Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 1972- 1988- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2005 | 2005 89 95 02| 2006 | 2006 Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. High High Low| Q1 Q2 Q3 r Q4 | Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 85.0 85.1 73.6 | 81.2 82.0 82.3 81.7 | 82.0 81.8 81.6 81.8 | | | | | Manufacturing | | 82.51 | 79.8 85.4 84.6 71.6 | 80.1 80.6 80.9 80.2 | 80.9 80.2 80.0 80.4 Manufacturing (NAICS) | | 78.44 | 79.5 85.3 84.7 71.0 | 79.8 80.4 80.8 80.0 | 80.7 79.9 79.8 80.2 | | | | | Durable manufacturing | | 42.53 | 78.0 84.5 84.2 68.1 | 78.3 79.3 79.5 78.7 | 79.3 78.5 78.5 79.1 Wood products | 321 | 1.46 | 80.2 88.2 87.7 71.0 | 86.1 83.3 80.4 74.0 | 78.5 75.7 73.2 73.2 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.19 | 79.4 85.1 84.1 75.8 | 85.2 84.1 82.3 79.0 | 80.7 79.6 78.9 78.6 Primary metal | 331 | 2.60 | 80.6 93.8 95.6 68.5 | 86.5 89.9 88.8 83.9 | 87.8 85.6 82.5 83.5 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.65 | 77.2 81.6 85.1 69.2 | 78.9 79.9 80.7 80.0 | 80.7 80.5 80.0 79.6 Machinery | 333 | 5.16 | 78.6 85.2 87.6 63.7 | 77.9 79.0 82.1 80.5 | 82.1 80.4 80.1 80.9 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 8.59 | 78.4 81.4 84.3 58.6 | 74.2 76.1 77.2 78.1 | 77.7 78.0 77.8 78.5 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.87 | 83.2 89.1 93.1 71.8 | 84.3 85.3 85.4 84.3 | 83.9 84.1 83.9 85.0 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 6.06 | 77.6 89.7 89.0 68.9 | 78.1 77.8 75.6 74.8 | 75.4 72.5 75.0 76.9 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.96 | 72.4 87.1 68.5 62.8 | 73.6 75.8 77.6 79.1 | 77.7 78.4 79.1 79.7 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.66 | 78.5 82.2 82.9 67.8 | 78.5 80.0 79.5 78.3 | 79.1 78.8 78.4 77.8 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.32 | 76.7 82.5 81.3 70.6 | 77.5 77.7 78.1 78.8 | 78.1 78.1 78.8 79.4 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 35.91 | 81.7 86.8 85.4 74.9 | 81.7 81.8 82.4 81.6 | 82.5 81.7 81.4 81.6 Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 10.98 | 81.6 85.9 84.1 75.6 | 81.5 81.2 81.1 81.7 | 81.5 81.7 81.8 81.5 Textile and product mills | 313,4 | 1.15 | 82.4 91.2 91.4 68.8 | 79.7 78.9 78.3 76.8 | 77.4 76.5 77.0 77.0 Apparel and leather | 315,6 | .76 | 78.9 84.3 87.1 59.5 | 72.2 73.6 74.1 74.8 | 73.6 74.4 74.4 75.7 Paper | 322 | 2.49 | 87.9 92.5 92.0 78.9 | 85.1 84.8 85.4 85.2 | 86.0 85.2 85.1 85.3 Printing and support | 323 | 2.12 | 83.8 91.8 86.4 72.7 | 79.4 80.1 79.3 79.7 | 79.4 80.1 79.3 79.5 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 3.55 | 86.1 89.0 90.6 83.7 | 90.4 89.3 93.1 91.0 | 94.9 90.9 89.8 92.3 Chemical | 325 | 11.76 | 78.3 85.1 81.4 70.2 | 77.8 78.5 79.5 78.0 | 79.2 78.2 77.8 78.0 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.11 | 83.8 89.8 91.9 75.1 | 87.4 87.9 87.5 84.6 | 86.4 84.9 84.8 84.1 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 4.08 | 84.8 91.0 83.3 81.3 | 84.2 84.3 83.2 83.9 | 83.0 84.6 83.6 83.6 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 8.41 | 87.3 86.1 88.9 84.8 | 89.4 91.0 90.9 91.0 | 91.2 91.1 90.7 91.3 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.08 | 86.8 92.7 93.7 83.8 | 83.5 85.9 86.4 86.8 | 83.9 87.6 87.6 85.1 | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 5.63 | 78.0 80.8 87.4 56.2 | 75.2 77.2 78.7 80.8 | 79.9 80.5 80.7 81.3 Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | 1.30 | 78.2 79.9 84.2 62.8 | 69.3 74.6 74.5 80.1 | 75.9 77.9 80.0 82.3 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.52 | 75.6 80.8 86.6 40.2 | 65.2 70.8 71.8 72.3 | 72.9 72.4 72.9 71.6 Semiconductors and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.82 | 80.5 82.9 93.5 58.1 | 82.9 81.3 83.5 84.4 | 84.5 84.9 83.9 84.4 | | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | | industries | | | | | Total industry | | 94.37 | 81.1 85.4 85.0 74.7 | 81.6 82.3 82.6 81.9 | 82.3 82.0 81.8 81.9 Manufacturing<1> | | 76.88 | 79.9 85.9 84.5 72.8 | 80.5 80.9 81.3 80.3 | 81.1 80.3 80.1 80.5 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 12.41 | 86.4 88.1 89.5 82.0 | 87.3 88.8 89.4 89.1 | 89.6 89.2 88.9 89.1 Primary and semifinished | | 47.45 | 82.2 86.5 88.2 74.6 | 83.3 83.9 84.1 82.8 | 83.5 83.3 82.7 82.5 Finished | | 40.14 | 77.8 82.8 80.5 70.0 | 76.7 77.6 77.9 78.1 | 78.0 77.7 78.1 78.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.