Table 6 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | 1967- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2000 | 2000 89 91 95| 2000 2001 | 2001 Item |Proportion<1>| Ave. High Low High| Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 r | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 82.1 85.4 78.1 84.4 | 82.6 82.4 81.3 79.3 | 79.7 79.2 78.9 78.5 | | | | Manufacturing | 88.70 | 81.1 85.7 76.6 84.0 | 81.9 81.7 80.3 77.9 | 78.4 77.9 77.5 77.1 | | | | Durable | 49.19 | 79.6 84.6 73.1 83.6 | 82.7 82.5 80.7 77.3 | 77.9 77.0 77.0 76.2 Lumber and products 24 | 1.89 | 82.6 93.6 75.5 89.4 | 81.6 79.1 76.3 73.4 | 72.9 73.5 73.8 73.6 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 1.65 | 81.3 86.6 72.5 83.9 | 79.6 80.1 80.0 78.0 | 78.6 78.2 77.2 77.2 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 2.31 | 78.9 83.5 69.7 86.8 | 84.5 85.5 84.0 83.2 | 83.9 83.2 82.5 81.9 Primary metals 33 | 3.13 | 81.6 92.7 73.7 95.4 | 89.4 87.0 83.1 79.5 | 80.7 79.5 78.3 77.5 Fabricated metals 34 | 5.85 | 77.9 82.0 71.9 85.2 | 77.6 77.1 75.7 73.5 | 74.8 73.1 72.5 71.6 Industrial machinery and equipment 35 | 9.34 | 81.4 85.4 72.3 87.3 | 81.9 82.7 82.5 79.6 | 80.5 79.1 79.2 77.5 Electrical machinery 36 | 9.26 | 81.4 84.0 75.0 90.1 | 90.4 90.9 87.1 80.6 | 82.9 80.5 78.4 76.6 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 5.74 | 77.0 89.1 55.9 85.9 | 84.5 81.7 76.0 69.5 | 65.8 68.9 73.8 73.7 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 372,6-9 | 4.01 | 75.2 87.3 60.7 85.3 | 71.1 71.7 72.8 72.0 | 72.5 71.5 72.1 72.5 Instruments 38 | 4.69 | 81.6 81.4 74.5 82.6 | 79.6 80.3 80.5 80.2 | 81.2 79.9 79.6 80.3 Miscellaneous 39 | 1.32 | 75.9 79.0 71.7 81.9 | 81.3 81.4 80.5 79.1 | 80.5 79.0 77.9 77.0 | | | | Nondurable | 39.52 | 83.2 87.3 79.7 85.6 | 80.9 80.5 79.7 78.5 | 78.8 78.8 78.0 78.0 Food and tobacco products 20,21 | 10.54 | 83.3 85.9 79.1 85.8 | 81.2 81.6 81.2 81.2 | 81.2 81.4 80.9 81.0 Textile mill products 22 | 1.26 | 85.5 90.4 77.7 92.6 | 83.4 80.9 77.1 76.3 | 76.0 76.2 76.6 74.8 Apparel products 23 | 1.64 | 80.6 85.1 70.7 85.9 | 71.8 70.5 69.4 68.6 | 69.7 67.9 68.3 67.3 Paper and products 26 | 3.18 | 88.7 93.5 83.1 91.6 | 85.9 82.9 83.3 79.9 | 81.0 81.3 77.5 78.0 Printing and publishing 27 | 6.59 | 85.4 91.7 77.8 87.7 | 81.0 81.8 82.0 80.3 | 81.2 80.4 79.3 79.1 Chemicals and products 28 | 10.56 | 79.3 86.2 74.2 84.2 | 77.2 76.4 75.5 73.9 | 73.8 74.2 73.7 73.8 Petroleum products 29 | 1.97 | 87.3 88.5 85.1 97.1 | 96.0 95.3 94.3 94.2 | 93.5 94.6 94.4 96.4 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 3.58 | 84.7 89.6 77.4 91.3 | 84.6 83.7 80.9 79.0 | 80.1 79.0 78.0 77.4 | | | | Mining | 5.96 | 87.4 88.0 82.0 91.0 | 85.8 86.6 86.6 88.1 | 87.5 87.8 88.9 89.6 Utilities | 5.33 | 87.6 92.6 83.0 93.5 | 91.2 90.7 92.0 91.1 | 91.7 90.7 90.8 89.6 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 9.18 | 80.4 81.9 72.4 87.9 | 88.0 89.1 85.1 77.7 | 80.0 77.5 75.4 73.4 Computers and office equipment 357 | 2.79 | 81.2 86.9 66.9 91.4 | 76.4 79.1 78.2 73.8 | 75.2 73.6 72.7 71.6 Communications equipment 366 | 2.03 | 80.4 84.8 73.4 87.8 | 80.8 84.9 87.3 84.3 | 86.3 84.3 82.2 79.6 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 3672-9 | 4.36 | 80.0 81.1 72.6 90.8 | 98.5 97.0 87.9 76.6 | 79.7 76.5 73.5 71.1 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 90.82 | 82.2 85.7 78.4 84.2 | 82.0 81.5 80.6 79.1 | 79.3 79.0 79.0 78.7 Manufacturing | 79.52 | 81.2 86.1 76.8 83.8 | 81.1 80.6 79.5 77.6 | 77.9 77.6 77.4 77.2 Industrial machinery 351-6,8,9 | 6.54 | 81.3 85.5 72.9 88.1 | 84.1 84.1 84.2 81.9 | 82.6 81.3 81.7 79.8 Electrical machinery 361-5,9,71 | 2.88 | 83.4 87.5 74.3 93.2 | 84.2 83.9 82.9 82.0 | 83.0 81.7 81.3 81.1 | | | | Primary processing | 33.89 | 82.2 88.3 76.7 88.7 | 86.4 85.4 82.7 78.5 | 79.2 78.6 77.6 77.1 Advanced processing | 54.81 | 80.6 84.2 76.6 82.3 | 79.8 80.1 79.5 78.3 | 78.6 78.1 78.1 77.7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note. See notes to table 2.