Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1972- 1988- 1994- 2001-| | | 2005 | 2005 89 95 02| 2005 2006 | 2005 2006 Item | Proportion| Ave. High High Low| Q2 Q3 Q4 r Q1 | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.0 85.1 85.0 73.9 | 79.9 79.8 80.5 81.0 | 81.1 80.7 81.0 81.3 | | | | Manufacturing | 82.87 | 79.8 85.5 84.5 72.0 | 78.5 78.5 79.8 80.4 | 80.1 80.5 80.2 80.4 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 78.75 | 79.5 85.5 84.6 71.5 | 78.1 78.1 79.4 80.1 | 79.7 80.2 79.9 80.1 | | | | Durable manufacturing | 45.07 | 78.1 84.6 84.1 68.4 | 76.6 77.1 79.1 79.2 | 79.0 79.2 79.0 79.3 Wood products 321 | 1.51 | 80.2 88.5 88.2 71.0 | 80.6 80.9 87.1 84.5 | 87.1 85.5 84.2 83.7 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.24 | 79.4 85.2 84.3 75.7 | 81.0 80.8 83.2 84.5 | 82.8 84.8 84.9 83.9 Primary metal 331 | 2.43 | 80.5 94.9 94.8 68.8 | 79.1 79.4 83.5 85.7 | 84.0 85.8 85.6 85.7 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.20 | 77.1 81.7 85.1 68.9 | 74.3 74.7 76.1 76.7 | 75.8 76.5 76.7 77.0 Machinery 333 | 5.40 | 78.8 85.3 87.5 63.4 | 79.4 80.1 83.5 82.8 | 84.5 83.0 82.1 83.2 Computer and electronic products 334 | 8.66 | 78.6 81.5 83.7 59.7 | 75.4 76.5 78.2 77.5 | 78.6 77.6 77.1 77.7 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.03 | 83.3 89.0 93.0 71.7 | 82.3 84.9 87.7 89.7 | 87.7 90.1 89.2 89.8 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 7.19 | 77.6 89.3 88.9 70.1 | 79.1 80.9 79.6 78.8 | 77.4 79.1 78.1 79.1 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.30 | 72.5 87.3 68.7 62.7 | 68.8 65.8 71.7 74.7 | 73.3 73.9 75.4 74.8 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.79 | 78.5 82.2 83.4 69.5 | 73.5 73.8 73.3 73.2 | 72.9 72.9 73.3 73.5 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.32 | 76.6 82.4 81.3 70.5 | 77.3 78.2 78.4 77.5 | 77.9 77.6 77.7 77.3 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 33.67 | 81.7 86.9 85.3 75.6 | 80.1 79.5 80.0 81.4 | 80.8 81.5 81.2 81.4 Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 10.72 | 81.8 85.9 84.1 76.7 | 80.4 80.7 81.9 83.0 | 82.5 83.1 82.7 83.1 Textile and product mills 313,4 | 1.17 | 82.6 91.5 91.2 70.1 | 74.9 77.2 77.2 76.8 | 75.9 77.3 77.2 76.0 Apparel and leather 315,6 | .79 | 79.2 84.2 88.2 60.4 | 74.0 77.3 80.3 84.0 | 81.4 82.9 83.5 85.6 Paper 322 | 2.59 | 87.7 93.6 91.5 79.5 | 84.2 83.2 85.0 86.9 | 85.8 87.0 86.6 87.0 Printing and support 323 | 2.15 | 83.8 91.9 86.3 72.1 | 75.5 76.5 77.3 79.3 | 77.4 79.0 79.5 79.5 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 2.06 | 86.0 89.0 90.6 84.1 | 93.8 90.1 87.3 90.1 | 89.1 91.9 90.0 88.5 Chemical 325 | 10.85 | 78.2 85.0 81.1 71.4 | 76.8 74.7 74.1 75.2 | 74.9 75.3 75.0 75.3 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.36 | 83.6 89.5 92.4 75.0 | 85.3 86.6 89.0 89.9 | 90.0 89.7 89.7 90.2 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 4.12 | 84.8 91.0 83.2 81.2 | 87.1 85.5 86.1 85.8 | 86.7 86.0 85.5 85.9 | | | | Mining 21 | 8.32 | 87.3 86.1 89.0 85.6 | 89.6 86.1 82.7 86.8 | 85.4 86.8 86.3 87.2 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.82 | 86.7 92.7 93.7 83.7 | 85.2 88.1 86.9 82.9 | 89.0 78.6 84.9 85.3 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 5.51 | 78.1 80.9 86.1 57.4 | 74.7 75.3 75.7 74.8 | 76.1 74.6 74.3 75.4 Computers and peripheral equipment 3341 | .87 | 78.3 80.2 84.2 64.7 | 78.6 79.0 80.4 81.0 | 81.3 81.2 81.0 80.9 Communications equipment 3342 | 1.53 | 75.8 80.7 85.9 41.1 | 64.0 68.9 74.2 78.8 | 74.6 76.5 79.0 80.7 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 3.10 | 80.5 82.7 91.1 58.6 | 78.9 77.3 75.2 71.6 | 75.4 72.2 70.7 72.0 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 94.49 | 81.1 85.5 85.0 75.0 | 80.3 80.2 81.0 81.6 | 81.6 81.3 81.6 81.9 Manufacturing 1 | 77.35 | 79.9 86.0 84.4 73.1 | 78.9 78.9 80.3 81.0 | 80.6 81.1 80.9 81.1 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 11.50 | 86.4 88.3 89.4 83.2 | 88.0 84.2 81.3 85.7 | 84.0 85.6 85.3 86.0 Primary and semifinished | 47.44 | 82.1 86.7 88.1 74.6 | 81.3 81.8 82.6 82.0 | 83.2 81.5 82.1 82.4 Finished | 41.06 | 77.9 82.8 80.5 70.8 | 76.4 76.9 78.3 79.0 | 78.4 78.9 78.9 79.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.