INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION: SUMMARY Seasonally adjusted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 1992=100 | Percent change | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | 2002 | 2002 | Apr. '01 to Industrial production | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. | Apr. '02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Total index | 137.6 138.0 138.6 139.2 | .6 .3 .4 .4 | -2.0 Previous estimates | 137.4 137.9 138.8 | .5 .3 .7 | | | | Major market groups: | | | Products, total | 126.7 127.0 127.7 127.9 | .2 .2 .5 .2 | -2.4 Consumer goods | 120.6 121.1 121.8 122.1 | .0 .4 .6 .3 | .6 Business equipment | 165.3 164.3 163.9 164.0 | .6 -.6 -.2 .1 | -9.9 Construction supplies | 136.3 137.3 139.3 138.8 | .5 .8 1.4 -.3 | -.1 Materials | 155.8 156.6 157.0 158.1 | 1.4 .5 .3 .7 | -1.4 | | | Major industry groups: | | | Manufacturing | 142.6 142.8 143.4 143.9 | .7 .1 .5 .3 | -1.9 Durable | 175.7 175.9 176.9 177.8 | .9 .1 .5 .5 | -2.8 Nondurable | 110.3 110.4 110.8 110.9 | .5 .1 .4 .1 | -.9 Mining | 97.0 96.3 95.0 96.0 | -.5 -.7 -1.4 1.1 | -6.9 Utilities | 115.7 120.2 121.9 123.0 | .4 3.9 1.4 .9 | 1.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Capacity | Percent of capacity | growth | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | Average 1982 1988-89 2001 | 2002 | Apr. '01 to Capacity utilization | 1967-2001 Low High Apr. | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. | Apr. '02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Total industry | 81.9 71.1 85.4 77.8 | 74.8 75.0 75.3 75.5 | 1.1 Previous estimates | | 74.7 74.9 75.4 | | | | Manufacturing | 80.9 69.0 85.7 76.0 | 73.4 73.4 73.7 73.9 | .9 Advanced processing | 80.3 71.0 84.2 75.8 | 72.9 72.8 73.0 73.1 | .5 Primary processing | 82.0 65.7 88.3 76.4 | 74.0 74.4 74.8 75.0 | 1.5 Mining | 87.6 80.3 88.0 92.1 | 85.9 85.3 84.1 85.1 | .8 Utilities | 87.6 75.9 92.6 89.4 | 82.1 84.9 85.8 86.3 | 5.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates for April are preliminary. Estimates from January to March are revised.