Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2008 | 2008 1982 1989 1991 1995 2002| 2008 | 2008 2009 Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. Low High Low High Low| Jan. | Aug.[r] Sept.[r] Oct.[r] Nov.[r] Dec.[r] Jan.[p] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total industry | | 100.00 | 80.9 70.9 85.0 78.6 85.1 73.6 | 81.0 | 78.3 75.0 76.1 75.2 73.3 72.0 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 15.43 | 86.7 78.2 88.3 84.4 89.5 81.9 | 89.5 | 89.4 79.7 86.2 86.6 84.7 83.9 Primary and semifinished | | 46.72 | 82.1 67.9 86.4 77.8 88.2 74.6 | 81.3 | 77.7 75.2 76.2 74.2 71.6 70.4 Finished | | 37.85 | 77.6 71.0 82.8 77.1 80.4 69.9 | 77.5 | 74.7 73.1 72.2 71.9 70.9 69.3 | | | | | Industry Groups | | | | | Manufacturing | | 79.90 | 79.6 68.5 85.4 77.1 84.6 71.5 | 79.1 | 76.2 73.2 73.6 71.9 69.7 68.0 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 76.28 | 79.4 67.8 85.3 77.0 84.7 71.0 | 79.1 | 76.3 73.2 73.6 71.8 69.6 67.9 Durable manufacturing | | 39.56 | 77.9 62.9 84.6 73.5 84.2 68.1 | 77.5 | 74.0 71.4 69.5 67.7 65.5 62.4 Wood products | 321 | 1.24 | 79.5 59.4 87.3 72.7 87.9 70.7 | 68.2 | 64.7 61.9 58.7 57.1 53.0 51.0 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.29 | 79.2 62.9 85.4 71.7 84.0 74.9 | 76.3 | 74.0 72.2 72.4 68.8 66.6 64.8 Primary metal | 331 | 2.61 | 80.8 46.9 93.8 75.0 95.8 68.5 | 86.6 | 82.5 77.8 71.5 63.1 55.9 54.8 Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | 1.20 | 82.3 38.0 97.9 71.3 100.3 69.5 | 92.0 | 87.7 78.3 65.9 51.0 40.0 39.1 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.50 | 77.5 61.8 81.7 72.7 85.5 69.5 | 81.3 | 78.3 77.3 75.9 75.0 72.3 69.4 Machinery | 333 | 5.01 | 78.5 58.0 85.3 74.0 87.6 63.7 | 76.7 | 74.5 72.0 70.5 68.9 66.3 63.6 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 7.28 | 78.2 77.4 81.9 76.7 83.7 58.2 | 77.2 | 76.2 74.7 72.6 69.0 65.9 64.6 Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | 1.02 | 77.8 67.1 79.7 69.8 86.3 66.8 | 79.7 | 73.6 70.3 66.5 62.6 58.3 56.0 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.37 | 75.8 84.8 85.3 76.9 82.8 40.4 | 80.2 | 78.4 78.0 77.5 76.9 75.4 76.2 Semiconductor and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.14 | 80.7 76.7 82.9 78.0 92.2 57.4 | 78.9 | 78.6 76.5 72.2 63.4 56.1 51.9 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.87 | 83.2 64.6 89.1 77.0 93.1 72.0 | 83.9 | 82.1 79.8 79.4 78.0 75.2 73.8 Transportation equipment | 336 | 9.01 | 75.3 56.1 86.7 67.7 79.8 69.1 | 75.1 | 67.0 62.1 59.9 61.2 61.7 53.8 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.43 | 77.0 44.9 89.5 56.0 89.0 69.7 | 71.3 | 60.1 60.7 58.1 56.8 52.2 40.2 Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 2.39 | 77.0 39.7 94.5 53.5 89.5 74.7 | 69.7 | 54.1 56.0 51.9 50.5 43.6 25.3 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.58 | 72.7 69.0 87.4 81.0 68.8 62.8 | 81.0 | 77.6 64.6 62.8 68.1 76.3 74.5 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.43 | 78.3 65.7 82.2 67.6 83.2 68.2 | 74.5 | 68.2 66.9 64.8 61.9 61.1 60.0 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.31 | 76.5 68.9 82.5 77.3 81.2 70.5 | 75.2 | 74.8 73.5 72.8 71.8 70.2 70.4 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 36.72 | 81.5 75.4 86.7 81.4 85.4 74.8 | 81.0 | 78.8 75.2 78.1 76.3 74.1 73.8 Food | 311 | 8.04 | 82.4 80.3 85.8 83.4 84.1 77.3 | 84.8 | 84.0 83.9 84.7 84.4 82.2 82.9 Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 2.64 | 78.7 78.0 86.9 73.9 86.0 64.9 | 69.0 | 66.3 67.4 66.1 67.1 66.3 66.0 Textile mills | 313 | .50 | 81.5 72.3 91.4 77.8 93.6 66.0 | 67.8 | 67.4 65.3 64.6 61.4 57.2 57.3 Textile product mills | 314 | .50 | 81.5 70.4 90.7 75.4 88.7 73.2 | 66.8 | 65.2 64.3 64.1 62.9 61.3 60.3 Apparel | 315 | .49 | 78.7 76.5 84.6 77.2 88.8 60.8 | 73.9 | 73.8 72.6 71.4 69.8 68.7 66.7 Leather and allied products | 316 | .10 | 75.2 75.9 78.8 70.2 81.6 53.9 | 72.5 | 75.9 77.5 73.1 64.5 66.0 64.8 Paper | 322 | 2.43 | 87.4 81.4 92.6 86.1 92.4 78.5 | 83.0 | 82.0 79.2 77.7 74.0 70.0 69.4 Printing and support | 323 | 1.91 | 83.2 80.4 91.7 82.6 86.5 72.6 | 75.7 | 71.7 70.9 70.7 69.5 66.9 64.8 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 5.24 | 86.0 68.8 88.2 82.4 90.5 83.8 | 91.4 | 89.0 79.3 91.4 88.7 87.9 87.7 Chemical | 325 | 11.97 | 78.2 67.9 85.0 79.9 81.2 69.4 | 78.7 | 75.8 70.1 74.1 71.6 68.9 68.7 Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .90 | 86.8 65.5 91.8 79.5 101.6 80.6 | 87.8 | 82.2 58.0 79.3 69.9 63.5 Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .10 | 76.2 54.6 94.0 71.9 86.4 54.6 | 74.0 | 74.7 69.6 66.2 69.3 66.2 64.7 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | | and filaments | 32522 | .10 | 81.2 63.1 94.1 75.7 90.9 57.3 | 83.2 | 67.1 70.0 66.8 57.2 54.6 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 2.91 | 83.5 71.8 89.8 76.4 91.8 74.6 | 82.9 | 80.2 78.2 76.4 74.3 71.2 68.8 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.62 | 84.3 86.7 91.1 80.4 83.0 80.3 | 78.5 | 74.3 73.6 72.7 72.3 71.2 70.2 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 11.11 | 87.6 79.6 86.3 83.6 88.7 84.8 | 90.2 | 91.6 82.6 89.0 91.2 90.2 88.9 Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 7.38 | 92.1 89.5 91.9 89.6 94.8 89.8 | 95.7 | 95.8 82.0 91.6 95.8 96.4 97.0 Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 1.95 | 83.6 67.6 90.3 80.0 86.9 78.7 | 76.3 | 79.2 78.5 80.0 77.5 74.4 73.2 Coal mining | 2121 | .67 | 86.0 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.0 78.8 | 85.1 | 88.2 86.8 88.4 87.2 89.3 Metal mining | 2122 | .60 | 78.7 32.5 91.2 80.9 90.0 66.3 | 77.9 | 86.8 84.9 83.2 82.3 80.7 77.9 Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .68 | 82.3 63.6 89.2 75.9 90.8 78.9 | 66.6 | 64.0 64.8 69.0 64.1 54.2 56.4 Support activities for mining | 213 | 1.78 | 75.5 53.3 63.0 53.1 76.6 64.9 | 85.5 | 89.8 91.7 90.1 88.5 83.1 74.0 Utilities | 2211,2 | 8.99 | 86.8 77.7 92.7 84.1 93.9 84.6 | 87.4 | 80.9 82.0 83.3 84.8 84.5 86.7 Electric | 2211 | 7.32 | 88.2 78.5 94.1 87.1 96.6 87.3 | 87.9 | 81.5 83.0 83.4 84.9 84.6 86.4 Natural gas | 2212 | 1.67 | 80.0 72.9 86.5 67.4 87.6 70.4 | 83.8 | 77.4 76.7 82.3 83.6 83.3 87.5 | | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 4.53 | 78.0 75.1 81.7 75.3 85.6 55.9 | 79.4 | 77.2 75.3 72.2 67.0 62.2 59.9 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | industries | | 75.37 | 79.7 68.0 85.8 77.2 84.5 72.8 | 79.1 | 76.1 73.1 73.6 72.1 70.1 68.4 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | and motor vehicles and pts. | | 69.94 | 79.9 69.4 85.5 79.1 84.2 72.6 | 79.7 | 77.4 74.1 74.8 73.3 71.5 70.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ r Revised. p Preliminary.