Table 6 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1967- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2000 | 2000 89 91 95| 2000 2001 | 2001 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q3 Q4 Q1 r Q2 | Mar. Apr. May June ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 82.1 85.4 78.1 84.4 | 82.4 81.3 79.2 77.6 | 78.7 78.1 77.6 77.0 | | | | Manufacturing | 88.70 | 81.1 85.7 76.6 84.0 | 81.7 80.3 77.9 76.2 | 77.3 76.8 76.3 75.5 | | | | Durable | 49.19 | 79.6 84.6 73.1 83.6 | 82.5 80.7 77.2 75.2 | 76.8 75.9 75.4 74.2 Lumber and products 24 | 1.89 | 82.6 93.6 75.5 89.4 | 79.1 76.3 73.7 74.9 | 74.8 74.4 75.7 74.7 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 1.65 | 81.3 86.6 72.5 83.9 | 80.1 80.0 78.2 76.4 | 77.8 76.9 76.6 75.6 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 2.31 | 78.9 83.5 69.7 86.8 | 85.5 84.0 83.4 82.5 | 83.0 82.9 82.6 82.0 Primary metals 33 | 3.13 | 81.6 92.7 73.7 95.4 | 87.0 83.1 78.8 78.6 | 76.8 79.3 78.6 77.9 Fabricated metals 34 | 5.85 | 77.9 82.0 71.9 85.2 | 77.1 75.7 73.4 71.2 | 72.5 71.9 71.3 70.2 Industrial machinery and equipment 35 | 9.34 | 81.4 85.4 72.3 87.3 | 82.7 82.5 79.5 76.0 | 78.9 77.3 76.0 74.7 Electrical machinery 36 | 9.26 | 81.4 84.0 75.0 90.1 | 90.9 87.1 80.0 72.3 | 77.0 74.3 72.3 70.1 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 5.74 | 77.0 89.1 55.9 85.9 | 81.7 76.0 69.9 75.1 | 74.1 73.5 76.7 75.0 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 372,6-9 | 4.01 | 75.2 87.3 60.7 85.3 | 71.7 72.8 72.3 72.1 | 72.5 72.4 72.1 71.9 Instruments 38 | 4.69 | 81.6 81.4 74.5 82.6 | 80.3 80.5 80.3 79.0 | 79.6 79.6 79.0 78.3 Miscellaneous 39 | 1.32 | 75.9 79.0 71.7 81.9 | 81.4 80.5 79.2 78.0 | 78.5 78.6 77.2 78.3 | | | | Nondurable | 39.52 | 83.2 87.3 79.7 85.6 | 80.5 79.7 78.5 77.3 | 77.9 77.7 77.2 77.0 Food and tobacco products 20,21 | 10.54 | 83.3 85.9 79.1 85.8 | 81.6 81.2 81.2 80.5 | 81.1 80.7 80.6 80.3 Textile mill products 22 | 1.26 | 85.5 90.4 77.7 92.6 | 80.9 77.1 76.0 73.4 | 76.0 75.2 72.6 72.5 Apparel products 23 | 1.64 | 80.6 85.1 70.7 85.9 | 70.5 69.4 69.6 68.8 | 69.4 69.4 69.1 67.9 Paper and products 26 | 3.18 | 88.7 93.5 83.1 91.6 | 82.9 83.3 80.1 80.5 | 77.8 82.1 79.9 79.4 Printing and publishing 27 | 6.59 | 85.4 91.7 77.8 87.7 | 81.8 82.0 79.9 77.8 | 78.7 78.1 77.4 77.8 Chemicals and products 28 | 10.56 | 79.3 86.2 74.2 84.2 | 76.4 75.5 73.8 72.1 | 73.4 72.3 72.3 71.7 Petroleum products 29 | 1.97 | 87.3 88.5 85.1 97.1 | 95.3 94.3 93.8 94.0 | 93.4 94.2 93.3 94.3 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 3.58 | 84.7 89.6 77.4 91.3 | 83.7 80.9 79.3 77.7 | 78.6 78.1 77.5 77.4 | | | | Mining | 5.96 | 87.4 88.0 82.0 91.0 | 86.6 86.6 88.2 89.2 | 89.2 89.3 89.3 89.1 Utilities | 5.33 | 87.6 92.6 83.0 93.5 | 90.7 92.0 90.4 86.8 | 89.6 87.8 86.1 86.6 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 9.18 | 80.4 81.9 72.4 87.9 | 89.1 85.1 77.3 69.6 | 74.5 71.7 69.5 67.5 Computers and office equipment 357 | 2.79 | 81.2 86.9 66.9 91.4 | 79.1 78.2 73.7 70.4 | 72.3 71.2 70.3 69.6 Communications equipment 366 | 2.03 | 80.4 84.8 73.4 87.8 | 84.9 87.3 83.2 74.8 | 80.5 78.2 74.5 71.8 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 3672-9 | 4.36 | 80.0 81.1 72.6 90.8 | 97.0 87.9 76.4 66.2 | 72.8 68.6 66.1 63.8 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 90.82 | 82.2 85.7 78.4 84.2 | 81.5 80.6 79.1 78.1 | 78.9 78.5 78.2 77.7 Manufacturing | 79.52 | 81.2 86.1 76.8 83.8 | 80.6 79.5 77.6 76.7 | 77.4 77.1 76.8 76.2 Industrial machinery 351-6,8,9 | 6.54 | 81.3 85.5 72.9 88.1 | 84.1 84.2 81.8 78.1 | 81.6 79.7 78.1 76.6 Electrical machinery 361-5,9,71 | 2.88 | 83.4 87.5 74.3 93.2 | 83.9 82.9 81.0 78.3 | 79.1 78.7 78.7 77.3 | | | | Primary processing | 33.89 | 82.2 88.3 76.7 88.7 | 85.4 82.7 78.4 76.2 | 77.4 77.1 76.3 75.4 Advanced processing | 54.81 | 80.6 84.2 76.6 82.3 | 80.1 79.5 78.2 76.8 | 77.9 77.2 76.9 76.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note. See notes to table 2. Estimates for the month of June are preliminary. Estimates from March to May are revised.