Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2006 | 2006 1982 1989 1991 1995 2002| 2006 | 2006 2007 Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. Low High Low High Low| Mar. | Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 70.8 85.0 78.5 85.1 73.6 | 81.4 | 81.7 81.3 81.6 81.1 81.6 81.4 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 12.41 | 86.5 77.4 88.1 84.4 89.5 82.0 | 87.3 | 89.1 88.7 89.6 88.2 88.2 88.3 Primary and semifinished | | 48.00 | 82.2 67.9 86.5 77.9 88.2 74.6 | 83.6 | 83.3 82.0 81.7 81.9 82.7 81.8 Finished | | 39.59 | 77.8 71.1 82.8 76.8 80.5 70.0 | 76.9 | 77.6 78.1 79.0 78.0 78.3 78.7 | | | | | Industry Groups | | | | | Manufacturing | | 82.52 | 79.8 68.5 85.4 77.1 84.6 71.6 | 80.1 | 80.1 79.8 80.5 79.8 79.7 80.1 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 78.53 | 79.6 67.8 85.3 76.9 84.7 71.0 | 79.8 | 79.8 79.5 80.3 79.6 79.5 79.9 Durable manufacturing | | 42.55 | 78.0 62.9 84.5 73.3 84.2 68.1 | 78.5 | 78.4 78.2 78.9 77.8 77.6 78.1 Wood products | 321 | 1.41 | 80.2 59.4 88.2 72.7 87.7 71.0 | 85.3 | 75.1 73.1 74.8 73.3 73.0 72.1 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.34 | 79.5 62.7 85.1 71.8 84.1 75.8 | 84.7 | 79.4 79.2 80.3 80.1 77.4 79.6 Primary metal | 331 | 2.86 | 80.8 47.0 93.8 74.6 95.6 68.5 | 86.1 | 85.2 81.1 80.4 84.4 84.7 85.3 Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | 1.35 | 82.3 38.0 98.2 71.3 99.9 69.9 | 92.8 | 88.2 81.6 78.0 84.3 85.4 86.4 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.63 | 77.3 61.8 81.6 72.6 85.1 69.2 | 79.4 | 80.6 80.0 79.9 79.6 79.7 80.0 Machinery | 333 | 5.14 | 78.7 58.0 85.2 73.9 87.6 63.7 | 78.6 | 80.2 79.7 82.9 79.0 78.4 79.0 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 8.43 | 78.3 76.9 81.4 75.9 84.3 58.6 | 74.4 | 77.7 77.2 77.1 75.9 75.2 75.8 Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | 1.39 | 78.1 67.3 79.9 68.2 84.2 62.8 | 69.7 | 77.3 78.2 79.4 80.8 82.7 84.4 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.29 | 75.4 82.3 80.8 73.0 86.6 40.2 | 66.7 | 72.3 73.2 74.5 75.6 78.3 79.8 Semiconductor and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.80 | 80.6 76.5 82.9 78.2 93.5 58.1 | 82.5 | 84.5 82.6 80.9 77.9 74.9 75.8 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.90 | 83.2 64.6 89.1 77.0 93.1 71.8 | 84.6 | 84.1 83.6 85.1 84.4 84.4 84.3 Transportation equipment | 336 | 9.88 | 75.5 56.4 86.7 67.6 79.5 68.6 | 76.4 | 74.8 76.6 77.4 75.4 76.5 76.6 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.92 | 77.5 44.9 89.7 56.0 89.0 68.9 | 78.3 | 72.6 75.1 76.4 72.1 73.9 74.2 Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 2.60 | 77.8 39.6 94.6 53.7 89.5 73.6 | 76.1 | 66.0 70.4 72.3 65.9 70.4 70.9 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.96 | 72.5 69.0 87.1 81.1 68.5 62.8 | 73.6 | 78.2 78.9 79.2 80.6 80.5 80.3 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.61 | 78.5 65.5 82.2 67.6 82.9 67.8 | 79.0 | 78.8 78.3 77.8 77.2 76.4 75.9 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.36 | 76.7 68.9 82.5 77.3 81.3 70.6 | 77.4 | 78.3 78.9 79.2 78.5 78.3 79.3 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 35.98 | 81.7 75.6 86.8 81.6 85.4 74.9 | 81.5 | 81.6 81.2 82.0 81.9 81.9 82.2 Food | 311 | 7.80 | 82.4 80.5 85.8 83.3 84.0 77.0 | 82.5 | 83.8 84.2 83.9 84.0 84.8 85.4 Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 2.87 | 79.4 77.8 87.2 74.6 86.7 64.8 | 78.6 | 75.8 77.0 79.1 79.2 78.6 78.6 Textile mills | 313 | .60 | 82.1 72.8 91.5 77.9 93.2 65.9 | 76.7 | 74.4 73.9 75.2 73.0 74.0 74.1 Textile product mills | 314 | .49 | 82.5 71.4 90.6 75.7 88.5 72.3 | 82.1 | 78.4 77.2 75.9 77.0 76.8 75.9 Apparel | 315 | .60 | 79.3 77.0 85.5 77.5 88.4 60.1 | 72.6 | 75.5 75.0 75.1 76.5 76.1 75.3 Leather and allied products | 316 | .11 | 75.5 75.5 79.0 70.4 81.4 53.7 | 70.1 | 68.5 67.7 67.2 67.6 68.8 70.7 Paper | 322 | 2.46 | 87.8 81.3 92.5 86.1 92.0 78.9 | 83.9 | 85.2 84.9 86.4 83.7 84.1 84.4 Printing and support | 323 | 2.08 | 83.7 80.3 91.8 82.6 86.4 72.7 | 79.7 | 80.0 80.0 81.4 80.8 81.0 80.7 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 3.77 | 86.2 70.7 89.0 83.1 90.6 83.7 | 89.0 | 90.9 89.5 89.9 93.2 91.7 91.7 Chemical | 325 | 12.01 | 78.3 67.7 85.1 80.1 81.4 70.2 | 78.0 | 78.0 77.1 78.2 77.4 77.3 77.7 Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .83 | 87.0 63.0 93.0 80.5 103.5 80.8 | 88.7 | 84.1 84.2 88.4 89.2 Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .10 | 76.4 54.6 93.9 71.9 86.3 52.4 | 61.7 | 69.5 70.3 73.5 74.9 76.9 75.0 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | | and filaments | 32522 | .12 | 81.6 63.4 94.4 76.0 91.0 57.2 | 80.6 | 72.6 73.5 72.8 79.2 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.20 | 83.9 71.8 89.8 76.4 91.9 75.1 | 87.6 | 84.8 84.1 85.3 85.7 85.0 85.5 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.99 | 84.7 86.3 91.0 80.6 83.3 81.3 | 83.9 | 85.0 84.7 84.0 83.3 83.3 83.4 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 8.25 | 87.4 78.7 86.1 83.5 88.9 84.8 | 89.4 | 91.0 90.7 92.3 90.7 90.9 90.9 Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 5.31 | 92.0 89.5 92.0 89.6 94.8 89.0 | 89.2 | 92.6 93.2 94.0 93.4 93.1 92.8 Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 1.69 | 83.9 67.7 90.4 80.0 86.9 79.0 | 86.9 | 82.6 80.4 85.5 80.6 81.3 82.6 Coal mining | 2121 | .68 | 86.0 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.0 78.5 | 87.7 | 86.2 85.9 85.9 83.5 83.3 83.8 Metal mining | 2122 | .44 | 78.8 32.2 90.9 81.2 90.3 68.4 | 80.7 | 81.5 77.3 82.0 78.0 80.5 82.2 Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .57 | 83.0 64.1 89.5 75.8 90.8 80.0 | 90.0 | 78.6 75.7 87.2 78.7 79.1 80.9 Support activities for mining | 213 | 1.25 | 75.0 49.9 61.8 52.7 78.2 63.7 | 93.5 | 93.6 92.0 91.7 90.9 91.6 91.1 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.23 | 86.7 77.6 92.7 84.0 93.7 83.8 | 85.7 | 88.0 85.4 81.8 83.6 89.8 83.5 Electric | 2211 | 7.49 | 88.1 78.8 94.1 86.8 96.4 86.3 | 87.7 | 88.4 86.8 84.2 85.5 90.4 85.4 Natural gas | 2212 | 1.74 | 79.9 71.7 86.4 67.3 87.6 70.4 | 76.3 | 85.7 78.9 70.4 74.9 87.4 74.5 | | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 5.48 | 78.0 74.6 80.8 74.2 87.4 56.2 | 75.5 | 80.1 79.6 79.4 78.4 77.8 79.0 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | industries | | 77.04 | 79.9 68.1 85.9 77.2 84.5 72.8 | 80.5 | 80.3 80.0 80.7 80.1 80.1 80.4 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | and motor vehicles and pts. | | 71.13 | 80.1 69.4 85.6 79.2 84.1 72.6 | 80.6 | 80.9 80.4 81.1 80.8 80.6 80.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary.