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| Apr. | Nov.[r] Dec.[r] Jan.[r] Feb.[r] Mar.[r] Apr.[p] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total industry | | 100.00 | 80.9 70.9 85.1 78.7 84.9 73.5 | 79.2 | 74.4 72.8 71.3 70.6 69.4 69.1 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 15.83 | 86.6 78.1 88.3 84.7 89.9 81.7 | 88.5 | 84.7 82.2 81.9 81.9 79.4 78.5 Primary and semifinished | | 46.62 | 82.0 68.1 86.5 77.9 87.9 74.3 | 79.4 | 73.5 71.4 69.8 68.2 66.9 66.7 Finished | | 37.55 | 77.7 71.0 83.0 77.2 80.3 70.0 | 75.2 | 71.2 70.4 68.5 68.7 68.1 67.9 | | | | | Industry Groups | | | | | Manufacturing | | 79.68 | 79.6 68.6 85.4 77.2 84.5 71.4 | 77.0 | 71.1 69.1 67.2 67.2 65.8 65.7 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 76.08 | 79.4 67.9 85.4 77.1 84.6 70.9 | 76.9 | 71.0 68.9 67.2 67.2 65.9 65.8 Durable manufacturing | | 39.36 | 77.8 63.0 84.6 73.6 83.7 67.8 | 74.6 | 67.2 65.4 62.1 61.4 59.9 59.7 Wood products | 321 | 1.27 | 79.2 59.4 87.1 72.6 87.5 70.4 | 64.4 | 56.0 50.9 49.5 49.2 47.9 48.9 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.42 | 77.7 63.9 83.8 71.7 82.5 70.4 | 68.1 | 62.5 60.8 57.5 56.7 54.6 55.7 Primary metal | 331 | 2.69 | 80.5 47.0 94.4 74.8 94.7 68.0 | 82.1 | 60.8 53.8 50.6 48.6 46.3 45.8 Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | 1.35 | 81.9 38.0 97.6 70.9 97.6 68.9 | 88.5 | 50.8 39.7 35.9 36.4 34.0 33.3 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.61 | 77.5 61.8 81.7 72.7 85.5 69.4 | 79.5 | 74.6 72.2 69.4 67.7 64.7 63.5 Machinery | 333 | 4.80 | 78.6 57.9 85.5 74.1 87.9 62.8 | 76.1 | 70.8 67.9 65.5 64.2 60.4 60.0 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 7.11 | 78.3 77.9 82.2 76.8 84.4 58.8 | 77.8 | 69.0 67.1 66.4 65.1 63.8 63.3 Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | .98 | 78.1 67.1 79.6 70.1 87.3 66.8 | 88.3 | 73.8 71.7 69.6 67.7 66.1 64.6 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.33 | 76.2 84.6 85.3 76.9 82.9 41.6 | 80.3 | 74.5 74.5 75.6 73.2 70.0 69.2 Semiconductor and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 1.92 | 80.6 77.2 83.1 78.0 91.7 58.0 | 81.5 | 63.4 57.3 56.6 55.8 55.4 54.7 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.83 | 83.2 64.6 89.1 77.0 93.1 72.1 | 82.4 | 79.1 76.3 75.6 73.8 71.8 71.5 Transportation equipment | 336 | 8.84 | 75.2 56.3 86.4 67.6 79.4 69.2 | 69.0 | 60.5 61.8 53.1 54.8 54.9 55.0 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.52 | 76.7 45.0 89.2 56.0 88.7 69.2 | 61.3 | 54.1 50.5 37.8 41.0 41.3 42.0 Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 2.34 | 77.1 39.7 94.8 53.7 89.1 74.9 | 56.6 | 49.4 44.5 25.5 32.1 34.0 35.1 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.32 | 73.2 67.6 87.7 80.8 68.6 64.4 | 81.7 | 70.9 80.3 78.0 77.2 77.1 76.2 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.39 | 78.4 65.7 82.2 67.6 83.1 68.3 | 73.1 | 64.6 63.5 63.1 61.3 60.5 59.1 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.40 | 76.5 68.9 82.5 77.3 81.3 71.0 | 72.0 | 69.6 68.3 68.3 66.9 66.6 67.6 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 36.72 | 81.5 75.2 86.7 81.6 85.7 75.0 | 79.4 | 75.1 72.7 72.5 73.3 72.4 72.4 Food | 311 | 8.28 | 82.4 79.8 86.3 83.9 85.4 77.2 | 82.1 | 80.8 78.6 78.3 79.1 78.8 78.9 Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 2.58 | 78.7 77.9 87.1 74.2 86.0 64.5 | 70.6 | 67.2 66.0 66.0 67.6 66.8 65.4 Textile mills | 313 | .52 | 81.3 72.5 91.4 77.7 93.6 66.0 | 67.3 | 62.6 58.4 59.7 56.5 55.6 56.1 Textile product mills | 314 | .45 | 81.7 70.4 90.7 75.4 88.7 72.7 | 71.2 | 67.4 64.6 64.1 63.6 60.9 60.4 Apparel | 315 | .46 | 80.4 76.5 85.0 78.0 89.9 65.5 | 77.7 | 74.8 73.1 70.9 70.1 70.6 69.7 Leather and allied products | 316 | .10 | 74.4 73.1 81.7 72.6 80.4 51.2 | 66.7 | 57.4 58.8 57.7 55.7 55.2 55.1 Paper | 322 | 2.41 | 87.6 81.6 92.8 86.2 92.7 78.8 | 81.2 | 74.6 70.7 69.7 72.2 68.8 69.7 Printing and support | 323 | 1.79 | 83.4 80.4 91.4 82.5 87.0 72.7 | 76.7 | 73.2 71.0 69.6 67.8 67.1 65.9 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 5.00 | 86.1 68.6 85.8 81.4 91.1 86.0 | 88.6 | 85.2 84.5 82.4 84.7 83.3 84.0 Chemical | 325 | 12.17 | 78.2 67.9 85.2 80.2 81.1 69.5 | 76.7 | 70.3 67.4 68.5 69.6 68.8 68.9 Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .86 | 86.5 66.2 92.8 79.5 98.5 80.3 | 85.9 | 71.2 65.0 74.7 Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .11 | 76.5 54.5 94.2 72.2 86.8 54.9 | 78.6 | 73.2 69.3 66.6 68.1 68.0 63.9 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | | and filaments | 32522 | .10 | 81.3 63.1 94.1 75.9 91.3 55.7 | 76.1 | 61.5 58.9 59.1 62.0 61.3 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 2.97 | 83.6 71.9 89.5 76.9 92.2 74.6 | 79.4 | 73.2 69.9 69.1 67.4 65.8 65.9 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.61 | 84.2 86.7 91.1 80.3 83.0 79.8 | 77.8 | 72.9 71.4 68.8 67.7 64.8 63.2 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 11.14 | 87.6 79.7 86.5 83.8 89.1 84.9 | 90.9 | 90.7 89.0 88.5 87.4 85.2 82.5 Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 7.39 | 92.0 89.5 91.7 89.4 94.8 90.0 | 95.3 | 94.2 94.5 96.2 97.3 97.0 95.9 Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 1.90 | 84.2 68.0 91.5 80.9 87.8 78.7 | 81.9 | 83.1 77.6 77.8 78.0 76.5 73.0 Coal mining | 2121 | .71 | 86.2 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.3 78.7 | 89.5 | 91.6 91.2 87.4 88.3 85.0 Metal mining | 2122 | .51 | 79.2 32.5 95.2 84.7 91.6 66.6 | 78.0 | 83.4 76.7 79.5 77.2 74.3 73.6 Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .67 | 83.7 65.5 89.9 76.2 93.0 79.3 | 77.1 | 73.7 63.4 66.4 67.3 68.5 65.0 Support activities for mining | 213 | 1.85 | 75.3 53.1 63.1 53.3 77.0 65.2 | 82.6 | 84.9 80.1 72.3 63.3 55.5 50.0 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.17 | 86.8 77.4 92.8 84.2 93.3 84.2 | 85.1 | 83.5 85.1 85.1 79.1 80.5 80.7 Electric | 2211 | 7.48 | 88.3 78.0 94.3 87.7 95.8 86.7 | 85.5 | 83.6 85.0 84.6 79.3 79.9 80.0 Natural gas | 2212 | 1.69 | 80.1 72.9 86.4 67.5 87.4 71.1 | 82.5 | 83.2 85.2 87.5 77.9 83.3 84.1 | | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 4.24 | 78.2 75.2 81.7 75.4 86.5 56.5 | 82.7 | 69.3 66.0 65.6 64.0 62.4 61.5 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | industries | | 75.44 | 79.7 68.1 85.9 77.3 84.4 72.7 | 76.6 | 71.2 69.2 67.3 67.4 66.0 65.9 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | and motor vehicles and pts. | | 69.92 | 79.9 69.5 85.6 79.2 84.1 72.6 | 77.9 | 72.5 70.7 69.6 69.4 67.9 67.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ r Revised. p Preliminary.