Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2004 | 2004 89 91 95| 2004 2005 | 2005 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 r | May June July Aug. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.0 85.1 78.6 84.9 | 78.2 78.8 79.3 79.4 | 79.2 79.8 79.8 79.8 | | | | Manufacturing | 84.08 | 79.8 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 77.0 77.6 78.1 78.1 | 78.1 78.3 78.3 78.4 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 79.81 | 79.6 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 76.4 77.1 77.5 77.4 | 77.4 77.6 77.6 77.8 | | | | Durable manufacturing | 45.64 | 78.0 84.5 73.4 83.6 | 74.4 75.2 75.6 75.4 | 75.3 75.6 75.8 76.4 Wood products 321 | 1.56 | 80.0 88.9 73.1 87.7 | 78.2 78.5 77.2 75.7 | 76.1 75.4 76.2 75.5 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.19 | 79.2 84.9 72.0 83.6 | 80.2 80.8 81.6 80.9 | 80.7 81.1 79.7 80.1 Primary metal 331 | 2.60 | 80.5 94.3 74.6 95.5 | 81.9 82.6 80.8 74.9 | 75.3 72.9 73.6 75.2 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.36 | 76.6 80.2 71.6 83.6 | 70.1 70.1 70.1 70.2 | 70.2 70.3 70.6 71.0 Machinery 333 | 5.63 | 78.8 84.8 73.0 86.9 | 77.5 78.4 79.5 81.4 | 81.5 82.0 83.8 81.6 Computer and electronic products 334 | 8.65 | 78.7 81.7 76.6 83.9 | 70.9 71.1 72.9 73.4 | 73.6 73.5 74.4 75.1 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.16 | 82.7 87.5 75.1 92.5 | 80.1 80.2 79.8 80.6 | 80.8 81.2 81.8 82.1 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 7.11 | 77.8 90.3 56.0 87.8 | 79.8 82.6 82.5 80.7 | 80.1 81.8 80.0 82.7 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.31 | 72.4 88.7 82.1 67.9 | 64.9 65.5 66.6 68.9 | 69.0 69.2 69.2 70.2 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.83 | 78.7 83.6 69.4 83.4 | 73.5 73.5 73.0 71.9 | 71.7 72.1 72.3 72.4 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.24 | 76.5 81.7 77.7 80.6 | 76.5 77.2 78.1 78.0 | 77.8 78.3 78.2 79.2 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.16 | 81.8 87.1 81.7 85.4 | 79.3 79.8 80.2 80.2 | 80.2 80.4 80.3 79.9 Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 11.09 | 81.9 85.6 81.0 84.0 | 80.9 81.6 81.9 82.1 | 82.5 82.6 82.6 82.2 Textile and product mills 313,4 | 1.15 | 83.1 91.5 77.2 90.7 | 74.8 74.5 75.8 75.8 | 76.4 75.8 76.7 76.2 Apparel and leather 315,6 | .86 | 79.3 84.2 77.3 89.2 | 68.5 70.6 70.9 70.6 | 70.0 70.0 71.9 72.2 Paper 322 | 2.71 | 88.1 93.7 85.2 92.5 | 86.8 86.6 87.9 85.8 | 85.1 86.1 85.7 85.3 Printing and support 323 | 2.39 | 83.7 91.6 82.7 86.0 | 72.0 72.1 72.6 73.1 | 73.2 73.4 73.2 73.1 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.68 | 86.1 88.9 82.9 90.3 | 90.2 91.3 91.4 92.1 | 90.8 93.2 90.8 90.0 Chemical 325 | 10.88 | 78.4 85.7 80.9 81.1 | 75.9 76.6 76.7 76.9 | 77.0 76.9 76.9 76.0 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.40 | 83.7 91.1 77.1 92.2 | 83.2 83.5 84.0 83.4 | 83.2 83.1 83.0 84.3 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 4.28 | 84.9 90.5 80.4 83.9 | 87.6 87.6 89.9 90.7 | 91.3 90.5 89.6 89.0 | | | | Mining 21 | 6.99 | 87.1 85.8 83.5 89.1 | 86.3 85.6 87.5 88.4 | 88.2 88.6 87.8 87.4 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.92 | 86.8 92.8 84.2 93.9 | 83.7 85.4 84.4 85.1 | 83.8 87.8 88.4 87.8 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 5.49 | 78.3 81.0 74.3 86.4 | 69.9 69.8 71.8 71.7 | 71.9 71.8 72.6 72.8 Computer and peripheral equipment 3341 | 1.17 | 78.4 80.2 67.5 85.0 | 73.7 75.9 78.2 79.7 | 79.7 80.1 80.4 80.8 Communications equipment 3342 | 1.83 | 76.0 80.8 73.4 87.4 | 56.7 58.8 62.3 63.7 | 64.3 64.4 66.0 66.6 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 2.50 | 81.1 82.8 77.5 90.4 | 78.5 75.6 76.6 75.0 | 75.0 74.6 75.2 75.2 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 94.51 | 81.1 85.5 78.8 84.8 | 78.9 79.6 80.1 80.2 | 80.0 80.7 80.6 80.6 Manufacturing 1 | 78.59 | 79.9 86.0 77.3 84.2 | 77.8 78.5 79.0 79.0 | 79.0 79.2 79.1 79.3 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 10.28 | 86.4 88.9 84.8 89.3 | 85.7 85.5 86.5 86.4 | 86.1 86.6 86.0 85.2 Primary and semifinished | 47.74 | 82.1 86.5 77.5 87.8 | 79.7 80.2 80.3 80.0 | 79.7 80.5 80.5 80.6 Finished | 41.98 | 77.9 83.1 77.2 80.5 | 74.9 76.0 76.7 77.3 | 77.4 77.7 77.8 78.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.