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 | NAICS | 2006 2004 2005 2006 2007 | 2004 2005 2006 2007 | | Ave. Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 | Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 81.0 79.1 80.4 80.7 81.0 | .0 -.2 -.8 -.5 | | | Manufacturing<1> | | 79.7 77.5 79.2 79.0 79.2 | -.1 -.3 -1.1 -.5 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 79.5 77.1 78.9 78.9 79.2 | -.1 -.4 -.9 -.3 | | | Durable manufacturing | | 78.0 74.8 78.0 77.3 77.8 | .0 -.2 -1.1 -.3 Wood products | 321 | 80.1 81.4 89.9 75.9 70.5 | .1 1.4 1.6 .3 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 79.4 80.3 83.3 78.9 78.2 | -.8 -.5 -.8 -.2 Primary metal | 331 | 80.8 86.7 83.9 80.8 84.0 | -.1 .2 -1.4 -2.6 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 77.4 73.8 78.0 79.9 81.3 | .2 .1 -.3 .2 Machinery | 333 | 78.7 73.2 78.5 79.4 77.3 | -.2 -.2 -1.5 -.6 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 78.4 71.1 74.7 78.0 77.3 | -.6 -.4 .7 3.2 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | and components | 335 | 83.2 79.9 83.2 82.1 83.4 | .8 -.2 -2.2 -2.1 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 77.5 79.2 78.3 72.3 72.4 | .3 -.3 -2.4 -3.7 Aerospace and other miscellaneous | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 72.5 63.0 70.0 72.8 80.5 | 1.6 -.2 -5.9 -2.4 Furniture and related products | 337 | 78.6 77.0 79.0 77.5 76.6 | .5 .3 -.8 .6 Miscellaneous | 339 | 76.6 74.9 76.9 76.5 74.7 | -.1 -1.4 -2.3 -3.0 | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 81.6 79.8 80.0 80.8 81.0 | -.3 -.6 -.8 -.5 Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 81.5 78.4 80.7 80.3 81.1 | .3 -.7 -1.9 -1.0 Textile and product mills | 313,4 | 82.3 77.2 79.7 72.5 68.9 | 1.6 -.1 -3.3 -2.8 Apparel and leather | 315,6 | 78.5 67.9 69.6 71.8 73.0 | .0 -1.9 -2.3 -1.3 Paper | 322 | 87.7 83.7 84.0 84.3 82.6 | -.8 -1.0 -1.2 -1.4 Printing and support | 323 | 83.7 76.5 77.7 78.5 76.4 | .6 -.3 -1.9 -.7 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 85.8 92.0 87.3 88.9 88.9 | -2.4 -.6 -1.2 -1.3 Chemical | 325 | 78.2 78.1 75.5 79.1 78.9 | -.4 -.1 1.4 1.4 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 83.6 83.8 85.9 82.3 84.6 | -1.2 -1.4 -2.5 -2.2 | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 84.6 85.7 85.4 80.7 79.1 | .5 .2 -3.9 -4.3 | | | Mining | 21 | 87.5 88.8 85.5 91.2 90.2 | .4 .4 -.1 -1.9 Utilities | 2211,2 | 86.8 84.6 85.7 84.4 85.9 | .0 -.8 -.6 -.2 | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 78.0 69.5 75.2 80.0 79.6 | -1.2 -1.3 .3 1.7 Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | 77.9 78.2 74.3 77.5 78.5 | -1.6 -1.9 -.8 -2.2 Communications equipment | 3342 | 75.7 52.4 61.8 73.3 79.5 | -2.0 -2.0 .0 -2.4 Semiconductors and related | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 80.8 77.4 84.2 85.1 80.2 | .6 1.0 2.4 5.2 | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | industries | | | Total industry | | 81.2 79.7 80.7 80.7 81.0 | .2 -.2 -1.0 -.9 Manufacturing<1> | | 79.8 78.1 79.5 79.0 79.2 | .0 -.3 -1.4 -1.0 | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | Crude | | 86.6 88.0 83.3 89.2 89.2 | .1 .4 .0 -1.1 Primary and semifinished | | 82.2 81.4 83.4 81.3 81.3 | .0 -.1 -1.0 -.5 Finished | | 77.7 73.8 75.9 77.0 77.5 | -.1 -.6 -1.3 -.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates for the fourth quarter of 2007 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases. 1. See footnote 2 to table 3.