Table 6 REVISED AND EARLIER CAPACITY UTILIZATION RATES, BY INDUSTRY GROUPS Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Difference between | | Revised rate | revised and earlier rates | | | (percentage points) | | 1972- | Item | NAICS | 2005 2003 2004 2005 2006 | 2003 2004 2005 2006 | | Ave. Q4 Q4 Q4 Q3 | Q4 Q4 Q4 Q3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 81.0 76.8 79.0 80.7 82.3 | .3 -.4 .2 -.2 | | | Manufacturing | | 79.8 75.0 77.6 79.6 80.9 | .3 -.6 -.2 -.3 Manufacturing (NAICS) | | 79.5 74.6 77.2 79.3 80.8 | .2 -.6 -.2 -.2 | | | Durable manufacturing | | 78.0 72.4 74.8 78.1 79.6 | .2 -1.5 -.9 -.9 Wood products | 321 | 80.2 80.3 81.3 88.5 80.8 | 1.8 .3 1.4 1.7 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 79.4 79.2 81.1 83.8 82.3 | -.2 -1.3 .6 1.0 Primary metal | 331 | 80.6 80.4 86.8 83.7 88.6 | -.2 1.8 .2 2.1 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 77.2 72.2 73.6 78.0 80.7 | 2.1 -.3 1.9 2.1 Machinery | 333 | 78.6 70.2 73.5 78.8 82.1 | .8 -4.8 -4.7 -5.4 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 78.4 67.1 71.7 75.1 77.2 | .1 -1.2 -3.1 -3.7 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | and components | 335 | 83.2 75.9 79.1 83.4 85.4 | .1 -2.0 -4.3 -8.1 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 77.6 79.9 79.0 78.6 75.6 | -.4 -1.5 -1.0 -.4 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 72.4 60.4 61.5 70.3 78.0 | -1.9 -3.7 -1.4 .0 Furniture and related products | 337 | 78.5 72.4 76.5 78.6 79.3 | -1.3 1.3 5.3 5.5 Miscellaneous | 339 | 76.7 75.3 75.0 78.2 78.1 | .6 -1.7 -.2 -.7 | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 81.7 77.4 80.1 80.6 82.4 | .2 .2 .5 .6 Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 81.6 77.8 78.2 81.4 80.9 | -.5 -1.2 -.5 -1.0 Textile and product mills | 313,4 | 82.4 73.3 75.6 79.8 78.3 | -1.3 .6 2.6 2.7 Apparel and leather | 315,6 | 78.9 66.2 67.9 71.5 74.0 | -.5 -5.0 -8.8 -11.4 Paper | 322 | 87.9 81.7 84.5 85.0 85.4 | .4 -1.0 -.1 .4 Printing and support | 323 | 83.8 72.9 76.0 78.0 79.2 | 1.3 1.1 .7 -1.2 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 86.1 89.0 94.4 87.9 92.9 | .6 1.0 .6 .2 Chemical | 325 | 78.3 75.2 78.5 75.7 79.6 | .7 1.2 1.6 2.3 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 83.8 81.6 85.0 87.3 87.9 | .4 .1 -1.7 -2.1 | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 84.8 82.9 85.2 85.2 83.2 | .8 .2 -.9 -2.1 | | | Mining | 21 | 87.3 88.8 88.4 85.0 91.1 | .7 .1 2.3 .1 Utilities | 2211,2 | 86.8 85.5 84.7 86.5 86.0 | -.1 .2 -.4 -1.5 | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 78.0 66.8 70.7 76.5 78.5 | 1.1 -2.1 .8 -1.7 Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | 78.2 74.5 79.8 76.2 73.1 | -.4 3.5 -4.2 -10.0 Communications equipment | 3342 | 75.6 49.0 54.4 63.8 71.9 | 1.9 -4.3 -10.4 -12.7 Semiconductors and related | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 80.5 75.6 76.8 83.2 83.8 | 1.4 -2.6 8.0 6.0 | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | industries | | | Total industry | | 81.1 77.5 79.5 80.9 82.6 | .2 -.3 .0 -.3 Manufacturing<1> | | 79.9 75.7 78.1 79.8 81.3 | .2 -.5 -.5 -.4 | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | Crude | | 86.4 85.2 88.0 83.0 89.5 | .2 .2 1.6 .4 Primary and semifinished | | 82.2 79.3 81.3 83.5 84.1 | .7 .0 .9 .6 Finished | | 77.8 72.2 73.9 76.5 77.9 | -.2 -1.4 -1.8 -2.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates for the third quarter of 2006 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases. 1. See footnote 2 to table 3.