Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2007 | 2007 1982 1989 1991 1995 2002| 2007 | 2007 2008 Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. Low High Low High Low| Apr. | Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 70.9 85.0 78.6 85.1 73.6 | 81.0 | 81.1 81.0 81.0 80.3 80.4 79.7 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 13.93 | 86.6 78.2 88.3 84.4 89.5 81.9 | 88.5 | 89.7 90.3 89.4 89.2 90.0 89.2 Primary and semifinished | | 47.15 | 82.2 67.9 86.4 77.8 88.2 74.6 | 81.8 | 81.5 81.0 81.4 80.4 80.1 79.6 Finished | | 38.92 | 77.7 71.0 82.8 77.1 80.4 69.9 | 77.3 | 77.5 77.6 77.5 76.9 77.1 76.2 | | | | | Industry Groups | | | | | Manufacturing | | 80.83 | 79.7 68.5 85.4 77.1 84.6 71.5 | 79.4 | 79.3 79.2 79.1 78.4 78.3 77.5 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 77.04 | 79.5 67.8 85.3 77.0 84.7 71.0 | 79.3 | 79.3 79.2 79.1 78.5 78.3 77.6 Durable manufacturing | | 41.25 | 78.0 62.9 84.6 73.5 84.2 68.1 | 77.7 | 77.9 77.7 77.5 76.8 76.6 75.4 Wood products | 321 | 1.36 | 79.9 59.4 87.3 72.7 87.9 70.7 | 74.4 | 69.6 69.6 68.2 67.3 66.2 66.2 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.35 | 79.4 62.9 85.4 71.7 84.0 74.9 | 77.9 | 79.1 76.7 76.6 75.2 76.5 74.6 Primary metal | 331 | 2.64 | 80.9 46.9 93.8 75.0 95.8 68.5 | 83.5 | 83.6 85.0 86.9 86.2 85.1 85.2 Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | 1.24 | 82.4 38.0 97.9 71.3 100.3 69.5 | 87.4 | 89.7 91.9 92.0 94.2 90.2 90.3 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.64 | 77.5 61.8 81.7 72.7 85.5 69.5 | 80.7 | 81.5 81.1 81.3 81.1 81.1 79.9 Machinery | 333 | 5.15 | 78.7 58.0 85.3 74.0 87.6 63.7 | 78.8 | 77.3 76.6 76.7 76.0 75.9 74.6 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 7.82 | 78.3 77.4 81.9 76.7 83.7 58.2 | 76.3 | 77.6 77.6 76.8 77.3 77.8 77.9 Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | 1.13 | 77.9 67.1 79.7 69.8 86.3 66.8 | 77.1 | 78.5 78.4 78.8 78.8 78.7 78.3 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.45 | 75.7 84.8 85.3 76.9 82.8 40.4 | 73.4 | 79.8 81.2 80.5 81.3 82.4 83.4 Semiconductor and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.35 | 80.8 76.7 82.9 78.0 92.2 57.4 | 80.5 | 80.5 79.9 77.6 78.0 78.9 77.9 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.87 | 83.2 64.6 89.1 77.0 93.1 72.0 | 84.9 | 83.4 84.0 83.8 82.5 83.6 82.8 Transportation equipment | 336 | 9.51 | 75.5 56.1 86.7 67.7 79.8 69.1 | 74.4 | 75.8 75.7 75.1 74.1 72.4 69.1 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.82 | 77.4 44.9 89.5 56.0 89.0 69.7 | 73.3 | 72.6 72.7 71.4 70.6 67.5 62.0 Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 2.59 | 77.6 39.7 94.5 53.5 89.5 74.7 | 70.8 | 70.5 71.1 69.8 68.2 64.1 55.3 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.69 | 72.7 69.0 87.4 81.0 68.8 62.8 | 76.3 | 80.9 80.4 81.0 79.8 80.0 80.1 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.53 | 78.6 65.7 82.2 67.6 83.2 68.2 | 76.8 | 76.9 75.8 74.4 73.3 73.0 72.6 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.38 | 76.6 68.9 82.5 77.3 81.2 70.5 | 75.9 | 74.4 74.9 75.1 73.4 74.7 74.3 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 35.78 | 81.6 75.4 86.7 81.4 85.4 74.8 | 81.2 | 80.9 81.0 81.0 80.3 80.2 80.1 Food | 311 | 7.92 | 82.4 80.3 85.8 83.4 84.1 77.3 | 83.5 | 84.3 84.7 84.8 84.4 85.5 85.8 Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 2.76 | 79.0 78.0 86.9 73.9 86.0 64.9 | 75.0 | 71.4 69.8 69.1 67.4 68.9 67.7 Textile mills | 313 | .55 | 81.9 72.3 91.4 77.8 93.6 66.0 | 73.0 | 69.0 69.3 67.8 67.8 66.6 65.1 Textile product mills | 314 | .52 | 82.0 70.4 90.7 75.4 88.7 73.2 | 71.6 | 68.1 69.0 67.2 67.0 67.9 67.3 Apparel | 315 | .55 | 78.9 76.5 84.6 77.2 88.8 60.8 | 74.5 | 72.7 74.5 73.9 73.8 72.8 72.9 Leather and allied products | 316 | .11 | 75.3 75.9 78.8 70.2 81.6 53.9 | 66.4 | 70.7 72.8 72.5 71.3 71.6 72.8 Paper | 322 | 2.50 | 87.6 81.4 92.6 86.1 92.4 78.5 | 83.1 | 82.4 84.1 83.0 81.0 81.5 81.2 Printing and support | 323 | 2.00 | 83.5 80.4 91.7 82.6 86.5 72.6 | 78.3 | 76.7 76.3 75.7 74.7 75.6 74.6 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 4.21 | 85.9 68.8 88.2 82.4 90.5 83.8 | 87.5 | 88.7 88.8 91.4 90.6 88.7 89.4 Chemical | 325 | 11.69 | 78.3 67.9 85.0 79.9 81.2 69.4 | 79.6 | 78.9 78.8 78.7 78.2 77.9 77.8 Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .86 | 87.0 65.5 91.8 79.5 101.6 80.6 | 93.0 | 89.8 89.5 87.8 84.0 85.1 Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .09 | 76.3 54.6 94.0 71.9 86.4 54.6 | 66.0 | 71.0 71.4 74.0 78.1 75.1 76.2 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | | and filaments | 32522 | .11 | 81.5 63.1 94.1 75.7 90.9 57.3 | 80.5 | 81.7 78.2 79.1 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 2.98 | 83.6 71.8 89.8 76.4 91.8 74.6 | 83.7 | 85.0 84.1 82.9 82.8 80.9 80.1 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.79 | 84.5 86.7 91.1 80.4 83.0 80.3 | 80.9 | 79.0 79.1 78.6 77.8 77.9 76.5 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 9.90 | 87.5 79.6 86.3 83.6 88.7 84.8 | 88.9 | 90.6 91.2 90.4 90.6 91.4 90.6 Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 6.16 | 92.1 89.5 91.9 89.6 94.8 89.8 | 92.6 | 95.2 96.0 95.2 95.6 96.4 95.4 Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 1.91 | 83.8 67.6 90.3 80.0 86.9 78.7 | 79.0 | 80.0 79.7 79.0 79.7 80.4 78.6 Coal mining | 2121 | .66 | 86.0 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.0 78.8 | 83.5 | 86.7 86.4 85.1 86.7 88.5 84.6 Metal mining | 2122 | .58 | 78.6 32.5 91.2 80.9 90.0 66.3 | 79.6 | 80.4 79.8 77.8 78.8 79.6 78.0 Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .67 | 82.8 63.6 89.2 75.9 90.8 78.9 | 73.9 | 73.4 73.1 74.2 73.9 73.4 73.4 Support activities for mining | 213 | 1.84 | 75.2 53.3 63.0 53.1 76.6 64.9 | 87.4 | 85.8 86.9 85.5 84.1 85.1 86.1 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.27 | 86.8 77.7 92.7 84.1 93.9 84.6 | 86.9 | 86.3 85.5 87.5 85.3 85.8 85.9 Electric | 2211 | 7.55 | 88.3 78.5 94.1 87.1 96.6 87.3 | 87.7 | 87.2 85.9 88.2 85.0 86.2 86.3 Natural gas | 2212 | 1.72 | 79.9 72.9 86.5 67.4 87.6 70.4 | 82.5 | 80.8 82.2 82.7 85.7 83.0 82.8 | | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 4.93 | 78.1 75.1 81.7 75.3 85.6 55.9 | 77.8 | 79.9 79.9 78.7 79.1 79.8 79.5 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | industries | | 75.90 | 79.8 68.0 85.8 77.2 84.5 72.8 | 79.5 | 79.3 79.2 79.1 78.4 78.2 77.4 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | and motor vehicles and pts. | | 70.08 | 80.0 69.4 85.5 79.1 84.2 72.6 | 80.0 | 79.8 79.7 79.8 79.0 79.1 78.7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary.