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 | 2006 Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. Low High Low High Low| Dec. | July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 70.8 85.0 78.5 85.1 73.6 | 81.3 | 82.4 82.4 82.0 81.8 81.6 81.8 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 12.41 | 86.4 77.4 88.1 84.4 89.5 82.0 | 85.6 | 89.5 89.2 89.6 89.2 88.9 89.1 Primary and semifinished | | 47.45 | 82.2 67.9 86.5 77.9 88.2 74.6 | 83.9 | 84.5 84.4 83.5 83.3 82.7 82.5 Finished | | 40.14 | 77.8 71.1 82.8 76.8 80.5 70.0 | 76.7 | 77.9 78.0 78.0 77.7 78.1 78.6 | | | | | Industry Groups | | | | | Manufacturing | | 82.51 | 79.8 68.5 85.4 77.1 84.6 71.6 | 79.8 | 80.9 81.1 80.9 80.2 80.0 80.4 Manufacturing (NAICS) | | 78.44 | 79.5 67.8 85.3 76.9 84.7 71.0 | 79.6 | 80.8 80.9 80.7 79.9 79.8 80.2 Durable manufacturing | | 42.53 | 78.0 62.9 84.5 73.3 84.2 68.1 | 78.0 | 79.5 79.8 79.3 78.5 78.5 79.1 Wood products | 321 | 1.46 | 80.2 59.4 88.2 72.7 87.7 71.0 | 88.7 | 82.1 80.5 78.5 75.7 73.2 73.2 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.19 | 79.4 62.7 85.1 71.8 84.1 75.8 | 83.2 | 83.2 82.9 80.7 79.6 78.9 78.6 Primary metal | 331 | 2.60 | 80.6 47.0 93.8 74.6 95.6 68.5 | 84.0 | 89.7 89.0 87.8 85.6 82.5 83.5 Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | 1.27 | 82.1 38.0 98.2 71.3 99.9 69.9 | 90.7 | 97.0 95.8 94.2 88.2 81.6 82.8 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.65 | 77.2 61.8 81.6 72.6 85.1 69.2 | 77.7 | 80.4 80.9 80.7 80.5 80.0 79.6 Machinery | 333 | 5.16 | 78.6 58.0 85.2 73.9 87.6 63.7 | 79.5 | 81.8 82.5 82.1 80.4 80.1 80.9 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 8.59 | 78.4 76.9 81.4 75.9 84.3 58.6 | 74.9 | 76.8 77.1 77.7 78.0 77.8 78.5 Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | 1.30 | 78.2 67.3 79.9 68.2 84.2 62.8 | 73.9 | 73.8 73.8 75.9 77.9 80.0 82.3 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.52 | 75.6 82.3 80.8 73.0 86.6 40.2 | 64.4 | 71.8 70.6 72.9 72.4 72.9 71.6 Semiconductor and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.82 | 80.5 76.5 82.9 78.2 93.5 58.1 | 83.2 | 81.9 84.1 84.5 84.9 83.9 84.4 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.87 | 83.2 64.6 89.1 77.0 93.1 71.8 | 83.1 | 86.2 86.0 83.9 84.1 83.9 85.0 Transportation equipment | 336 | 10.02 | 75.4 56.4 86.7 67.6 79.5 68.6 | 75.2 | 76.0 76.8 76.2 74.8 76.6 77.9 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 6.06 | 77.6 44.9 89.7 56.0 89.0 68.9 | 77.1 | 75.1 76.4 75.4 72.5 75.0 76.9 Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 2.65 | 77.9 39.6 94.6 53.7 89.5 73.6 | 72.9 | 69.5 72.1 70.2 66.0 70.1 72.6 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.96 | 72.4 69.0 87.1 81.1 68.5 62.8 | 72.2 | 77.6 77.5 77.7 78.4 79.1 79.7 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.66 | 78.5 65.5 82.2 67.6 82.9 67.8 | 78.2 | 79.2 80.3 79.1 78.8 78.4 77.8 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.32 | 76.7 68.9 82.5 77.3 81.3 70.6 | 77.7 | 77.8 78.3 78.1 78.1 78.8 79.4 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 35.91 | 81.7 75.6 86.8 81.6 85.4 74.9 | 81.4 | 82.3 82.3 82.5 81.7 81.4 81.6 Food | 311 | 8.04 | 82.3 80.5 85.8 83.3 84.0 77.0 | 82.5 | 82.3 82.2 83.2 83.9 84.0 84.0 Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 2.94 | 79.4 77.8 87.2 74.6 86.7 64.8 | 81.1 | 77.8 76.7 76.6 75.7 75.6 74.7 Textile mills | 313 | .65 | 82.3 72.8 91.5 77.9 93.2 65.9 | 76.6 | 76.6 76.5 75.2 74.1 73.8 74.7 Textile product mills | 314 | .50 | 82.5 71.4 90.6 75.7 88.5 72.3 | 82.6 | 81.7 80.8 80.0 79.4 80.6 79.6 Apparel | 315 | .64 | 79.4 77.0 85.5 77.5 88.4 60.1 | 71.2 | 75.6 74.5 74.4 75.4 75.4 76.7 Leather and allied products | 316 | .11 | 75.7 75.5 79.0 70.4 81.4 53.7 | 74.5 | 71.3 69.0 69.0 68.5 68.5 70.0 Paper | 322 | 2.49 | 87.9 81.3 92.5 86.1 92.0 78.9 | 85.4 | 84.8 85.5 86.0 85.2 85.1 85.3 Printing and support | 323 | 2.12 | 83.8 80.3 91.8 82.6 86.4 72.7 | 77.9 | 79.4 79.2 79.4 80.1 79.3 79.5 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 3.55 | 86.1 70.7 89.0 83.1 90.6 83.7 | 89.1 | 91.8 92.8 94.9 90.9 89.8 92.3 Chemical | 325 | 11.76 | 78.3 67.7 85.1 80.1 81.4 70.2 | 77.0 | 79.4 79.8 79.2 78.2 77.8 78.0 Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .83 | 87.0 63.0 93.0 80.5 103.5 80.8 | 85.8 | 93.3 92.5 87.7 84.1 Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .10 | 76.7 54.6 93.9 71.9 86.3 52.4 | 64.5 | 70.4 68.4 68.0 68.7 69.9 68.3 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | | and filaments | 32522 | .12 | 81.7 63.4 94.4 76.0 91.0 57.2 | 84.9 | 82.9 84.5 80.1 72.6 77.2 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.11 | 83.8 71.8 89.8 76.4 91.9 75.1 | 87.9 | 88.6 87.6 86.4 84.9 84.8 84.1 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 4.08 | 84.8 86.3 91.0 80.6 83.3 81.3 | 84.7 | 83.9 82.9 83.0 84.6 83.6 83.6 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 8.41 | 87.3 78.7 86.1 83.5 88.9 84.8 | 87.8 | 91.3 90.2 91.2 91.1 90.7 91.3 Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 6.02 | 92.0 89.5 92.0 89.6 94.8 89.0 | 88.0 | 92.4 91.4 92.7 92.8 92.8 92.9 Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 1.54 | 83.9 67.7 90.4 80.0 86.9 79.0 | 85.0 | 84.6 81.6 82.6 82.6 81.4 83.5 Coal mining | 2121 | .65 | 85.9 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.0 78.5 | 81.3 | 88.3 87.5 86.3 86.2 85.9 85.9 Metal mining | 2122 | .35 | 78.8 32.2 90.9 81.2 90.3 68.4 | 77.9 | 81.9 75.4 76.0 76.7 75.9 74.3 Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .55 | 82.9 64.1 89.5 75.8 90.8 80.0 | 94.1 | 81.8 78.9 82.8 82.6 79.6 87.5 Support activities for mining | 213 | .84 | 74.4 49.9 61.8 52.7 78.2 63.7 | 91.0 | 94.5 95.2 94.5 93.5 92.1 92.5 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.08 | 86.8 77.6 92.7 84.0 93.7 83.8 | 87.9 | 87.6 87.5 83.9 87.6 87.6 85.1 Electric | 2211 | 7.30 | 88.2 78.8 94.1 86.8 96.4 86.3 | 88.9 | 89.6 89.2 84.6 88.4 89.0 87.5 Natural gas | 2212 | 1.78 | 80.0 71.7 86.4 67.3 87.6 70.4 | 82.9 | 78.9 79.5 80.8 83.6 81.1 73.9 | | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 5.63 | 78.0 74.6 80.8 74.2 87.4 56.2 | 76.2 | 77.7 78.5 79.9 80.5 80.7 81.3 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | industries | | 76.88 | 79.9 68.1 85.9 77.2 84.5 72.8 | 80.1 | 81.3 81.4 81.1 80.3 80.1 80.5 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | and motor vehicles and pts. | | 70.82 | 80.1 69.4 85.6 79.2 84.1 72.6 | 80.4 | 81.8 81.8 81.6 81.0 80.5 80.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary.