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 | 2009 2006 2007 2008 2009 | 2006 2007 2008 2009 | | Ave. Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 | Q4 Q4 Q4 Q4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 80.6 80.7 81.1 74.3 71.1 | .1 .7 .1 -.2 | | | Manufacturing<1> | | 79.2 79.0 79.1 70.9 68.8 | .0 .4 -.1 .6 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 79.0 78.9 79.1 70.6 68.7 | .1 .4 -.3 .3 | | | Durable manufacturing | | 77.5 77.3 78.3 69.0 65.6 | .0 1.3 1.9 3.8 Wood products | 321 | 78.5 75.3 71.7 59.0 57.3 | .1 3.1 4.2 7.3 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 77.0 74.7 70.9 59.1 53.5 | 2.1 .3 -3.9 -1.2 Primary metal | 331 | 79.7 76.5 83.9 63.5 62.6 | -3.9 -.2 2.1 3.8 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 77.4 81.9 82.0 74.9 67.7 | 2.4 1.5 .9 3.6 Machinery | 333 | 78.3 82.0 83.6 76.9 63.4 | .2 3.9 6.6 4.6 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 78.2 77.9 76.2 73.1 70.8 | -.5 .8 3.7 6.7 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | and components | 335 | 83.0 83.9 86.1 79.5 72.1 | 1.6 3.3 1.1 1.5 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 75.8 69.8 69.0 49.5 54.9 | -.5 -1.2 -4.0 3.1 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 72.9 75.7 87.7 73.8 72.9 | -1.6 3.4 1.8 -.8 Furniture and related products | 337 | 78.0 80.8 80.5 71.9 65.6 | 1.7 2.9 6.8 8.1 Miscellaneous | 339 | 76.1 76.1 73.2 72.7 70.2 | -.2 -1.2 3.3 1.2 | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 81.3 80.8 80.0 72.5 72.6 | .2 -.5 -2.3 -2.9 Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 81.4 80.6 80.0 76.3 75.9 | 1.2 .2 -.8 -2.0 Textile and product mills | 313,4 | 81.0 74.4 72.7 63.3 63.3 | 1.3 1.4 -1.4 -1.1 Apparel and leather | 315,6 | 78.6 75.4 71.2 74.2 69.4 | -1.4 -6.5 2.0 1.9 Paper | 322 | 87.2 84.4 84.5 74.1 75.2 | .3 1.9 -.2 1.1 Printing and support | 323 | 82.8 79.8 77.4 70.9 64.0 | .2 -1.0 -1.8 -4.2 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 86.1 89.8 87.5 83.4 80.7 | 1.0 .4 -2.3 -2.1 Chemical | 325 | 78.1 78.9 78.8 69.8 73.2 | .0 .2 -.3 -.2 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 82.6 79.1 77.8 64.9 61.1 | -2.8 -6.2 -7.8 -8.3 | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 83.8 80.9 79.9 76.2 70.1 | -1.3 -.3 3.7 6.3 | | | Mining | 21 | 87.4 90.5 89.7 88.1 81.7 | -.3 -.1 -1.5 -2.9 Utilities | 2211,2 | 86.7 83.5 85.6 83.4 79.8 | -.2 .3 -.1 -1.2 | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 78.3 83.2 79.4 75.1 72.5 | .4 -.2 5.3 9.6 Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | 78.0 78.2 80.0 77.1 80.1 | -1.3 -1.5 3.0 12.3 Communications equipment | 3342 | 76.4 81.1 75.4 84.7 80.2 | -1.1 -1.8 10.4 14.0 Semiconductors and related | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 80.5 86.5 80.4 70.3 66.5 | 1.7 .4 5.8 7.3 | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | industries | | | Total industry | | 80.8 80.5 81.2 74.3 71.1 | .1 .7 -.1 -.7 Manufacturing<1> | | 79.3 78.7 79.1 70.6 68.6 | .0 .4 -.4 .1 | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | Crude | | 86.5 88.6 89.3 84.4 81.4 | -.2 .9 .5 -2.4 Primary and semifinished | | 81.6 80.8 80.9 72.6 68.4 | .1 .2 -.8 -.1 Finished | | 77.5 77.5 77.8 71.8 71.0 | -.1 .6 .8 1.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. See footnote 2 to table 3.