Table 6 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1967- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2001 | 2001 89 91 95| 2001 2002 | 2002 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 r | July Aug. Sept. Oct. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.9 85.4 78.1 84.5 | 74.7 75.0 75.6 76.1 | 76.3 76.1 75.8 75.2 | | | | Manufacturing | 87.62 | 80.9 85.7 76.6 84.1 | 73.1 73.5 74.0 74.4 | 74.6 74.5 74.1 73.5 | | | | Durable | 49.11 | 79.4 84.6 73.1 83.7 | 70.1 70.6 71.3 71.8 | 71.8 72.1 71.6 70.6 Lumber and products 24 | 2.14 | 82.4 93.6 75.5 88.3 | 75.6 75.2 75.1 75.7 | 75.7 75.6 75.7 74.9 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 1.57 | 81.2 86.6 72.5 84.3 | 72.3 72.2 71.9 71.6 | 71.9 71.1 71.8 70.1 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 2.47 | 78.9 83.5 69.7 82.2 | 78.4 77.6 78.6 79.3 | 78.8 79.5 79.6 79.7 Primary metals 33 | 2.88 | 81.6 92.7 73.7 95.4 | 72.6 75.0 77.5 79.0 | 77.0 80.5 79.4 81.1 Fabricated metals 34 | 6.06 | 77.8 82.0 71.9 85.2 | 71.0 71.0 71.8 72.5 | 72.8 72.6 72.2 71.5 Industrial machinery and equipment 35 | 8.29 | 81.0 85.4 72.3 87.2 | 67.5 68.5 69.0 69.2 | 68.7 70.0 68.9 68.0 Electrical machinery 36 | 9.17 | 81.1 84.0 75.0 90.6 | 64.6 65.5 66.6 65.9 | 66.1 65.8 65.9 65.4 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 6.47 | 77.0 89.1 55.9 85.1 | 74.1 77.5 80.4 84.3 | 84.8 84.6 83.3 78.8 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 372-6,9 | 4.29 | 75.1 87.3 79.2 69.0 | 67.5 63.8 61.2 60.0 | 60.0 60.3 59.7 59.3 Instruments 38 | 4.57 | 81.1 81.4 77.2 78.3 | 73.1 73.0 72.3 72.7 | 72.9 72.7 72.4 72.8 Miscellaneous 39 | 1.19 | 76.0 79.0 71.7 80.7 | 71.3 72.7 74.1 74.1 | 75.0 74.0 73.4 73.9 | | | | Nondurable | 38.51 | 83.0 87.3 80.7 84.6 | 77.1 77.4 77.6 77.8 | 78.2 77.7 77.5 77.3 Food and tobacco products 20,21 | 10.86 | 83.1 85.9 81.6 85.7 | 79.9 80.7 80.4 79.5 | 80.1 79.4 79.0 79.6 Textile mill products 22 | 1.20 | 85.2 90.4 77.7 92.5 | 71.5 74.3 76.2 76.8 | 78.1 76.4 75.9 75.9 Apparel products 23 | 1.60 | 80.6 85.1 75.5 85.9 | 65.9 67.1 66.9 66.4 | 67.5 65.8 65.9 65.0 Paper and products 26 | 3.19 | 88.3 93.5 85.0 92.0 | 76.1 75.1 77.0 78.9 | 78.4 78.3 80.0 79.1 Printing and publishing 27 | 6.61 | 84.9 91.7 79.6 82.2 | 72.7 70.9 70.8 72.1 | 71.8 72.4 72.0 71.9 Chemicals and products 28 | 9.60 | 79.2 86.2 79.3 79.9 | 77.2 77.4 77.2 77.6 | 78.5 77.3 77.1 76.5 Petroleum products 29 | 1.63 | 87.5 88.5 85.1 92.9 | 92.7 94.6 94.3 93.0 | 93.4 93.2 92.4 91.1 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 3.64 | 84.5 89.6 77.4 91.4 | 76.3 77.5 79.5 79.6 | 80.1 79.7 79.1 78.6 | | | | Mining | 6.14 | 87.6 88.0 87.0 89.3 | 87.6 85.3 84.6 85.0 | 85.0 85.3 84.8 83.9 Utilities | 6.24 | 87.6 92.6 83.4 92.5 | 83.6 84.3 86.8 87.8 | 88.8 86.4 88.2 86.6 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 8.52 | 80.0 81.9 72.4 88.2 | 60.7 62.9 64.2 63.9 | 63.9 63.8 64.0 63.8 Computers and office equipment 357 | 2.05 | 80.7 86.9 66.9 85.3 | 62.8 66.6 66.0 66.1 | 65.6 66.1 66.5 67.1 Communications equipment 366 | 1.92 | 80.1 84.8 73.4 88.7 | 57.9 54.6 53.6 50.7 | 51.3 50.8 50.2 49.2 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 3672-9 | 4.55 | 79.6 81.1 75.6 91.0 | 60.9 64.6 67.4 67.9 | 67.9 67.6 68.1 67.8 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 91.48 | 82.0 85.7 78.4 84.2 | 76.2 76.4 77.0 77.5 | 77.8 77.5 77.3 76.6 Manufacturing | 79.10 | 81.0 86.1 76.8 83.8 | 74.7 74.9 75.4 75.9 | 76.1 76.0 75.6 74.9 Industrial machinery 351-6,8,9 | 6.24 | 81.0 85.5 74.0 88.2 | 69.5 69.7 70.5 70.6 | 70.2 71.6 70.1 68.8 Electrical machinery 361-5,9,71 | 2.71 | 83.2 87.5 74.3 93.6 | 76.0 75.6 75.6 74.4 | 74.6 74.3 74.3 73.6 | | | | Primary processing | 33.80 | 82.0 88.3 76.7 88.8 | 73.3 74.6 76.2 76.9 | 76.9 77.0 76.8 76.3 Advanced processing | 53.82 | 80.3 84.2 76.6 81.3 | 73.0 72.8 72.6 72.8 | 73.1 72.8 72.4 71.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note. See notes to table 2. Estimates for the month of October are preliminary. Estimates from July to September are revised.