Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2007 | 2007 1982 1989 1991 1995 2002| 2007 | 2007 2008 Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. Low High Low High Low| Feb. | Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 70.8 85.0 78.5 85.1 73.6 | 81.6 | 81.9 81.4 81.5 81.6 81.5 80.9 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 11.61 | 86.6 77.4 88.1 84.4 89.5 82.0 | 88.9 | 90.0 89.2 90.8 91.1 90.2 90.2 Primary and semifinished | | 48.24 | 82.2 67.9 86.5 77.9 88.2 74.6 | 82.7 | 82.6 81.8 81.8 81.7 81.9 80.9 Finished | | 40.15 | 77.8 71.1 82.8 76.8 80.5 70.0 | 77.9 | 78.6 78.3 78.2 78.3 78.2 78.0 | | | | | Industry Groups | | | | | Manufacturing | | 83.67 | 79.8 68.5 85.4 77.1 84.6 71.6 | 79.6 | 80.4 79.8 79.8 79.8 79.6 79.3 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 79.61 | 79.6 67.8 85.3 76.9 84.7 71.0 | 79.4 | 80.1 79.5 79.6 79.6 79.4 79.1 Durable manufacturing | | 43.46 | 78.0 62.9 84.5 73.3 84.2 68.1 | 77.5 | 78.5 77.9 78.1 78.1 77.8 77.2 Wood products | 321 | 1.39 | 80.0 59.4 88.2 72.7 87.7 71.0 | 72.8 | 72.5 70.6 69.5 70.7 68.3 66.4 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.48 | 79.5 62.7 85.1 71.8 84.1 75.8 | 76.8 | 80.1 78.9 79.2 77.0 76.6 76.1 Primary metal | 331 | 3.23 | 80.9 47.0 93.8 74.6 95.6 68.5 | 84.2 | 85.0 85.7 86.3 87.7 88.9 87.6 Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | 1.58 | 82.5 38.0 98.2 71.3 99.9 69.9 | 85.4 | 86.9 89.3 90.9 93.2 93.2 91.4 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.83 | 77.4 61.8 81.6 72.6 85.1 69.2 | 79.8 | 81.3 81.1 81.4 80.8 80.9 80.5 Machinery | 333 | 5.31 | 78.7 58.0 85.2 73.9 87.6 63.7 | 77.6 | 80.1 78.3 77.6 77.8 77.5 77.7 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 8.33 | 78.2 76.9 81.4 75.9 84.3 58.6 | 75.3 | 73.9 74.1 74.2 73.8 73.0 73.1 Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | 1.39 | 78.2 67.3 79.9 68.2 84.2 62.8 | 82.8 | 81.5 80.9 80.9 80.2 79.2 78.6 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.17 | 75.5 82.3 80.8 73.0 86.6 40.2 | 77.6 | 79.9 80.9 82.3 82.5 82.5 83.1 Semiconductor and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.75 | 80.4 76.5 82.9 78.2 93.5 58.1 | 74.8 | 75.1 76.0 74.9 73.9 72.7 72.2 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 2.00 | 83.3 64.6 89.1 77.0 93.1 71.8 | 85.2 | 86.2 84.9 85.4 86.2 86.7 86.5 Transportation equipment | 336 | 9.81 | 75.6 56.4 86.7 67.6 79.5 68.6 | 76.5 | 78.6 78.1 79.0 79.2 78.9 78.4 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.72 | 77.5 44.9 89.7 56.0 89.0 68.9 | 74.0 | 76.2 75.3 76.3 76.7 75.7 75.0 Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 2.45 | 77.7 39.6 94.6 53.7 89.5 73.6 | 70.3 | 74.8 74.3 76.4 77.5 76.5 75.0 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 4.09 | 72.8 69.0 87.1 81.1 68.5 62.8 | 80.5 | 82.4 82.4 83.2 83.1 83.7 83.5 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.60 | 78.5 65.5 82.2 67.6 82.9 67.8 | 76.2 | 76.9 76.5 76.2 75.2 73.3 71.1 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.48 | 76.8 68.9 82.5 77.3 81.3 70.6 | 77.6 | 78.9 78.0 77.4 77.8 77.7 76.3 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 36.15 | 81.7 75.6 86.8 81.6 85.4 74.9 | 81.7 | 82.1 81.5 81.4 81.4 81.4 81.3 Food | 311 | 8.01 | 82.4 80.5 85.8 83.3 84.0 77.0 | 84.4 | 86.3 85.6 85.5 85.9 86.0 86.1 Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 2.89 | 79.3 77.8 87.2 74.6 86.7 64.8 | 76.7 | 73.4 73.8 72.4 71.1 70.5 70.3 Textile mills | 313 | .56 | 81.8 72.8 91.5 77.9 93.2 65.9 | 73.3 | 69.9 69.4 69.2 69.6 68.2 68.0 Textile product mills | 314 | .49 | 82.3 71.4 90.6 75.7 88.5 72.3 | 76.4 | 73.7 74.1 73.9 74.8 72.7 73.0 Apparel | 315 | .56 | 79.2 77.0 85.5 77.5 88.4 60.1 | 76.0 | 74.2 74.0 73.7 75.7 74.8 75.0 Leather and allied products | 316 | .11 | 75.3 75.5 79.0 70.4 81.4 53.7 | 68.1 | 71.3 72.0 71.8 74.0 73.3 71.4 Paper | 322 | 2.47 | 87.7 81.3 92.5 86.1 92.0 78.9 | 84.7 | 83.8 82.6 83.8 85.6 84.4 84.9 Printing and support | 323 | 2.11 | 83.5 80.3 91.8 82.6 86.4 72.7 | 80.8 | 77.9 77.2 77.4 76.9 76.2 74.7 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 3.12 | 86.4 70.7 89.0 83.1 90.6 83.7 | 91.0 | 91.5 90.3 90.1 90.3 92.6 92.8 Chemical | 325 | 12.48 | 78.3 67.7 85.1 80.1 81.4 70.2 | 77.8 | 78.4 77.7 77.5 77.3 77.6 77.4 Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .86 | 87.1 63.0 93.0 80.5 103.5 80.8 | 90.0 | 90.4 87.9 89.5 90.5 91.3 Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .10 | 76.5 54.6 93.9 71.9 86.3 52.4 | 76.4 | 81.4 81.5 84.4 85.1 88.9 92.8 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | | and filaments | 32522 | .11 | 81.6 63.4 94.4 76.0 91.0 57.2 | 76.7 | 81.4 79.9 79.1 77.4 77.2 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.35 | 83.9 71.8 89.8 76.4 91.9 75.1 | 84.8 | 87.5 86.7 87.2 86.3 85.9 85.5 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 4.06 | 84.7 86.3 91.0 80.6 83.3 81.3 | 83.9 | 84.2 83.8 83.2 83.4 82.8 82.7 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 7.23 | 87.5 78.7 86.1 83.5 88.9 84.8 | 89.9 | 91.2 90.9 92.4 92.9 91.7 92.0 Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 4.20 | 92.1 89.5 92.0 89.6 94.8 89.0 | 92.4 | 94.1 95.5 96.8 97.3 96.3 96.7 Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 1.73 | 83.8 67.7 90.4 80.0 86.9 79.0 | 78.9 | 81.0 78.6 79.2 78.7 77.1 77.9 Coal mining | 2121 | .67 | 85.9 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.0 78.5 | 83.3 | 85.1 85.0 86.1 85.8 84.5 86.1 Metal mining | 2122 | .48 | 78.8 32.2 90.9 81.2 90.3 68.4 | 80.9 | 82.0 79.3 80.2 80.5 78.6 80.0 Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .58 | 82.6 64.1 89.5 75.8 90.8 80.0 | 71.8 | 75.0 70.3 69.9 68.7 67.0 66.4 Support activities for mining | 213 | 1.30 | 75.4 49.9 61.8 52.7 78.2 63.7 | 91.5 | 88.8 85.9 88.7 90.1 88.8 87.9 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.10 | 86.7 77.6 92.7 84.0 93.7 83.8 | 90.7 | 86.6 85.9 86.2 86.3 88.1 84.7 Electric | 2211 | 7.57 | 88.1 78.8 94.1 86.8 96.4 86.3 | 90.4 | 88.2 88.6 87.6 87.5 89.2 86.0 Natural gas | 2212 | 1.54 | 79.9 71.7 86.4 67.3 87.6 70.4 | 92.4 | 79.3 73.1 80.0 81.0 83.2 79.0 | | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 5.30 | 78.0 74.6 80.8 74.2 87.4 56.2 | 77.7 | 77.9 78.4 78.1 77.4 76.4 76.1 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | industries | | 78.36 | 79.9 68.1 85.9 77.2 84.5 72.8 | 80.0 | 80.8 80.1 80.2 80.2 80.1 79.8 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | and motor vehicles and pts. | | 72.64 | 80.1 69.4 85.6 79.2 84.1 72.6 | 80.5 | 81.2 80.5 80.5 80.5 80.5 80.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary.