Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 1972- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2007 | 2007 95 02| 2007 2008 | 2007 2008 Item | NAICS | proportion| ave. high low| Q3 Q4[r] Q1[r] | Nov.[r] Dec.[r] Jan.[r] Feb.[r] Mar.[r] Apr.[p] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 85.1 73.6 | 81.3 81.0 80.6 | 81.1 81.0 81.0 80.3 80.4 79.7 | | | | | Manufacturing<1> | | 80.83 | 79.7 84.6 71.5 | 79.8 79.3 78.6 | 79.3 79.2 79.1 78.4 78.3 77.5 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 77.04 | 79.5 84.7 71.0 | 79.8 79.3 78.6 | 79.3 79.2 79.1 78.5 78.3 77.6 | | | | | Durable manufacturing | | 41.25 | 78.0 84.2 68.1 | 78.4 77.8 77.0 | 77.9 77.7 77.5 76.8 76.6 75.4 Wood products | 321 | 1.36 | 79.9 87.9 70.7 | 73.6 70.1 67.2 | 69.6 69.6 68.2 67.3 66.2 66.2 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.35 | 79.4 84.0 74.9 | 79.6 78.2 76.1 | 79.1 76.7 76.6 75.2 76.5 74.6 Primary metal | 331 | 2.64 | 80.9 95.8 68.5 | 84.0 83.9 86.1 | 83.6 85.0 86.9 86.2 85.1 85.2 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.64 | 77.5 85.5 69.5 | 81.3 81.3 81.2 | 81.5 81.1 81.3 81.1 81.1 79.9 Machinery | 333 | 5.15 | 78.7 87.6 63.7 | 78.8 77.3 76.2 | 77.3 76.6 76.7 76.0 75.9 74.6 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 7.82 | 78.3 83.7 58.2 | 77.0 77.4 77.3 | 77.6 77.6 76.8 77.3 77.8 77.9 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.87 | 83.2 93.1 72.0 | 84.3 83.4 83.3 | 83.4 84.0 83.8 82.5 83.6 82.8 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.82 | 77.4 89.0 69.7 | 74.6 72.4 69.8 | 72.6 72.7 71.4 70.6 67.5 62.0 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.69 | 72.7 68.8 62.8 | 79.3 80.4 80.3 | 80.9 80.4 81.0 79.8 80.0 80.1 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.53 | 78.6 83.2 68.2 | 78.0 76.6 73.6 | 76.9 75.8 74.4 73.3 73.0 72.6 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.38 | 76.6 81.2 70.5 | 75.6 74.7 74.4 | 74.4 74.9 75.1 73.4 74.7 74.3 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 35.78 | 81.6 85.4 74.8 | 81.4 81.0 80.5 | 80.9 81.0 81.0 80.3 80.2 80.1 Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 10.68 | 81.5 84.0 75.7 | 82.1 81.1 80.8 | 81.0 80.9 80.8 80.1 81.3 81.2 Textile and product mills | 313,4 | 1.08 | 82.0 91.8 68.9 | 69.9 68.9 67.4 | 68.6 69.2 67.5 67.5 67.3 66.3 Apparel and leather | 315,6 | .66 | 78.4 87.5 60.2 | 72.8 73.0 73.2 | 72.4 74.3 73.7 73.4 72.6 72.9 Paper | 322 | 2.50 | 87.6 92.4 78.5 | 82.5 82.6 81.9 | 82.4 84.1 83.0 81.0 81.5 81.2 Printing and support | 323 | 2.00 | 83.5 86.5 72.6 | 76.6 76.4 75.4 | 76.7 76.3 75.7 74.7 75.6 74.6 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 4.21 | 85.9 90.5 83.8 | 88.7 88.9 90.3 | 88.7 88.8 91.4 90.6 88.7 89.4 Chemical | 325 | 11.69 | 78.3 81.2 69.4 | 79.3 78.9 78.3 | 78.9 78.8 78.7 78.2 77.9 77.8 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 2.98 | 83.6 91.8 74.6 | 84.6 84.6 82.2 | 85.0 84.1 82.9 82.8 80.9 80.1 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.79 | 84.5 83.0 80.3 | 80.2 79.2 78.1 | 79.0 79.1 78.6 77.8 77.9 76.5 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 9.90 | 87.5 88.7 84.8 | 89.0 90.2 90.8 | 90.6 91.2 90.4 90.6 91.4 90.6 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.27 | 86.8 93.9 84.6 | 85.9 85.9 86.2 | 86.3 85.5 87.5 85.3 85.8 85.9 | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 4.93 | 78.1 85.6 55.9 | 79.5 79.9 79.2 | 79.9 79.9 78.7 79.1 79.8 79.5 Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | 1.13 | 77.9 86.3 66.8 | 78.0 78.3 78.8 | 78.5 78.4 78.8 78.8 78.7 78.3 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.45 | 75.7 82.8 40.4 | 77.7 80.1 81.4 | 79.8 81.2 80.5 81.3 82.4 83.4 Semiconductors and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.35 | 80.8 92.2 57.4 | 81.2 80.5 78.2 | 80.5 79.9 77.6 78.0 78.9 77.9 | | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | | industries | | | | | Total industry | | 95.07 | 81.2 85.0 74.8 | 81.4 81.0 80.7 | 81.1 81.1 81.2 80.4 80.4 79.7 Manufacturing<1> | | 75.90 | 79.8 84.5 72.8 | 79.8 79.2 78.6 | 79.3 79.2 79.1 78.4 78.2 77.4 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 13.93 | 86.6 89.5 81.9 | 88.3 89.3 89.5 | 89.7 90.3 89.4 89.2 90.0 89.2 Primary and semifinished | | 47.15 | 82.2 88.2 74.6 | 81.9 81.3 80.7 | 81.5 81.0 81.4 80.4 80.1 79.6 Finished | | 38.92 | 77.7 80.4 69.9 | 78.0 77.6 77.2 | 77.5 77.6 77.5 76.9 77.1 76.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [r] Revised. [p] Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.