Table 8 REVISED AND EARLIER CAPACITY UTILIZATION RATES, BY INDUSTRY GROUPS Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted Difference between Revised rate revised and earlier rates (percentage points) | 1967- 1988- 1990- | Item | 1999 1989 1991 1998 1999 2000 | 1998 1999 2000 | Ave. High Low Q4 Q4 Q3 | Q4 Q4 Q3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Total index | 82.1 85.4 78.1 81.2 81.6 82.4 | .2 .6 .1 | | Manufacturing | 81.1 85.7 76.6 80.5 80.9 81.6 | .3 .6 .2 | | Primary processing | 82.1 88.3 76.7 81.6 84.6 85.6 | .9 1.9 1.3 Advanced processing | 80.6 84.2 76.6 80.4 79.2 79.9 | .5 .2 .3 | | Durable | 79.6 84.6 73.1 81.0 81.0 82.6 | .6 .7 .0 Lumber and products 24 | 82.6 93.6 75.5 84.2 83.3 79.2 | .5 2.1 2.0 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 81.3 86.6 72.5 78.6 78.8 79.8 | .0 -.3 -.1 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 78.7 83.5 69.7 85.1 85.2 85.4 | -.4 1.7 2.1 | | Primary metals 33 | 81.5 92.7 73.7 84.8 88.6 87.0 | 1.6 1.3 2.2 Iron and steel 331,2 | 81.3 95.2 71.8 79.9 87.2 85.2 | 1.6 2.6 3.9 Raw steel | 80.9 92.7 71.5 76.3 86.6 83.2 | 2.1 .5 1.6 Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 81.9 89.3 74.2 90.8 90.4 89.1 | 1.5 -.1 .0 Primary copper 3331 | 76.2 86.3 73.5 106.4 77.5 71.8 | 19.6 2.1 9.9 Primary aluminum 3334 | 88.4 100.4 97.3 88.4 89.7 81.4 | -.2 -1.5 -2.0 | | Fabricated metal products 34 | 78.0 82.0 71.9 77.0 76.9 77.1 | 1.5 1.5 .6 Industrial machinery | | and equipment 35 | 81.4 85.4 72.3 83.0 79.8 82.6 | -1.1 -1.3 -1.0 Computer and office equip. 357 | 81.3 86.9 66.9 85.6 76.5 79.1 | -.1 -3.5 -1.5 Electrical machinery 36 | 81.2 84.0 75.0 79.0 83.4 91.6 | 1.1 2.0 -.5 Semiconductors and related | | electronic components 3672-9 | 79.6 81.1 75.6 76.8 86.1 98.4 | -1.7 .1 -5.8 | | Transportation equipment 37 | 76.0 85.8 68.5 81.7 78.8 77.5 | 1.0 .5 .4 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 76.9 89.1 55.9 80.4 82.9 81.5 | -.2 -.7 .1 Autos and light trucks | 92.3 53.3 86.6 87.5 86.3 | -.4 -1.5 -.2 Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 75.3 87.3 79.2 83.7 72.8 71.5 | 2.9 1.3 .4 Instruments 38 | 81.7 81.4 77.2 81.4 80.4 80.1 | 1.0 -.7 .6 Miscellaneous 39 | 75.8 79.0 71.7 78.3 81.6 81.4 | -.8 -.1 .6 | | Nondurable | 83.3 87.3 80.7 80.1 81.0 80.4 | -.3 .2 .0 Foods 20 | 82.8 85.4 82.7 81.2 80.2 81.0 | 1.1 1.6 2.0 Textile mill products 22 | 85.6 90.4 77.7 82.2 82.4 81.4 | .9 -2.1 2.2 Apparel products 23 | 80.8 85.1 75.5 74.0 71.7 70.2 | 3.0 3.6 3.3 Paper and products 26 | 88.9 93.5 85.0 85.0 86.7 83.2 | -1.1 .0 .1 Pulp and paper 261-3 | 92.4 98.0 89.9 90.9 94.0 89.1 | .1 .5 -.3 Printing and publishing 27 | 85.5 91.7 79.6 80.1 80.8 81.3 | -1.1 -.9 -.4 | | Chemicals and products 28 | 79.3 86.2 79.3 74.5 78.4 76.6 | -2.5 -2.3 -3.3 Plastics materials 2821 | 86.8 97.0 74.8 89.4 94.0 89.6 | -2.4 -.7 4.0 Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | 85.1 99.7 77.6 79.9 87.6 84.1 | 2.9 5.3 2.1 Petroleum products 29 | 87.1 88.5 85.1 94.7 93.2 95.3 | .6 .5 .7 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 84.7 89.6 77.4 85.5 85.3 83.7 | .4 1.5 1.6 Leather and products 31 | 80.9 83.3 76.1 71.2 69.3 69.9 | .4 2.3 4.3 | | Mining | 87.4 88.0 87.0 83.8 84.7 86.4 | .5 1.9 .2 Metal mining 10 | 79.4 89.4 79.9 87.1 79.6 78.1 | -.6 1.2 -2.3 Coal mining 12 | 86.7 91.5 83.4 87.3 85.4 85.4 | -.5 -.9 -.6 Oil and gas extraction 13 | 88.4 88.2 88.7 82.4 84.7 87.2 | .9 2.5 .0 Oil and gas well drilling 138 | 73.9 69.3 60.0 62.0 66.8 78.1 | -1.3 -2.6 -3.1 Stone and earth minerals 14 | 84.8 89.0 79.4 86.4 86.6 85.4 | .6 2.6 2.7 | | Utilities | 87.5 92.6 83.4 89.3 89.2 90.6 | -.1 .9 -.4 Electric 491,3pt | 89.6 95.0 87.1 95.0 93.6 93.6 | 1.2 1.2 -.5 Gas 492,3pt | 82.0 85.0 67.1 72.2 75.4 81.0 | 1.3 4.5 4.0 | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | Computers, communications eq, and | | semiconductors <2> | 80.2 81.9 72.4 79.2 80.8 89.9 | -.3 .3 -.3 | | Manufacturing excluding computers, | | communications eq., and | | semiconductors <2> | 81.2 86.1 76.8 80.7 80.9 80.5 | .2 .3 .1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <1> Series begins in 1977. <2> The difference between revised and earlier growth rates primarily reflect the modification to the definition of advanced and primary processing industries. <3> Semiconductors include related electronic components. Note - The "high" columns refer to periods in which utilization generally peaked; the "low" columns refer to recession years in which utilization generally bottomed out. The monthly highs and lows are specific to each series, and all did not occur in the same month.