Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994- 2001-| | | 2005 | 2005 1982 1989 1991 1995 2002| 2005 | 2005 2006 Item | Proportion| Ave. Low High Low High Low| Mar. | Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.0 70.7 85.1 78.6 85.0 73.9 | 79.9 | 79.9 80.5 81.1 80.7 81.0 81.3 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 11.50 | 86.4 77.4 88.3 84.3 89.4 83.2 | 88.5 | 78.2 81.8 84.0 85.6 85.3 86.0 Primary and semifinished | 47.44 | 82.1 67.9 86.7 77.8 88.1 74.6 | 81.4 | 82.2 82.5 83.2 81.5 82.1 82.4 Finished | 41.06 | 77.9 71.0 82.8 77.0 80.5 70.8 | 76.1 | 78.2 78.3 78.4 78.9 78.9 79.2 | | | | Industry Groups | | | | Manufacturing | 82.87 | 79.8 68.4 85.5 77.1 84.5 72.0 | 78.5 | 79.4 79.9 80.1 80.5 80.2 80.4 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 78.75 | 79.5 67.8 85.5 76.9 84.6 71.5 | 78.1 | 79.1 79.6 79.7 80.2 79.9 80.1 Durable manufacturing | 45.07 | 78.1 62.8 84.6 73.4 84.1 68.4 | 76.7 | 79.1 79.2 79.0 79.2 79.0 79.3 Wood products 321 | 1.51 | 80.2 59.5 88.5 73.1 88.2 71.0 | 80.5 | 86.6 87.6 87.1 85.5 84.2 83.7 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.24 | 79.4 62.8 85.2 71.9 84.3 75.7 | 80.5 | 82.5 84.5 82.8 84.8 84.9 83.9 Primary metal 331 | 2.43 | 80.5 46.9 94.9 74.6 94.8 68.8 | 82.7 | 82.9 83.6 84.0 85.8 85.6 85.7 Iron and steel products 3311,2 | .98 | 82.0 38.0 100.6 71.1 98.4 70.6 | 93.0 | 92.2 95.3 96.4 96.8 97.1 97.2 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.20 | 77.1 61.8 81.7 72.6 85.1 68.9 | 73.9 | 76.3 76.2 75.8 76.5 76.7 77.0 Machinery 333 | 5.40 | 78.8 58.2 85.3 73.9 87.5 63.4 | 79.2 | 82.5 83.3 84.5 83.0 82.1 83.2 Computer and electronic products 334 | 8.66 | 78.6 76.4 81.5 75.9 83.7 59.7 | 75.0 | 77.1 78.8 78.6 77.6 77.1 77.7 Computer and peripheral equip. 3341 | .87 | 78.3 66.4 80.2 67.4 84.2 64.7 | 77.6 | 79.4 80.6 81.3 81.2 81.0 80.9 Communications equipment 3342 | 1.53 | 75.8 82.5 80.7 73.4 85.9 41.1 | 62.1 | 72.9 75.0 74.6 76.5 79.0 80.7 Semiconductor and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 3.10 | 80.5 76.5 82.7 79.0 91.1 58.6 | 80.3 | 74.5 75.7 75.4 72.2 70.7 72.0 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.03 | 83.3 64.7 89.0 77.0 93.0 71.7 | 81.5 | 87.8 87.6 87.7 90.1 89.2 89.8 Transportation equipment 336 | 11.49 | 75.5 56.4 86.6 67.8 79.5 69.3 | 75.3 | 78.0 76.3 76.0 77.3 77.2 77.6 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 7.19 | 77.6 45.0 89.3 56.0 88.9 70.1 | 79.9 | 82.8 78.7 77.4 79.1 78.1 79.1 Autos and light trucks 33611 | 3.45 | 78.0 39.6 94.2 54.1 89.3 73.4 | 79.9 | 83.1 75.9 72.2 75.2 75.1 76.5 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.30 | 72.5 68.8 87.3 81.3 68.7 62.7 | 67.5 | 69.7 72.1 73.3 73.9 75.4 74.8 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.79 | 78.5 65.3 82.2 67.9 83.4 69.5 | 74.7 | 73.7 73.5 72.9 72.9 73.3 73.5 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.32 | 76.6 68.8 82.4 77.4 81.3 70.5 | 77.4 | 78.9 78.4 77.9 77.6 77.7 77.3 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 33.67 | 81.7 75.6 86.9 81.5 85.3 75.6 | 80.0 | 79.2 80.2 80.8 81.5 81.2 81.4 Food 311 | 7.97 | 82.6 80.5 85.7 83.3 84.1 77.9 | 81.8 | 82.7 83.0 83.4 84.0 83.8 84.3 Beverage and tobacco products 312 | 2.75 | 79.5 77.9 87.4 74.7 86.5 66.0 | 74.1 | 77.8 77.9 79.7 80.2 79.6 79.5 Textile mills 313 | .66 | 82.4 72.9 91.9 77.9 93.2 67.8 | 71.5 | 72.4 71.9 71.1 72.5 72.5 71.7 Textile product mills 314 | .51 | 82.6 71.2 90.6 75.3 88.3 73.2 | 81.1 | 86.3 84.2 82.0 83.3 83.2 81.4 Apparel 315 | .68 | 79.8 77.2 85.2 77.9 89.9 61.2 | 73.9 | 78.6 80.1 81.1 82.9 83.7 86.3 Leather and allied products 316 | .11 | 75.8 74.5 79.9 71.2 80.7 53.9 | 72.8 | 81.3 83.5 83.9 83.6 82.7 81.7 Paper 322 | 2.59 | 87.7 81.3 93.6 85.6 91.5 79.5 | 86.1 | 85.3 84.0 85.8 87.0 86.6 87.0 Printing and support 323 | 2.15 | 83.8 80.3 91.9 83.0 86.3 72.1 | 75.2 | 77.1 77.3 77.4 79.0 79.5 79.5 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 2.06 | 86.0 70.4 89.0 83.0 90.6 84.1 | 92.9 | 83.6 89.3 89.1 91.9 90.0 88.5 Chemical 325 | 10.85 | 78.2 68.0 85.0 80.0 81.1 71.4 | 76.8 | 72.7 74.6 74.9 75.3 75.0 75.3 Plastics material and resin 325211 | .75 | 86.4 64.1 97.0 77.1 104.6 81.3 | 85.1 | 77.1 83.6 79.8 Synthetic rubber 325212 | .13 | 77.4 54.4 94.2 72.4 87.0 51.6 | 68.9 | 59.3 56.9 59.8 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | and filaments 32522 | .12 | 82.0 63.1 95.8 74.9 88.7 60.8 | 82.7 | 77.9 88.4 88.2 87.7 85.7 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.36 | 83.6 71.3 89.5 76.2 92.4 75.0 | 85.4 | 88.0 89.1 90.0 89.7 89.7 90.2 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 4.12 | 84.8 86.1 91.0 80.7 83.2 81.2 | 87.0 | 85.9 85.7 86.7 86.0 85.5 85.9 | | | | Mining 21 | 8.32 | 87.3 78.7 86.1 83.6 89.0 85.6 | 89.5 | 79.6 83.2 85.4 86.8 86.3 87.2 Oil and gas extraction 211 | 5.96 | 91.9 89.5 92.0 89.6 94.9 89.9 | 90.6 | 76.5 81.3 84.0 85.5 84.8 85.6 Mining (except oil and gas) 212 | 1.48 | 84.0 67.7 90.2 80.0 87.0 80.0 | 86.0 | 83.6 84.5 85.2 86.7 85.4 86.6 Coal mining 2121 | .60 | 86.1 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.2 80.1 | 88.8 | 85.0 87.3 84.1 91.5 89.9 92.3 Metal mining 2122 | .34 | 78.9 32.1 90.6 81.1 90.7 68.6 | 80.3 | 77.3 73.3 74.7 72.9 73.4 74.9 Stone and earth minerals 2123 | .55 | 82.9 63.9 89.0 75.9 90.4 79.7 | 85.9 | 85.4 87.8 92.4 89.6 87.5 87.4 Support activities for mining 213 | .87 | 74.4 49.9 61.8 52.7 78.2 63.8 | 87.4 | 90.9 90.7 90.7 91.3 93.1 93.9 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.82 | 86.7 77.6 92.7 84.1 93.7 83.7 | 85.2 | 86.2 85.4 89.0 78.6 84.9 85.3 Electric 2211 | 7.17 | 88.1 78.8 94.1 86.8 96.4 86.2 | 85.9 | 89.3 87.6 89.8 81.7 87.3 87.1 Natural gas 2212 | 1.64 | 80.1 71.7 86.4 67.3 87.6 70.4 | 81.1 | 72.1 75.0 84.1 65.2 73.9 76.5 | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 5.51 | 78.1 74.0 80.9 74.0 86.1 57.4 | 74.6 | 74.9 76.2 76.1 74.6 74.3 75.4 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | industries | 77.35 | 79.9 68.1 86.0 77.3 84.4 73.1 | 78.9 | 80.0 80.4 80.6 81.1 80.9 81.1 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech and | | | | motor vehicles and pts. | 70.17 | 80.1 69.4 85.7 79.2 84.1 73.0 | 78.8 | 79.7 80.5 80.9 81.3 81.2 81.3 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