Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994- 2001-| | | 2004 | 2004 1982 1989 1991 1995 2002| 2004 | 2005 Item | Proportion| Ave. Low High Low High Low| Dec. | July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.0 70.7 85.1 78.6 85.0 73.9 | 79.7 | 80.2 80.3 79.1 79.8 80.3 80.7 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 9.99 | 86.4 77.4 88.3 84.3 89.4 83.2 | 88.5 | 87.5 86.8 78.2 78.0 81.9 84.1 Primary and semifinished | 47.75 | 82.2 67.9 86.7 77.8 88.1 74.6 | 81.7 | 81.6 81.8 81.9 82.0 82.3 82.4 Finished | 42.26 | 77.9 71.0 82.8 77.0 80.5 70.8 | 75.5 | 76.8 77.1 76.6 78.2 78.0 78.1 | | | | Industry Groups | | | | Manufacturing | 84.35 | 79.8 68.4 85.5 77.1 84.5 72.0 | 78.3 | 78.6 78.8 78.2 79.5 79.6 79.6 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 80.13 | 79.6 67.8 85.5 76.9 84.6 71.5 | 77.9 | 78.2 78.4 77.8 79.1 79.4 79.3 Durable manufacturing | 45.97 | 78.1 62.8 84.6 73.4 84.1 68.4 | 76.4 | 76.8 77.4 77.2 79.1 78.8 78.4 Wood products 321 | 1.58 | 80.1 59.5 88.5 73.1 88.2 71.0 | 80.9 | 80.6 79.9 82.3 85.4 86.8 84.9 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.17 | 79.4 62.8 85.2 71.9 84.3 75.7 | 82.9 | 80.6 80.5 81.4 82.8 83.5 81.5 Primary metal 331 | 2.40 | 80.4 46.9 94.9 74.6 94.8 68.8 | 84.4 | 76.9 79.2 82.1 82.4 82.9 83.8 Iron and steel products 3311,2 | .98 | 81.7 38.0 100.6 71.1 98.4 70.6 | 98.4 | 80.2 87.6 91.7 92.2 95.3 97.1 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.19 | 77.1 61.8 81.7 72.6 85.1 68.9 | 73.9 | 74.5 74.7 74.8 76.4 76.7 76.3 Machinery 333 | 5.56 | 78.7 58.2 85.3 73.9 87.5 63.4 | 78.3 | 80.6 79.1 80.5 82.6 82.9 83.4 Computer and electronic products 334 | 9.13 | 78.6 76.4 81.5 75.9 83.7 59.7 | 73.3 | 76.0 76.7 76.8 77.2 78.2 79.1 Computer and peripheral equip. 3341 | 1.03 | 78.2 66.4 80.2 67.4 84.2 64.7 | 76.6 | 78.8 79.0 79.3 79.5 79.9 80.4 Communications equipment 3342 | 1.78 | 76.0 82.5 80.7 73.4 85.9 41.1 | 59.9 | 67.7 68.6 70.5 72.9 74.3 75.6 Semiconductor and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 3.13 | 80.6 76.5 82.7 79.0 91.1 58.6 | 79.2 | 77.1 78.1 76.8 74.5 74.4 74.7 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.09 | 83.2 64.7 89.0 77.0 93.0 71.7 | 81.3 | 83.9 84.8 86.1 88.3 87.3 87.4 Transportation equipment 336 | 11.63 | 75.5 56.4 86.6 67.8 79.5 69.3 | 75.1 | 75.1 76.9 74.0 78.2 75.9 74.6 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 7.32 | 77.5 45.0 89.3 56.0 88.9 70.1 | 80.6 | 78.5 81.1 83.1 82.6 78.3 75.9 Autos and light trucks 33611 | 3.48 | 78.0 39.6 94.2 54.1 89.3 73.4 | 81.0 | 77.1 82.0 84.5 83.0 75.8 72.0 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.31 | 72.6 68.8 87.3 81.3 68.7 62.7 | 65.7 | 69.2 69.5 58.5 70.4 71.4 72.2 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.82 | 78.7 65.3 82.2 67.9 83.4 69.5 | 75.5 | 73.3 73.5 74.6 73.7 73.4 74.0 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.39 | 76.6 68.8 82.4 77.4 81.3 70.5 | 76.9 | 77.4 78.5 78.5 79.1 78.0 76.5 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.17 | 81.7 75.6 86.9 81.5 85.3 75.6 | 80.0 | 80.2 79.7 78.7 79.2 80.2 80.6 Food 311 | 8.26 | 82.6 80.5 85.7 83.3 84.1 77.9 | 80.8 | 82.4 81.8 82.4 82.4 83.3 84.5 Beverage and tobacco products 312 | 2.82 | 79.6 77.9 87.4 74.7 86.5 66.0 | 75.3 | 76.8 75.7 76.1 77.5 76.3 76.5 Textile mills 313 | .72 | 82.8 72.9 91.9 77.9 93.2 67.8 | 72.6 | 72.2 72.1 71.9 72.6 71.9 71.9 Textile product mills 314 | .53 | 82.6 71.2 90.6 75.3 88.3 73.2 | 76.3 | 82.8 83.3 85.2 85.8 87.4 86.2 Apparel 315 | .81 | 79.9 77.2 85.2 77.9 89.9 61.2 | 73.6 | 76.1 77.0 78.2 78.3 80.4 82.8 Leather and allied products 316 | .12 | 75.8 74.5 79.9 71.2 80.7 53.9 | 73.4 | 77.2 78.5 81.1 80.9 82.7 83.6 Paper 322 | 2.63 | 87.8 81.3 93.6 85.6 91.5 79.5 | 85.3 | 83.3 83.1 83.3 85.3 84.3 83.2 Printing and support 323 | 2.29 | 84.0 80.3 91.9 83.0 86.3 72.1 | 75.4 | 76.6 76.1 76.8 77.2 77.6 77.2 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.79 | 85.9 70.4 89.0 83.0 90.6 84.1 | 94.3 | 92.6 91.4 86.3 83.7 88.5 87.6 Chemical 325 | 10.81 | 78.3 68.0 85.0 80.0 81.1 71.4 | 77.4 | 76.5 75.7 71.9 73.0 74.4 75.1 Plastics material and resin 325211 | .69 | 86.5 64.1 97.0 77.1 104.6 81.3 | 91.7 | 86.3 84.5 72.8 77.1 83.6 Synthetic rubber 325212 | .12 | 77.8 54.4 94.2 72.4 87.0 51.6 | 73.8 | 68.2 67.9 59.0 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | and filaments 32522 | .12 | 81.9 63.1 95.8 74.9 88.7 60.8 | 88.9 | 85.7 91.8 83.7 77.9 88.9 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.39 | 83.5 71.3 89.5 76.2 92.4 75.0 | 85.1 | 85.4 86.2 88.2 88.1 89.4 89.9 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 4.22 | 84.7 86.1 91.0 80.7 83.2 81.2 | 86.0 | 85.7 85.6 85.1 86.1 84.9 84.7 | | | | Mining 21 | 6.78 | 87.3 78.7 86.1 83.6 89.0 85.6 | 89.3 | 89.1 88.6 80.7 78.9 82.6 84.7 Oil and gas extraction 211 | 4.79 | 92.1 89.5 92.0 89.6 94.9 89.9 | 90.6 | 89.3 88.9 77.8 75.6 80.2 83.5 Mining (except oil and gas) 212 | 1.39 | 83.9 67.7 90.2 80.0 87.0 80.0 | 85.6 | 86.6 84.7 85.3 83.3 85.7 83.5 Coal mining 2121 | .57 | 86.1 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.2 80.1 | 88.1 | 88.6 86.4 87.6 85.0 87.3 Metal mining 2122 | .28 | 78.9 32.1 90.6 81.1 90.7 68.6 | 75.1 | 78.3 76.3 77.5 75.9 80.4 81.6 Stone and earth minerals 2123 | .55 | 82.7 63.9 89.0 75.9 90.4 79.7 | 88.6 | 88.9 87.5 87.1 85.4 86.7 84.6 Support activities for mining 213 | .59 | 74.0 49.9 61.8 52.7 78.2 63.8 | 87.1 | 89.2 90.3 89.9 90.9 90.7 90.6 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.87 | 86.8 77.6 92.7 84.1 93.7 83.7 | 85.6 | 88.0 88.2 88.0 85.4 85.8 88.1 Electric 2211 | 7.36 | 88.1 78.8 94.1 86.8 96.4 86.2 | 86.7 | 89.4 89.8 90.2 88.0 88.1 90.2 Natural gas 2212 | 1.52 | 80.1 71.7 86.4 67.3 87.6 70.4 | 79.9 | 81.1 80.8 77.7 73.5 75.0 78.3 | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 5.94 | 78.2 74.0 80.9 74.0 86.1 57.4 | 73.2 | 74.8 75.6 75.5 74.9 75.2 75.8 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | industries | 78.41 | 79.9 68.1 86.0 77.3 84.4 73.1 | 78.8 | 79.0 79.2 78.6 80.0 80.2 80.1 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech and | | | | motor vehicles and pts. | 71.09 | 80.1 69.4 85.7 79.2 84.1 73.0 | 78.6 | 79.1 79.0 78.1 79.7 80.4 80.6 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