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| Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 r | Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 82.1 85.4 78.1 84.5 | 80.7 78.9 77.4 76.3 | 76.4 75.7 75.0 74.7 | | | | Manufacturing | 88.05 | 81.1 85.7 76.6 84.1 | 79.1 77.2 75.6 74.5 | 74.6 73.9 73.2 73.0 | | | | Durable | 49.56 | 79.6 84.6 73.1 83.7 | 78.6 75.7 73.8 72.1 | 72.3 71.2 70.0 69.8 Lumber and products 24 | 2.20 | 82.6 93.6 75.5 89.4 | 77.3 74.4 76.2 77.7 | 78.1 78.5 76.3 76.6 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 1.57 | 81.4 86.6 72.5 84.3 | 78.7 77.1 75.3 74.0 | 74.5 73.2 72.4 71.2 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 2.44 | 78.9 83.5 69.7 86.3 | 82.3 82.0 81.2 80.0 | 80.1 80.1 79.3 79.4 Primary metals 33 | 3.02 | 81.7 92.7 73.7 95.4 | 83.6 80.0 79.9 78.1 | 78.0 76.9 75.8 73.6 Fabricated metals 34 | 6.04 | 78.0 82.0 71.9 85.2 | 76.3 74.5 72.5 72.4 | 72.7 71.6 70.5 69.8 Industrial machinery and equipment 35 | 8.55 | 81.3 85.4 72.1 87.2 | 78.4 76.8 73.0 69.9 | 70.6 68.7 67.6 67.2 Electrical machinery 36 | 9.23 | 81.4 84.0 75.0 90.6 | 82.8 75.9 69.2 65.2 | 65.1 65.0 64.6 63.8 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 6.40 | 77.1 89.1 55.9 85.2 | 76.3 71.0 75.8 76.5 | 76.7 74.0 70.7 75.1 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 372,6-9 | 4.25 | 75.2 87.3 59.8 84.6 | 74.0 74.0 73.2 71.0 | 70.8 70.3 69.5 67.5 Instruments 38 | 4.66 | 81.3 81.4 74.5 80.9 | 76.6 76.5 74.9 73.4 | 73.5 72.7 72.4 71.9 Miscellaneous 39 | 1.21 | 76.0 79.0 71.7 81.5 | 78.4 76.6 75.8 74.2 | 73.8 72.4 71.7 70.0 | | | | Nondurable | 38.49 | 83.2 87.3 79.1 85.6 | 79.8 79.1 77.9 77.7 | 77.7 77.5 77.4 77.2 Food and tobacco products 20,21 | 10.59 | 83.2 85.9 78.4 85.7 | 80.4 80.4 79.9 79.9 | 80.0 79.4 79.5 79.4 Textile mill products 22 | 1.27 | 85.6 90.4 77.7 92.5 | 77.4 77.2 74.9 73.4 | 73.7 74.3 72.9 73.4 Apparel products 23 | 1.67 | 80.9 85.1 75.5 85.9 | 72.2 71.8 70.9 68.5 | 67.9 66.9 65.9 65.2 Paper and products 26 | 3.24 | 88.6 93.5 82.9 92.0 | 81.5 78.9 78.5 78.1 | 77.6 78.8 77.7 77.0 Printing and publishing 27 | 6.63 | 85.2 91.7 76.3 87.7 | 78.5 77.5 74.9 74.1 | 74.1 73.8 73.9 73.6 Chemicals and products 28 | 9.60 | 79.3 86.2 74.8 84.2 | 77.7 76.9 75.6 76.5 | 76.5 76.5 76.7 77.0 Petroleum products 29 | 1.69 | 87.3 88.5 85.1 97.4 | 94.5 94.1 94.5 92.5 | 92.2 91.6 93.6 91.7 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 3.61 | 84.7 89.6 77.4 91.4 | 82.0 80.4 78.9 78.4 | 78.4 78.0 77.2 76.3 | | | | Mining | 6.17 | 87.6 88.0 83.7 91.0 | 90.3 91.1 91.8 90.7 | 90.4 90.9 89.0 89.2 Utilities | 5.79 | 87.7 92.6 83.1 94.6 | 93.6 91.8 88.1 86.5 | 87.7 85.9 85.2 83.1 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 8.68 | 80.5 81.9 72.4 88.2 | 81.2 74.0 66.4 61.4 | 61.3 60.8 60.6 60.0 Computers and office equipment 357 | 2.18 | 81.1 86.9 66.9 91.4 | 75.0 71.5 66.8 63.2 | 63.6 61.7 61.1 61.1 Communications equipment 366 | 1.95 | 80.5 84.8 73.4 88.7 | 81.6 75.5 68.8 62.8 | 63.1 61.2 59.8 58.6 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 3672-9 | 4.55 | 80.0 81.1 75.6 91.0 | 83.6 74.2 65.0 59.8 | 59.4 60.0 60.6 59.9 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 91.32 | 82.2 85.7 78.4 84.2 | 80.7 79.4 78.5 77.9 | 78.0 77.3 76.5 76.3 Manufacturing | 79.37 | 81.1 86.1 76.8 83.8 | 78.9 77.5 76.7 76.1 | 76.2 75.5 74.8 74.7 Industrial machinery 351-6,8,9 | 6.37 | 81.2 85.5 72.4 88.2 | 79.6 78.9 75.5 72.7 | 73.5 71.6 70.4 69.8 Electrical machinery 361-5,9,71 | 2.73 | 83.4 87.5 74.3 93.6 | 81.8 79.0 76.7 76.3 | 76.7 76.4 75.3 74.5 | | | | Primary processing | 34.18 | 82.2 88.3 76.7 88.8 | 81.1 77.7 75.8 74.7 | 74.8 74.5 73.8 73.3 Advanced processing | 53.87 | 80.5 84.2 76.6 82.0 | 77.9 76.8 75.5 74.4 | 74.5 73.5 72.8 72.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note. See notes to table 2. Estimates for the month of November are preliminary. Estimates from August to October are revised.