Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 1972- 1988- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2005 | 2005 89 95 02| 2005 2006 | 2006 Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. High High Low| Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 r | Feb. Mar. Apr. May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 85.1 85.0 73.9 | 79.9 79.8 80.5 81.1 | 81.1 81.4 81.9 81.7 | | | | | Manufacturing | | 82.87 | 79.8 85.5 84.5 72.0 | 78.5 78.5 79.8 80.4 | 80.2 80.4 80.8 80.5 Manufacturing (NAICS) | | 78.75 | 79.5 85.5 84.6 71.5 | 78.1 78.1 79.4 80.1 | 79.9 80.1 80.5 80.3 | | | | | Durable manufacturing | | 45.07 | 78.1 84.6 84.1 68.4 | 76.6 77.1 79.1 79.3 | 79.2 79.3 79.9 79.5 Wood products | 321 | 1.51 | 80.2 88.5 88.2 71.0 | 80.6 80.9 87.1 84.3 | 84.0 83.4 83.1 83.2 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.24 | 79.4 85.2 84.3 75.7 | 81.0 80.8 83.2 84.5 | 84.7 84.0 84.4 84.4 Primary metal | 331 | 2.43 | 80.5 94.9 94.8 68.8 | 79.1 79.4 83.5 85.7 | 85.8 84.8 86.5 87.3 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 6.20 | 77.1 81.7 85.1 68.9 | 74.3 74.7 76.1 77.0 | 76.9 77.5 78.0 77.7 Machinery | 333 | 5.40 | 78.8 85.3 87.5 63.4 | 79.4 80.1 83.5 83.0 | 82.5 83.6 85.3 83.7 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 8.66 | 78.6 81.5 83.7 59.7 | 75.4 76.5 78.2 77.4 | 77.4 77.2 77.5 77.7 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 2.03 | 83.3 89.0 93.0 71.7 | 82.3 84.9 87.7 89.8 | 89.2 90.2 91.6 91.0 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 7.19 | 77.6 89.3 88.9 70.1 | 79.1 80.9 79.6 78.9 | 78.3 79.2 78.9 77.8 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 4.30 | 72.5 87.3 68.7 62.7 | 68.8 65.8 71.7 74.6 | 75.4 74.5 75.8 75.7 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.79 | 78.5 82.2 83.4 69.5 | 73.5 73.8 73.3 73.2 | 73.1 73.8 73.9 73.9 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.32 | 76.6 82.4 81.3 70.5 | 77.3 78.2 78.4 78.1 | 78.3 78.0 77.9 77.7 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 33.67 | 81.7 86.9 85.3 75.6 | 80.1 79.5 80.0 81.3 | 81.0 81.2 81.4 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 82.9 | 82.5 83.2 83.3 83.0 Textile and product mills | 313,4 | 1.17 | 82.6 91.5 91.2 70.1 | 74.9 77.2 77.2 77.0 | 77.2 76.2 75.8 75.7 Apparel and leather | 315,6 | .79 | 79.2 84.2 88.2 60.4 | 74.0 77.3 80.3 83.3 | 82.9 83.9 84.0 83.8 Paper | 322 | 2.59 | 87.7 93.6 91.5 79.5 | 84.2 83.2 85.0 85.5 | 85.0 84.3 84.3 84.8 Printing and support | 323 | 2.15 | 83.8 91.9 86.3 72.1 | 75.5 76.5 77.3 79.3 | 79.2 79.8 80.7 80.4 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 2.06 | 86.0 89.0 90.6 84.1 | 93.8 90.1 87.3 90.6 | 90.9 89.1 87.5 91.2 Chemical | 325 | 10.85 | 78.2 85.0 81.1 71.4 | 76.8 74.7 74.1 75.3 | 75.0 75.5 75.8 75.4 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.36 | 83.6 89.5 92.4 75.0 | 85.3 86.6 89.0 89.6 | 89.5 89.7 90.4 90.0 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 4.12 | 84.8 91.0 83.2 81.2 | 87.1 85.5 86.1 85.5 | 84.9 85.1 85.8 85.3 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 8.32 | 87.3 86.1 89.0 85.6 | 89.6 86.1 82.7 88.0 | 88.1 88.6 89.7 89.6 Utilities | 2211,2 | 8.82 | 86.7 92.7 93.7 83.7 | 85.2 88.1 86.9 83.5 | 84.6 85.7 86.4 86.5 | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 5.51 | 78.1 80.9 86.1 57.4 | 74.7 75.3 75.7 74.8 | 74.8 74.6 74.6 74.7 Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | .87 | 78.3 80.2 84.2 64.7 | 78.6 79.0 80.4 81.0 | 81.0 80.9 80.8 80.8 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.53 | 75.8 80.7 85.9 41.1 | 64.0 68.9 74.2 78.9 | 78.8 81.2 83.7 84.9 Semiconductors and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 3.10 | 80.5 82.7 91.1 58.6 | 78.9 77.3 75.2 71.5 | 71.6 70.3 69.4 69.1 | | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | | industries | | | | | Total industry | | 94.49 | 81.1 85.5 85.0 75.0 | 80.3 80.2 81.0 81.7 | 81.7 82.0 82.6 82.3 Manufacturing<1> | | 77.35 | 79.9 86.0 84.4 73.1 | 78.9 78.9 80.3 81.0 | 80.8 81.1 81.5 81.2 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 11.50 | 86.4 88.3 89.4 83.2 | 88.0 84.2 81.3 85.8 | 85.7 86.1 87.2 87.6 Primary and semifinished | | 47.44 | 82.1 86.7 88.1 74.6 | 81.3 81.8 82.6 82.3 | 82.4 82.5 82.8 82.7 Finished | | 41.06 | 77.9 82.8 80.5 70.8 | 76.4 76.9 78.3 79.0 | 78.8 79.3 79.8 79.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.