Table 6 REVISED AND EARLIER CAPACITY UTILIZATION RATES, BY INDUSTRY GROUPS Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Difference between | Revised rate | revised and earlier rates | | (percentage points) | 1972- | Item | 2004 2002 2003 2004 2005 | 2002 2003 2004 2005 | Ave. Q4 Q4 Q4 Q3 | Q4 Q4 Q4 Q3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 81.0 75.3 76.6 79.4 79.8 | -.1 .1 .6 .4 | | Manufacturing | 79.8 73.4 74.7 78.2 78.6 | -.1 .0 .5 .3 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 79.6 73.0 74.3 77.8 78.2 | -.2 .1 .7 .5 | | Durable manufacturing | 78.1 70.3 72.2 76.3 77.2 | -.3 .1 1.1 1.0 Wood products 321 | 80.1 74.4 78.4 81.0 80.6 | .0 1.1 2.5 4.7 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 79.4 77.7 79.4 82.4 80.6 | .9 1.4 1.6 .3 Primary metal 331 | 80.4 78.2 80.6 85.0 79.3 | -.4 1.3 2.4 4.1 Fabricated metal products 332 | 77.1 70.4 70.0 73.9 74.5 | 1.0 2.3 3.8 3.5 Machinery 333 | 78.7 67.5 69.4 78.3 79.6 | -.3 -.5 .0 -2.6 Computer and electronic products 334 | 78.6 60.9 67.0 72.9 77.0 | -1.8 -.8 1.7 1.1 Electrical equip., appliances, | | and components 335 | 83.2 74.0 75.8 81.1 85.1 | 1.4 1.0 .8 2.9 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 77.5 80.4 80.3 80.5 81.1 | -.5 -1.6 -2.1 -1.1 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 72.6 63.0 62.3 65.2 66.1 | -.2 -.9 -.3 -.3 Furniture and related products 337 | 78.7 73.1 73.8 75.1 73.7 | .5 2.6 1.6 .8 Miscellaneous 339 | 76.6 75.0 74.8 76.7 78.1 | -.9 .6 -.5 -.9 | | Nondurable manufacturing | 81.7 76.6 77.2 79.9 79.7 | .0 -.1 .0 -.2 Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 81.8 77.0 78.2 79.4 80.8 | .4 -.4 -2.3 -1.8 Textile and product mills 313,4 | 82.8 74.7 74.6 75.1 76.6 | -2.1 1.2 .5 -.2 Apparel and leather 315,6 | 79.3 65.7 66.7 72.9 76.8 | -1.0 1.8 2.4 4.0 Paper 322 | 87.8 84.9 81.4 85.5 83.0 | .1 -2.1 -1.2 -1.8 Printing and support 323 | 84.0 72.5 71.6 74.9 76.4 | -.5 .0 2.8 3.2 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 85.9 86.5 88.4 93.4 90.1 | -.5 -.5 2.1 1.3 Chemical 325 | 78.3 74.4 74.4 77.4 75.2 | 1.0 .4 .8 -.3 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 83.5 79.0 81.3 85.0 86.6 | -2.0 .1 1.5 1.7 | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 84.7 82.1 82.2 84.9 85.0 | 1.5 -1.2 -2.6 -3.0 | | Mining 21 | 87.3 86.8 88.2 88.3 86.1 | 1.4 1.1 2.7 1.5 Utilities 2211,2 | 86.8 87.6 85.6 84.4 87.3 | -.3 .8 -1.0 .2 | | Selected high-technology industries | 78.2 58.5 65.7 72.8 75.9 | -2.3 -1.0 3.0 1.7 Computer and peripheral equipment 3341 | 78.2 70.4 74.9 76.3 79.7 | -.5 .8 .4 -.7 Communications equipment 3342 | 76.0 42.2 47.1 58.6 68.6 | -.6 -5.8 -.1 .4 Semiconductors and related | | electronic components 334412-9 | 80.6 64.3 74.3 79.4 78.2 | -5.5 -.6 3.8 1.2 | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | industries | | Total industry | 81.2 76.6 77.3 79.8 80.2 | .1 .2 .2 .1 Manufacturing 1 | 79.9 74.8 75.4 78.6 78.9 | .1 .1 .1 -.1 | | Stage-of-process groups | | Crude | 86.4 84.1 85.0 87.8 84.6 | .6 .1 2.3 1.7 Primary and semifinished | 82.2 77.5 78.6 81.3 81.6 | -.5 .2 1.1 1.3 Finished | 77.9 71.1 72.4 75.3 76.9 | .3 .0 -.7 -1.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates for the third quarter of 2005 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases. 1. See footnote 2 to table 3.