Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | 1972- 1978- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2003 | 2003 1980 1982 1989 1991 1995| 2003 | 2004 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High Low High| June | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.1 86.6 70.9 85.2 78.6 84.8 | 74.0 | 76.2 76.7 76.6 77.0 77.6 77.2 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 9.67 | 86.3 91.5 77.2 88.5 84.7 88.9 | 83.6 | 84.2 84.0 83.7 84.2 84.4 84.4 Primary and semifinished | 48.65 | 82.2 87.9 68.1 86.4 77.5 87.9 | 75.6 | 78.5 79.1 78.7 79.3 80.1 79.6 Finished | 41.68 | 78.2 83.7 71.3 83.2 77.2 80.3 | 70.4 | 72.0 72.7 72.9 73.3 73.6 73.3 | | | | Industry Groups | | | | Manufacturing | 84.35 | 80.0 86.3 68.7 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 72.7 | 74.5 75.3 75.5 75.9 76.2 76.0 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 79.53 | 79.8 86.3 68.0 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 72.0 | 74.0 74.6 74.8 75.2 75.5 75.3 Durable manufacturing | 44.99 | 78.3 86.9 63.2 84.5 73.4 83.7 | 69.3 | 72.0 72.9 72.9 73.1 73.2 72.9 Wood products 321 | 1.45 | 80.2 87.4 59.6 88.8 73.0 87.9 | 73.0 | 77.2 77.3 76.9 77.7 79.1 78.0 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.20 | 79.4 88.1 62.5 85.7 72.1 84.0 | 77.1 | 78.4 77.3 79.2 79.3 79.4 79.7 Primary metal 331 | 2.18 | 80.8 91.1 47.2 95.3 75.2 94.9 | 73.3 | 77.1 79.8 78.8 77.8 78.0 78.9 Iron and steel products 3311,2 | .85 | 81.1 96.2 37.8 99.0 70.9 100.6 | 79.5 | 89.6 91.8 88.8 86.0 85.2 87.3 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.26 | 76.9 83.3 62.0 80.3 71.1 83.8 | 67.0 | 68.3 68.7 69.2 69.7 70.0 69.8 Machinery 333 | 5.73 | 79.5 93.1 58.4 84.6 72.8 87.6 | 67.3 | 71.4 73.4 73.8 74.8 76.1 76.6 Computer and electronic products 334 | 9.67 | 79.1 89.5 77.3 81.1 76.3 85.3 | 63.1 | 67.3 68.2 68.5 68.3 69.3 69.5 Computer and office equipment 3341 | 1.37 | 78.1 89.5 68.8 79.3 67.2 86.6 | 68.5 | 75.3 76.2 77.0 77.7 78.6 79.6 Communications equipment 3342 | 2.09 | 77.7 93.5 83.0 81.7 73.2 87.5 | 50.7 | 51.4 51.3 50.6 49.9 51.6 52.5 Semiconductor and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 2.89 | 80.7 93.8 76.7 80.5 78.1 91.5 | 68.2 | 76.9 79.1 79.0 78.8 78.9 78.5 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.23 | 83.0 91.9 64.5 87.4 75.0 92.5 | 73.7 | 76.8 76.6 76.9 78.3 77.8 77.9 Transportation equipment 336 | 10.33 | 75.7 86.4 56.4 87.8 68.6 77.8 | 72.6 | 75.8 77.1 76.0 75.9 74.7 73.4 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 6.27 | 77.7 96.3 45.3 89.7 56.5 87.8 | 78.3 | 82.6 84.1 82.2 82.0 79.9 77.6 Autos and light trucks 33611 | 2.46 | 78.2 100.2 39.6 98.6 54.8 88.1 | 83.4 | 85.5 87.4 84.9 84.8 80.5 77.8 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.06 | 72.9 84.2 69.6 88.9 81.9 67.7 | 63.6 | 64.9 65.8 65.8 66.0 66.1 66.5 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.77 | 78.9 86.4 66.6 84.0 67.9 83.7 | 69.3 | 70.0 70.2 70.1 70.2 69.9 69.6 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.15 | 76.9 80.2 69.0 81.7 77.7 81.2 | 76.7 | 76.4 76.6 77.2 77.5 77.7 77.1 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.55 | 82.0 85.7 75.6 87.0 81.8 85.5 | 75.8 | 76.9 77.2 77.7 78.3 78.8 78.8 Food 311 | 8.15 | 82.7 85.2 80.7 85.8 83.7 84.0 | 79.6 | 80.0 80.5 80.7 80.7 81.9 81.5 Beverage and tobacco products 312 | 3.03 | 80.3 84.9 77.1 87.0 74.9 87.8 | 72.1 | 70.0 70.1 71.0 72.2 72.3 73.1 Textile mills 313 | .72 | 83.3 90.3 72.3 91.9 78.4 92.7 | 68.9 | 69.5 67.3 67.4 66.9 68.3 68.8 Textile product mills 314 | .51 | 83.2 93.0 71.1 90.7 73.7 88.0 | 74.7 | 79.3 76.6 73.7 75.9 79.6 77.9 Apparel 315 | .95 | 80.2 85.0 78.0 85.5 78.0 91.2 | 62.8 | 65.0 66.3 67.4 68.9 68.3 68.0 Leather and allied products 316 | .18 | 76.7 86.4 75.5 79.9 71.7 81.3 | 62.0 | 66.6 67.2 68.2 69.2 68.4 68.2 Paper 322 | 2.69 | 88.3 95.4 81.3 93.7 85.2 92.4 | 84.3 | 84.0 84.6 84.0 85.6 86.4 86.3 Printing and support 323 | 2.46 | 84.3 88.2 80.1 91.6 82.7 86.0 | 71.6 | 72.0 71.7 72.6 72.6 72.7 73.2 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 2.07 | 86.4 92.3 71.2 88.9 82.5 90.2 | 86.3 | 88.0 88.2 90.3 89.2 89.7 89.8 Chemical 325 | 10.27 | 78.4 83.1 68.1 85.6 80.8 81.3 | 71.8 | 74.0 74.5 75.2 75.9 75.9 75.9 Plastics material and resin 325211 | .61 | 85.9 84.7 65.3 97.6 78.1 101.3 | 76.1 | 86.5 85.1 84.8 88.5 86.7 Synthetic rubber 325212 | .11 | 79.0 90.4 55.5 92.5 73.6 88.6 | 73.7 | 77.5 75.3 77.9 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | and filaments 32522 | .18 | 81.5 94.2 62.1 96.1 75.6 89.3 | 73.8 | 82.9 80.0 82.5 84.3 82.1 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.51 | 83.7 89.9 70.5 91.3 77.2 92.4 | 79.2 | 81.2 81.8 81.8 83.3 83.3 83.7 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 4.81 | 83.6 88.2 85.7 90.7 79.1 82.8 | 83.8 | 83.5 86.2 86.7 88.2 89.5 88.8 | | | | Mining 21 | 6.71 | 86.9 94.2 78.6 85.6 83.4 88.3 | 84.8 | 85.3 84.9 84.5 84.8 84.8 84.8 Oil and gas extraction 211 | 4.65 | 92.0 95.6 89.5 91.1 88.8 94.5 | 91.6 | 92.0 91.7 91.3 91.1 91.1 90.4 Mining (except oil and gas) 212 | 1.36 | 84.1 92.5 67.6 90.3 80.1 87.9 | 81.9 | 82.7 82.4 81.5 84.0 83.9 86.1 Coal mining 2121 | .59 | 86.0 97.8 76.3 92.6 79.6 87.5 | 81.7 | 82.1 81.2 77.3 82.7 81.3 84.5 Metal mining 2122 | .21 | 79.7 86.0 32.0 90.4 82.1 92.1 | 77.9 | 76.3 77.3 75.7 77.4 78.1 80.0 Stone and earth minerals 2123 | .56 | 83.1 93.0 64.3 89.4 75.5 90.3 | 83.6 | 85.8 85.7 88.1 88.0 89.0 90.2 Support activities for mining 213 | .70 | 71.9 99.8 49.7 61.6 52.3 74.2 | 59.9 | 60.4 59.2 59.5 59.3 59.4 59.7 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.95 | 86.9 88.1 77.6 92.8 84.1 93.8 | 81.1 | 86.9 86.5 83.1 84.3 87.3 85.2 Electric 2211 | 7.37 | 88.3 88.0 78.9 94.2 86.8 96.5 | 81.6 | 87.2 86.4 84.8 85.7 89.1 86.2 Natural gas 2212 | 1.58 | 80.2 92.1 72.3 86.5 67.4 87.8 | 79.0 | 85.8 87.2 75.4 78.0 79.8 81.0 | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 6.35 | 78.8 89.4 75.4 79.9 74.5 88.3 | 62.5 | 68.3 69.6 69.5 69.5 70.4 70.7 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | industries | 78.00 | 80.1 86.3 68.2 86.1 77.3 84.1 | 73.9 | 75.5 76.3 76.6 77.0 77.3 77.2 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech and | | | | motor vehicles and pts. | 71.73 | 80.2 85.7 69.6 85.9 79.2 83.8 | 73.5 | 74.9 75.6 76.0 76.6 77.1 77.1 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