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Release Date: May 28, 2021
Table 6 Revised and Earlier Capacity Utilization Rates, by Industry Groups
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted                    
Item NAICS Revised rate Difference between
revised and earlier rates
(percentage points)
1972-
2020
Ave.

2017
Q4

2018
Q4

2019
Q4
 
2020 
Q4 

2017
Q4

2018
Q4

2019
Q4

2020
Q4
Total industry   79.6 77.7 79.4 76.6 73.4 .1 -.1 -.6 -.5
       
Manufacturing[1]   78.2 77.1 77.5 75.4 74.0 1.3 .5 .4 .9
Manufacturing (NAICS) 31-33 78.1 77.3 77.7 75.6 74.2 1.1 .2 .0 .6
       
Durable manufacturing   76.8 76.4 77.6 74.7 73.1 1.6 .5 -.2 .9
Wood products 321 76.7 81.2 79.8 79.0 78.8 .6 2.3 2.3 2.2
Nonmetallic mineral products 327 73.4 67.9 68.7 69.0 72.1 .1 .8 2.3 6.7
Primary metals 331 77.7 68.0 72.0 68.7 65.7 -1.1 -2.6 -2.5 .0
Fabricated metal products 332 77.6 78.4 80.6 77.8 74.1 .0 -1.0 -2.6 -2.4
Machinery 333 77.6 76.5 80.3 75.5 76.3 1.9 .3 -1.5 1.4
Computer and electronic products 334 77.4 75.9 74.6 72.0 73.5 5.4 2.9 -.5 1.9
Electrical equip., appliances,
and components
335 81.6 76.1 76.6 74.3 74.4 1.2 .4 .9 2.7
Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 75.1 77.0 79.0 72.4 73.6 .1 -.8 -1.6 -2.8
Aerospace and miscellaneous
transportation equipment
3364-9 74.2 78.9 75.6 77.1 66.1 3.5 -.9 1.4 -.8
Furniture and related products 337 77.1 79.7 82.5 81.3 79.6 1.7 4.6 4.9 10.0
Miscellaneous 339 76.7 80.1 83.2 78.1 77.4 .7 3.7 1.5 5.9
       
Nondurable manufacturing   79.9 78.4 77.8 76.6 75.5 .7 .0 .4 .4
Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 80.3 78.5 76.5 76.7 76.5 1.5 .7 1.3 .6
Textile and product mills 313,4 78.3 68.7 71.7 69.1 65.3 -2.5 -.3 .3 .0
Apparel and leather 315,6 76.2 66.1 68.4 73.1 74.6 1.3 4.2 11.9 13.2
Paper 322 86.7 86.1 88.7 86.6 84.1 -.5 1.4 1.3 -.2
Printing and support 323 79.4 75.8 75.0 76.0 71.5 .5 2.2 5.6 5.8
Petroleum and coal products 324 84.7 83.7 83.1 78.5 70.1 2.8 2.8 -.5 -.1
Chemicals 325 76.6 75.1 74.2 73.1 73.9 -.3 -3.7 -3.0 -2.0
Plastics and rubber products 326 82.0 84.0 86.3 82.3 81.3 .3 5.5 6.8 6.6
       
Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 79.5 70.5 70.8 69.1 66.7 4.8 9.5 12.0 12.1
       
Mining 21 86.2 80.7 89.4 83.7 69.6 -6.3 -2.8 -5.6 -9.3
Utilities 2211,2 85.0 78.8 80.8 78.0 73.4 -.4 .8 .8 .5
       
Selected high-technology industries   77.4 77.6 76.6 73.6 77.8 6.1 3.4 .5 4.5
Computers and peripheral equipment 3341 78.0 74.3 75.8 68.5 81.9 .5 2.6 -4.6 4.5
Communications equipment 3342 75.5 64.6 63.1 61.5 64.6 .4 .0 1.1 7.9
Semiconductors and related
electronic components
3344 78.9 84.5 83.4 80.5 84.5 10.4 5.3 .7 2.6
       
Measures excluding selected high-technology
industries
Total industry   79.7 77.7 79.4 76.7 73.3 .0 -.1 -.6 -.6
Manufacturing[1]   78.2 77.1 77.5 75.4 73.9 1.1 .4 .4 .8
       
Stage-of-process groups
Crude   85.4 81.3 88.1 82.9 72.4 -4.7 -2.6 -5.1 -8.0
Primary and semifinished   80.2 77.9 79.2 76.0 73.4 1.0 1.2 .8 1.3
Finished   76.8 76.0 75.8 75.0 73.9 1.3 .1 .7 1.0
1. See footnote 2 to table 2.
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Last Update: May 28, 2021