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 | 2008 2005 2006 2007 2008 | 2005 2006 2007 2008 | | Ave. Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 | Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 80.9 80.4 80.6 80.4 74.3 | .0 -.1 -.5 -.6 | | | Manufacturing<1> | | 79.6 79.2 79.0 78.7 71.1 | .0 .0 -.6 -.6 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 79.4 78.9 78.8 78.6 71.0 | .0 -.1 -.6 -.7 | | | Durable manufacturing | | 77.8 77.9 77.3 77.0 67.3 | .0 .0 -.8 -.5 Wood products | 321 | 79.2 89.2 75.2 68.6 54.8 | -.7 -.7 -1.5 -1.6 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 77.7 78.1 72.6 70.5 63.1 | -5.3 -6.3 -7.5 -5.9 Primary metal | 331 | 80.5 83.3 80.4 84.1 62.0 | -.6 -.4 .3 -.9 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 77.5 77.6 79.5 80.5 74.2 | -.4 -.4 -.8 -.6 Machinery | 333 | 78.6 79.8 81.8 79.8 70.2 | 1.3 2.4 2.6 1.4 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 78.3 75.3 78.4 75.4 69.9 | .6 .4 -2.5 .0 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | and components | 335 | 83.2 83.1 82.2 82.8 78.4 | -.1 .2 -.6 .7 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 76.7 76.4 70.3 70.2 53.8 | -1.9 -2.0 -2.1 -2.0 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 73.2 73.2 77.3 84.2 71.8 | 3.2 4.5 3.9 2.7 Furniture and related products | 337 | 78.4 79.8 79.0 77.6 65.1 | .8 1.5 1.0 2.1 Miscellaneous | 339 | 76.5 77.0 76.3 74.4 69.4 | .2 -.2 -.4 -2.4 | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 81.5 80.1 80.6 80.5 75.0 | .1 -.2 -.5 -1.0 Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 81.5 80.3 79.4 79.7 77.4 | -.5 -.9 -1.4 -1.6 Textile and product mills | 313,4 | 81.6 78.5 73.1 71.3 65.6 | -1.2 .6 2.5 3.5 Apparel and leather | 315,6 | 79.5 75.2 76.8 77.7 72.2 | 5.7 4.9 4.7 2.4 Paper | 322 | 87.6 84.4 84.2 82.6 74.4 | .4 -.1 .0 .5 Printing and support | 323 | 83.4 78.3 79.7 78.4 72.7 | .6 1.1 1.9 3.5 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 86.1 88.4 88.8 87.1 85.7 | 1.1 -.1 -1.7 -3.7 Chemical | 325 | 78.2 75.7 79.0 78.5 70.3 | .2 -.1 -.5 -1.0 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 83.6 85.2 81.9 84.1 72.7 | -.7 -.4 -.5 -1.5 | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 84.2 84.1 82.2 80.2 72.6 | -1.2 1.5 1.1 .6 | | | Mining | 21 | 87.6 85.4 90.8 89.8 89.5 | -.1 -.5 -.1 -.4 Utilities | 2211,2 | 86.8 85.3 83.7 85.2 83.0 | -.4 -.7 -.7 -1.2 | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 78.2 77.4 82.8 79.6 70.7 | 2.2 2.9 -.9 2.4 Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | 78.1 74.3 79.5 81.6 74.0 | .0 2.0 3.0 13.6 Communications equipment | 3342 | 76.2 67.5 82.3 77.3 74.5 | 5.7 8.9 -3.6 -5.1 Semiconductors and related | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 80.6 84.6 84.9 80.0 66.4 | .4 -.3 -1.3 1.1 | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | industries | | | Total industry | | 81.0 80.5 80.5 80.5 74.4 | -.2 -.3 -.5 -.8 Manufacturing<1> | | 79.7 79.3 78.8 78.7 71.1 | -.2 -.2 -.5 -.8 | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | Crude | | 86.6 83.1 88.7 88.3 83.9 | -.2 -.4 -.8 -1.6 Primary and semifinished | | 82.0 82.6 80.7 80.7 73.5 | -.7 -.7 -.6 -.6 Finished | | 77.7 76.6 77.6 77.2 71.1 | .7 .6 -.4 -.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates for the fourth quarter of 2008 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases. 1. See footnote 2 to table 3.