Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2001 | 2001 89 91 95| 2001 2002 | 2002 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 r | Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.5 85.1 78.6 84.8 | 75.1 75.1 75.7 76.2 | 76.1 76.1 75.5 75.6 | | | | Manufacturing | 86.10 | 80.4 85.5 77.2 84.3 | 73.4 73.4 73.9 74.3 | 74.3 74.2 73.8 73.8 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 81.39 | 80.3 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 72.9 73.0 73.5 73.9 | 73.9 73.7 73.3 73.3 | | | | Durable manufacturing | 47.05 | 78.8 84.5 73.4 83.7 | 69.9 69.8 70.2 70.6 | 70.8 70.3 69.9 69.9 Wood products 321 | 1.44 | 80.5 88.7 73.1 87.7 | 73.5 74.6 75.0 75.6 | 75.8 75.7 74.9 73.8 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.25 | 79.5 85.6 72.1 83.7 | 80.3 80.0 80.4 81.2 | 81.2 81.8 81.7 81.5 Primary metal 331 | 2.44 | 81.1 95.3 75.2 94.8 | 73.0 75.3 76.4 77.1 | 78.7 76.4 77.9 77.2 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.25 | 77.3 80.1 71.0 83.6 | 70.5 70.5 71.2 71.3 | 71.2 71.2 71.3 70.2 Machinery 333 | 5.85 | 80.3 84.7 72.9 88.7 | 67.3 67.3 68.2 68.3 | 68.8 67.9 66.9 66.3 Computer and electronic products 334 | 11.20 | 80.2 81.5 76.4 85.4 | 64.1 62.9 62.7 62.6 | 62.7 62.5 62.5 62.7 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.39 | 83.5 87.5 75.0 92.5 | 75.9 75.3 76.1 75.9 | 76.2 75.2 75.9 76.4 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 6.52 | 77.2 90.0 56.6 87.0 | 75.3 77.9 80.0 82.7 | 82.9 82.0 79.8 82.7 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.03 | 73.5 88.9 81.9 67.9 | 65.3 62.3 60.2 59.1 | 59.4 59.0 59.0 58.4 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.74 | 79.5 84.1 68.1 83.7 | 71.4 71.4 71.1 70.9 | 70.4 71.2 70.6 70.1 Miscellaneous 339 | 2.94 | 77.2 81.7 77.5 81.2 | 74.6 74.6 76.0 75.5 | 75.7 74.9 74.6 74.4 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.33 | 82.4 86.9 81.8 85.4 | 77.0 77.5 78.1 78.5 | 78.4 78.5 78.2 78.2 Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 10.70 | 82.5 85.5 81.3 84.3 | 79.0 80.1 80.2 79.6 | 79.6 79.4 79.5 79.1 Textile and product mills 313,4 | 1.34 | 83.9 91.1 77.1 90.6 | 71.9 72.8 74.2 74.2 | 73.9 73.6 73.3 73.4 Apparel and leather 315,6 | 1.36 | 80.5 83.9 77.2 89.1 | 65.4 65.5 65.3 64.8 | 64.1 64.7 63.3 63.6 Paper 322 | 2.91 | 88.7 94.0 85.4 92.6 | 81.0 80.1 82.5 83.9 | 84.0 84.3 83.8 83.9 Printing and support 323 | 2.59 | 85.0 91.7 82.7 86.0 | 76.2 77.2 77.1 80.0 | 80.0 80.5 80.3 80.5 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.57 | 86.3 88.9 82.5 90.4 | 88.7 90.1 89.9 88.7 | 89.2 87.5 86.5 89.2 Chemical 325 | 10.19 | 78.8 85.6 80.8 81.3 | 74.7 74.4 74.6 75.5 | 75.2 75.8 75.2 75.3 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.67 | 83.8 91.2 77.1 92.3 | 75.9 76.9 79.4 80.3 | 80.3 80.3 80.1 79.3 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 4.72 | 83.6 90.2 79.1 82.7 | 81.9 80.3 80.3 81.8 | 81.7 82.8 82.5 82.1 | | | | Mining 21 | 5.94 | 87.0 85.6 83.3 88.5 | 86.6 85.2 84.8 84.9 | 85.3 83.7 83.5 84.6 Utilities 2211,2 | 7.96 | 86.7 92.6 84.2 93.8 | 85.0 85.5 87.8 88.2 | 86.5 88.4 86.3 85.9 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 8.10 | 79.8 80.4 74.6 88.5 | 63.1 61.8 62.2 62.2 | 62.4 62.0 62.0 62.0 Computers and office equipment 3341 | 1.62 | 78.7 79.7 67.0 86.4 | 68.7 74.6 74.2 74.4 | 74.4 75.0 76.0 76.6 Communications equipment 3342 | 2.68 | 79.2 82.2 73.3 87.4 | 60.7 56.3 55.2 52.0 | 52.5 50.6 50.5 49.8 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 3.80 | 81.8 81.4 78.7 92.0 | 63.2 61.5 63.7 66.3 | 66.5 66.8 66.5 67.0 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 91.90 | 81.6 85.5 78.8 84.6 | 76.3 76.5 77.1 77.7 | 77.6 77.6 77.0 77.1 Manufacturing 1 | 78.00 | 80.4 86.1 77.3 84.0 | 74.6 74.8 75.3 75.9 | 75.9 75.8 75.4 75.4 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 9.32 | 86.5 88.6 84.7 89.3 | 82.9 82.4 83.2 83.8 | 83.9 83.0 82.5 83.0 Primary and semifinished | 49.17 | 82.4 86.2 77.6 87.7 | 76.3 76.5 77.7 78.5 | 78.4 78.6 78.0 77.8 Finished | 41.51 | 78.7 83.1 77.2 80.3 | 72.0 71.9 71.7 71.7 | 71.7 71.5 71.0 71.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note. See notes to table 2. <1> See note on cover page Estimates for the month of November are preliminary. Estimates from August to October are revised.