Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2005 | 2005 1982 1989 1991 1995 2002| 2005 | 2006 Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. Low High Low High Low| Sept. | Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 70.7 85.1 78.6 85.0 73.9 | 79.1 | 81.8 81.7 82.5 82.6 82.5 81.9 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 11.50 | 86.4 77.4 88.3 84.3 89.4 83.2 | 78.2 | 87.7 88.2 88.8 88.9 88.8 89.0 Primary and semifinished | | 47.44 | 82.1 67.9 86.7 77.8 88.1 74.6 | 81.9 | 82.5 82.7 83.6 83.9 83.6 82.6 Finished | | 41.06 | 77.9 71.0 82.8 77.0 80.5 70.8 | 76.6 | 79.9 79.3 79.9 79.9 80.0 79.6 | | | | | Industry Groups | | | | | Manufacturing | | 82.87 | 79.8 68.4 85.5 77.1 84.5 72.0 | 78.2 | 80.9 80.5 81.1 81.2 81.2 80.8 Manufacturing (NAICS) | | 78.75 | 79.5 67.8 85.5 76.9 84.6 71.5 | 77.8 | 80.6 80.2 80.8 80.9 81.0 80.6 Durable manufacturing | | 45.07 | 78.1 62.8 84.6 73.4 84.1 68.4 | 77.2 | 80.0 79.6 80.3 80.3 80.6 80.0 Wood products | 321 | 1.51 | 80.2 59.5 88.5 73.1 88.2 71.0 | 82.3 | 82.4 81.7 80.0 80.6 79.1 78.2 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.24 | 79.4 62.8 85.2 71.9 84.3 75.7 | 81.4 | 84.1 82.6 82.7 82.1 81.6 80.4 Primary metal | 331 | 2.43 | 80.5 46.9 94.9 74.6 94.8 68.8 | 82.1 | 86.1 88.7 88.8 87.7 87.1 86.7 Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | .98 | 82.0 38.0 100.6 71.1 98.4 70.6 | 91.7 | 96.0 100.8 100.6 98.0 96.6 95.8 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 6.20 | 77.1 61.8 81.7 72.6 85.1 68.9 | 74.8 | 78.1 77.3 77.7 78.3 78.6 78.5 Machinery | 333 | 5.40 | 78.8 58.2 85.3 73.9 87.5 63.4 | 80.5 | 85.5 83.4 83.9 87.6 87.7 86.7 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 8.66 | 78.6 76.4 81.5 75.9 83.7 59.7 | 76.8 | 77.9 78.2 79.3 80.0 80.5 80.9 Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | .87 | 78.3 66.4 80.2 67.4 84.2 64.7 | 79.3 | 81.7 82.5 83.0 83.5 84.1 84.7 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.53 | 75.8 82.5 80.7 73.4 85.9 41.1 | 70.5 | 83.7 84.3 85.1 85.0 83.2 84.7 Semiconductor and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 3.10 | 80.5 76.5 82.7 79.0 91.1 58.6 | 76.8 | 70.4 71.3 72.5 74.3 77.4 78.2 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 2.03 | 83.3 64.7 89.0 77.0 93.0 71.7 | 86.1 | 91.8 92.3 91.9 93.8 94.0 92.2 Transportation equipment | 336 | 11.49 | 75.5 56.4 86.6 67.8 79.5 69.3 | 74.0 | 77.9 77.1 78.8 76.6 77.5 76.5 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 7.19 | 77.6 45.0 89.3 56.0 88.9 70.1 | 83.1 | 78.8 77.6 79.9 75.6 76.9 75.1 Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 3.45 | 78.0 39.6 94.2 54.1 89.3 73.4 | 84.5 | 75.4 74.1 78.2 70.6 72.9 70.1 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 4.30 | 72.5 68.8 87.3 81.3 68.7 62.7 | 58.5 | 76.0 75.9 76.6 77.8 78.2 78.5 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.79 | 78.5 65.3 82.2 67.9 83.4 69.5 | 74.6 | 73.9 74.7 74.9 73.5 74.8 73.4 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.32 | 76.6 68.8 82.4 77.4 81.3 70.5 | 78.5 | 78.3 78.4 78.7 78.8 78.0 78.0 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 33.67 | 81.7 75.6 86.9 81.5 85.3 75.6 | 78.7 | 81.4 81.2 81.6 81.9 81.6 81.4 Food | 311 | 7.97 | 82.6 80.5 85.7 83.3 84.1 77.9 | 82.4 | 84.6 83.7 83.4 84.1 84.3 84.5 Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 2.75 | 79.5 77.9 87.4 74.7 86.5 66.0 | 76.1 | 78.2 75.8 76.2 76.5 75.9 75.8 Textile mills | 313 | .66 | 82.4 72.9 91.9 77.9 93.2 67.8 | 71.9 | 71.8 71.1 71.3 71.8 70.9 69.7 Textile product mills | 314 | .51 | 82.6 71.2 90.6 75.3 88.3 73.2 | 85.2 | 81.2 81.0 80.8 81.7 80.6 80.6 Apparel | 315 | .68 | 79.8 77.2 85.2 77.9 89.9 61.2 | 78.2 | 85.9 86.4 86.2 88.0 86.1 85.3 Leather and allied products | 316 | .11 | 75.8 74.5 79.9 71.2 80.7 53.9 | 81.1 | 79.0 79.5 77.0 80.2 78.4 77.6 Paper | 322 | 2.59 | 87.7 81.3 93.6 85.6 91.5 79.5 | 83.3 | 84.3 84.4 85.7 85.0 85.4 84.7 Printing and support | 323 | 2.15 | 83.8 80.3 91.9 83.0 86.3 72.1 | 76.8 | 80.7 80.1 80.7 80.5 80.4 80.5 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 2.06 | 86.0 70.4 89.0 83.0 90.6 84.1 | 86.3 | 86.9 90.0 92.6 91.6 91.6 93.2 Chemical | 325 | 10.85 | 78.2 68.0 85.0 80.0 81.1 71.4 | 71.9 | 76.2 76.4 76.8 77.0 76.7 76.1 Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .75 | 86.4 64.1 97.0 77.1 104.6 81.3 | 72.8 | 83.0 85.7 87.2 88.5 Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .13 | 77.4 54.4 94.2 72.4 87.0 51.6 | 59.0 | 62.9 63.7 63.3 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | | and filaments | 32522 | .12 | 82.0 63.1 95.8 74.9 88.7 60.8 | 83.7 | 81.6 87.3 84.1 85.0 89.1 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.36 | 83.6 71.3 89.5 76.2 92.4 75.0 | 88.2 | 90.7 89.3 90.1 91.1 89.7 88.5 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 4.12 | 84.8 86.1 91.0 80.7 83.2 81.2 | 85.1 | 86.2 86.1 86.0 86.0 85.0 84.8 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 8.32 | 87.3 78.7 86.1 83.6 89.0 85.6 | 80.7 | 89.7 90.3 91.2 91.2 90.9 91.6 Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 5.96 | 91.9 89.5 92.0 89.6 94.9 89.9 | 77.8 | 87.8 88.2 89.9 89.7 89.5 90.3 Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 1.48 | 84.0 67.7 90.2 80.0 87.0 80.0 | 85.3 | 91.8 92.3 89.6 91.3 89.3 90.5 Coal mining | 2121 | .60 | 86.1 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.2 80.1 | 87.6 | 96.6 97.0 91.9 94.5 92.3 91.3 Metal mining | 2122 | .34 | 78.9 32.1 90.6 81.1 90.7 68.6 | 77.5 | 80.7 78.7 74.6 79.7 78.9 78.8 Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .55 | 82.9 63.9 89.0 75.9 90.4 79.7 | 87.1 | 93.1 95.4 96.1 94.8 92.1 96.6 Support activities for mining | 213 | .87 | 74.4 49.9 61.8 52.7 78.2 63.8 | 89.9 | 93.8 95.5 95.6 93.7 95.0 94.3 Utilities | 2211,2 | 8.82 | 86.7 77.6 92.7 84.1 93.7 83.7 | 88.0 | 84.8 86.3 88.7 89.2 88.3 84.4 Electric | 2211 | 7.17 | 88.1 78.8 94.1 86.8 96.4 86.2 | 90.2 | 86.8 88.7 90.7 91.5 90.4 85.7 Natural gas | 2212 | 1.64 | 80.1 71.7 86.4 67.3 87.6 70.4 | 77.7 | 75.2 75.3 79.5 78.5 78.5 77.8 | | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 5.51 | 78.1 74.0 80.9 74.0 86.1 57.4 | 75.5 | 75.4 76.1 77.1 78.3 79.7 80.7 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | industries | | 77.35 | 79.9 68.1 86.0 77.3 84.4 73.1 | 78.6 | 81.5 81.2 81.7 81.8 81.7 81.2 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | and motor vehicles and pts. | | 70.17 | 80.1 69.4 85.7 79.2 84.1 73.0 | 78.1 | 81.8 81.5 81.9 82.4 82.2 81.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary.