Table 4 INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent change Capacity indexes | Annual rate | Fourth quarter to fourth quarter | Percent of 1992 output | 1967- 1967- 1975-| | | | 1999 1975 1999 | | 1998 | 1998 1999 Item | Ave. Ave. Ave. | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 | Apr. | Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | Total industry | 3.1 3.8 2.9 | 5.4 5.7 5.1 5.0 3.2 | 158.9 | 163.5 164.1 164.6 165.2 165.7 166.1 | | | | Manufacturing | 3.4 4.0 3.2 | 6.0 6.4 5.8 5.6 3.6 | 165.1 | 170.3 171.0 171.6 172.2 172.8 173.3 | | | | Primary processing | 2.3 4.1 1.7 | 3.3 3.8 3.9 3.0 1.8 | 143.7 | 146.1 146.4 146.7 146.9 147.2 147.4 Advanced processing | 4.0 4.0 4.0 | 7.4 7.4 6.4 6.6 4.3 | 175.4 | 182.0 182.9 183.7 184.5 185.2 185.9 | | | | Durable | 4.0 3.7 4.1 | 9.5 9.7 8.6 7.9 5.2 | 192.7 | 201.2 202.3 203.4 204.4 205.4 206.3 Lumber and products 24 | 2.0 2.9 1.7 | 3.0 3.9 4.2 2.9 2.3 | 142.6 | 144.9 145.2 145.5 145.8 146.1 146.4 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 3.1 4.5 2.5 | 2.5 5.9 5.1 1.9 2.2 | 155.0 | 156.4 156.6 156.8 157.1 157.3 157.6 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 1.6 2.5 1.2 | 5.7 4.9 2.9 .6 1.7 | 154.3 | 154.6 154.7 154.8 154.9 155.1 155.3 | | | | Primary metals 33 | .5 1.7 .0 | 2.7 3.6 3.4 3.4 1.6 | 141.6 | 144.4 144.8 145.1 145.4 145.6 145.8 Iron and steel 331,2 | -.1 .7 -.4 | 1.9 5.0 3.9 5.1 2.1 | 142.1 | 146.6 147.1 147.6 147.9 148.3 148.5 Raw steel | -.4 .3 -.7 | 3.1 2.8 5.8 6.8 2.1 | 136.3 | 141.8 142.4 142.9 143.3 143.7 143.9 Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 1.7 3.8 .8 | 3.5 2.0 2.8 1.4 1.0 | 140.7 | 141.7 141.9 142.0 142.1 142.3 142.4 Primary copper 3331 | .2 1.8 -.4 | 2.0 -4.8 -.6 .8 .4 | 122.4 | 123.1 123.1 123.2 123.3 123.3 123.4 Primary aluminum 3334 | 1.2 5.2 -.3 | .1 .4 .1 .0 .0 | 104.2 | 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 | | | | Fabricated metal products 34 | 2.0 3.1 1.6 | 5.2 5.5 6.5 4.3 .1 | 164.4 | 168.2 168.6 168.8 169.0 169.1 169.1 Industrial machinery | | | | and equipment 35 | 6.0 4.7 6.5 | 11.5 13.0 12.1 14.6 10.4 | 231.8 | 251.7 254.5 257.2 259.7 262.1 264.4 Computer and office equip. 357 | 22.5 12.0 26.7 | 34.7 46.1 43.2 59.4 40.3 | 698.5 | 926.2 961.5 995.6 1029 1061 1091 Electrical machinery 36 | 9.0 5.9 10.2 | 28.8 30.3 23.6 18.3 13.2 | 361.4 | 396.7 401.6 406.3 411.0 415.6 420.1 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 3672-9 | 20.1 13.1 22.8 | 58.7 56.6 46.7 33.4 26.8 | 840.0 | 984.5 1006 1027 1048 1070 1092 | | | | Transportation equipment 37 | 2.6 3.0 2.4 | 4.3 2.5 2.0 2.1 .4 | 155.3 | 157.2 157.4 157.6 157.7 157.8 157.8 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 3.2 4.4 2.8 | 8.4 3.9 3.2 2.5 .9 | 183.5 | 186.1 186.4 186.6 186.7 186.9 187.0 Autos and light trucks 1 | | 4.5 -.5 .8 2.8 -.7 | 156.0 | 158.5 158.7 158.8 158.8 158.7 158.6 Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 1.5 1.1 1.7 | -.4 .5 .2 1.4 -.2 | 127.3 | 128.5 128.6 128.7 128.8 128.8 128.8 Instruments 38 | 4.5 7.6 3.4 | 2.6 .1 1.3 2.4 2.8 | 139.9 | 142.0 142.3 142.6 142.9 143.2 143.5 Miscellaneous 39 | 2.1 4.4 1.3 | 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 | 150.7 | 152.3 152.6 152.8 153.0 153.3 153.5 | | | | Nondurable | 2.7 4.3 2.1 | 2.1 2.3 2.0 2.6 1.3 | 136.3 | 138.4 138.7 138.9 139.1 139.3 139.4 Foods 20 | 2.3 3.0 2.0 | 2.2 2.0 1.2 2.8 1.5 | 133.6 | 135.9 136.2 136.5 136.7 136.9 137.1 Textile mill products 22 | 2.1 4.4 1.3 | 2.0 2.2 4.6 .9 -.1 | 134.9 | 135.2 135.2 135.2 135.2 135.2 135.2 Apparel products 23 | 1.1 2.3 .7 | 2.3 .7 1.8 -.7 -1.3 | 134.2 | 133.4 133.2 133.1 132.9 132.8 132.6 Paper and products 26 | 2.8 3.9 2.4 | 2.4 2.9 2.4 3.0 2.1 | 131.2 | 133.4 133.7 133.9 134.2 134.4 134.7 Pulp and paper 261-3 | 2.3 2.9 2.1 | 2.9 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.0 | 121.6 | 122.8 122.9 123.0 123.2 123.3 123.4 Printing and publishing 27 | 2.6 3.0 2.5 | .7 .3 .1 3.1 .8 | 126.9 | 129.5 129.8 130.0 130.2 130.3 130.4 | | | | Chemicals and products 28 | 3.6 6.8 2.5 | 2.8 3.5 2.7 2.4 1.2 | 147.7 | 149.7 149.9 150.1 150.3 150.5 150.6 Plastics materials 2821 | 6.3 12.7 4.0 | 5.0 5.7 4.1 3.6 3.3 | 140.2 | 143.2 143.6 144.0 144.4 144.8 145.2 Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | 3.7 9.7 1.5 | .4 -.3 2.5 2.9 3.4 | 124.1 | 126.1 126.5 126.8 127.1 127.5 127.8 Petroleum products 29 | 1.5 4.2 .5 | -.2 .8 1.3 1.1 1.1 | 116.4 | 117.1 117.2 117.3 117.4 117.5 117.6 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 5.5 8.4 4.4 | 4.4 4.9 5.1 4.8 5.4 | 155.4 | 159.7 160.4 161.0 161.7 162.4 163.1 Leather and products 31 | -2.9 -1.5 -3.5 | 3.4 3.5 -3.3 -.4 -6.1 | 117.7 | 117.9 117.7 117.4 117.0 116.5 115.9 | | | | Mining | .2 -.1 .4 | -.4 .4 1.5 1.0 .9 | 119.8 | 120.6 120.7 120.8 120.9 121.0 121.1 Metal mining 10 | 1.3 .5 1.6 | .7 1.6 2.9 .8 .5 | 122.5 | 122.7 122.7 122.7 122.7 122.8 122.8 Coal mining 12 | 2.4 2.4 2.3 | .6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.9 | 128.7 | 130.0 130.2 130.4 130.6 130.8 131.0 Oil and gas extraction 13 | -.4 -1.0 -.2 | -1.0 -.2 1.0 .4 .1 | 114.8 | 115.2 115.3 115.3 115.4 115.4 115.4 Oil and gas well drilling 138 | .6 .8 .6 | -1.5 -1.2 .9 1.9 -1.0 | 177.0 | 179.1 179.3 179.3 179.3 179.2 179.1 Stone and earth minerals 14 | 1.5 2.6 1.2 | 2.4 3.5 4.4 4.1 4.1 | 144.1 | 147.6 148.1 148.6 149.2 149.7 150.1 | | | | Utilities | 2.6 6.1 1.3 | 1.7 1.9 .3 .7 .4 | 126.1 | 126.7 126.8 126.8 126.9 127.0 127.0 Electric 491,3pt | 3.6 7.8 2.0 | 2.2 1.9 -.1 .6 .6 | 123.7 | 124.3 124.3 124.4 124.5 124.5 124.6 Gas 492,3pt | .5 2.3 -.2 | .5 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.4 | 137.1 | 138.2 138.4 138.6 138.7 138.9 139.1 | | | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | | | | | Computers, communications eq, and | | | | semiconductors 2 | 16.5 9.5 19.3 | 41.0 46.3 37.4 34.8 25.8 | 613.4 | 729.4 746.6 763.3 779.7 795.8 811.6 | | | | Manufacturing ex. computers, | | | | communications eq., and | | | | semiconductors 2 | 2.4 3.7 1.9 | 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.6 1.2 | 145.1 | 147.3 147.5 147.8 148.0 148.1 148.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <1> Series begins in 1977. <2> Semiconductors include related electronic components.