 77.6 77.6 | 77.4 76.8 79.0 78.2 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.20 | 79.4 85.7 72.1 84.0 | 78.8 78.3 78.7 78.8 | 79.2 78.3 77.2 78.6 Primary metal 331 | 2.18 | 80.8 95.3 75.2 94.9 | 76.5 78.6 78.4 81.2 | 81.4 81.0 83.1 83.2 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.26 | 76.9 80.3 71.1 83.8 | 68.1 68.7 69.9 70.2 | 70.4 69.9 69.5 69.7 Machinery 333 | 5.73 | 79.5 84.6 72.8 87.6 | 69.3 72.9 75.7 77.1 | 76.4 76.7 76.5 76.7 Computer and electronic products 334 | 9.67 | 79.1 81.1 76.3 85.3 | 66.8 68.0 68.6 68.4 | 68.5 68.1 67.6 66.9 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.23 | 83.0 87.4 75.0 92.5 | 75.6 76.8 78.7 80.6 | 81.1 80.3 78.9 79.5 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 6.27 | 77.7 89.7 56.5 87.8 | 81.7 83.0 80.1 79.6 | 80.8 79.5 81.6 80.9 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.06 | 72.9 88.9 81.9 67.7 | 64.7 65.5 66.1 66.9 | 67.1 66.8 67.6 68.7 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.77 | 78.9 84.0 67.9 83.7 | 69.3 70.1 70.6 71.3 | 71.4 70.2 69.9 70.3 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.15 | 76.9 81.7 77.7 81.2 | 75.8 76.7 78.1 78.9 | 78.5 79.7 80.2 80.7 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.55 | 82.0 87.0 81.8 85.5 | 76.8 77.3 78.6 79.2 | 79.4 79.0 79.3 79.6 Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 11.18 | 82.1 85.5 81.3 84.5 | 77.0 77.6 78.9 79.5 | 79.4 79.7 79.8 79.8 Textile and product mills 313,4 | 1.23 | 83.3 91.4 77.2 91.0 | 72.1 71.6 70.8 72.3 | 72.5 71.5 72.9 72.7 Apparel and leather 315,6 | 1.13 | 79.6 84.2 77.3 89.2 | 64.1 66.4 68.1 66.2 | 65.6 66.7 67.1 67.7 Paper 322 | 2.69 | 88.3 93.7 85.2 92.4 | 83.6 84.2 86.4 87.0 | 86.4 86.3 87.5 87.2 Printing and support 323 | 2.46 | 84.3 91.6 82.7 86.0 | 71.1 72.1 73.7 74.8 | 74.4 75.7 74.6 75.5 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 2.07 | 86.4 88.9 82.5 90.2 | 89.1 88.8 88.7 89.0 | 90.5 86.6 88.3 90.0 Chemical 325 | 10.27 | 78.4 85.6 80.8 81.3 | 74.2 74.6 76.1 77.0 | 77.6 76.7 77.0 77.3 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.51 | 83.7 91.3 77.2 92.4 | 80.9 81.6 83.7 83.1 | 83.3 82.1 83.0 82.9 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 4.81 | 83.6 90.7 79.1 82.8 | 83.4 85.5 88.9 90.4 | 91.3 90.3 90.1 90.1 | | | | Mining 21 | 6.71 | 86.9 85.6 83.4 88.3 | 85.3 84.9 84.4 83.9 | 84.3 82.3 83.1 84.9 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.95 | 86.9 92.8 84.1 93.8 | 83.1 85.5 83.6 82.1 | 80.2 83.7 84.6 83.4 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 6.35 | 78.8 79.9 74.5 88.3 | 67.0 69.1 69.6 68.1 | 68.3 67.4 66.4 65.9 Computer and peripheral equipment 3341 | 1.37 | 78.1 79.3 67.2 86.6 | 73.3 76.2 75.8 74.4 | 74.5 74.0 73.7 73.5 Communications equipment 3342 | 2.09 | 77.7 81.7 73.2 87.5 | 50.8 51.1 51.3 54.0 | 54.2 54.0 54.5 55.3 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 2.89 | 80.7 80.5 78.1 91.5 | 75.5 78.3 78.9 74.2 | 74.4 72.6 70.3 68.9 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 93.65 | 81.3 85.6 78.8 84.7 | 76.5 77.5 78.1 78.6 | 78.6 78.5 78.9 79.1 Manufacturing 1 | 78.00 | 80.1 86.1 77.3 84.1 | 75.2 76.1 77.2 78.0 | 78.2 77.8 78.2 78.4 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 9.67 | 86.3 88.5 84.7 88.9 | 83.8 84.0 84.6 84.5 | 84.8 83.1 83.6 84.6 Primary and semifinished | 48.65 | 82.2 86.4 77.5 87.9 | 77.6 78.8 79.2 79.0 | 79.0 78.9 79.1 78.9 Finished | 41.68 | 78.2 83.2 77.2 80.3 | 71.6 72.6 73.3 74.3 | 74.3 74.3 74.8 75.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.