Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | 1972- 1978- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2002 | 2002 1980 1982 1989 1991 1995| 2002 | 2002 2003 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High Low High| May | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.3 86.6 70.8 85.1 78.6 84.8 | 75.7 | 74.9 75.3 75.3 74.8 74.3 74.3 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 8.45 | 86.4 91.5 77.2 88.6 84.7 89.3 | 83.5 | 83.7 82.6 82.5 82.7 82.3 82.6 Primary and semifinished | 49.25 | 82.2 87.8 67.9 86.2 77.6 87.7 | 77.8 | 77.3 77.8 77.9 77.0 76.4 76.5 Finished | 42.30 | 78.5 83.8 71.3 83.1 77.2 80.3 | 71.5 | 70.2 70.8 70.7 70.5 70.0 70.0 | | | | Manufacturing | 86.69 | 80.2 86.3 68.6 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 73.9 | 73.0 73.3 73.3 73.1 72.5 72.6 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 81.79 | 80.0 86.3 67.9 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 73.5 | 72.5 72.8 72.7 72.4 71.8 71.9 Durable manufacturing | 47.13 | 78.5 87.0 63.1 84.5 73.4 83.7 | 70.3 | 69.1 69.8 69.3 68.7 68.3 68.3 Wood products 321 | 1.47 | 80.3 87.2 59.4 88.7 73.1 87.7 | 74.7 | 71.7 72.0 71.4 70.5 71.5 71.4 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.34 | 79.5 88.2 62.5 85.6 72.1 83.7 | 80.8 | 80.5 81.8 80.5 80.4 79.5 80.2 Primary metal 331 | 2.42 | 81.0 91.3 47.2 95.3 75.2 94.8 | 76.7 | 76.1 76.9 77.0 73.8 74.4 73.5 Iron and steel products 3311,2 | .97 | 81.0 96.5 37.7 99.0 71.0 100.6 | 82.8 | 82.6 86.5 83.3 77.7 80.8 78.5 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.47 | 77.1 83.1 61.7 80.1 71.0 83.6 | 71.6 | 70.4 70.1 69.5 68.9 68.3 68.8 Machinery 333 | 5.94 | 79.9 92.8 58.3 84.7 72.9 88.7 | 68.2 | 66.0 66.8 67.4 67.3 67.0 66.8 Computer and electronic products 334 | 10.28 | 79.6 89.8 77.3 81.5 76.4 85.4 | 62.8 | 62.0 62.3 62.2 62.3 62.1 62.5 Computer and office equipment 3341 | 1.36 | 78.6 89.6 68.8 79.7 67.0 86.4 | 74.1 | 77.9 78.4 79.3 80.4 81.2 81.8 Communications equipment 3342 | 2.52 | 78.4 94.0 82.5 82.0 73.3 87.4 | 55.3 | 48.8 49.6 50.3 50.8 50.8 50.2 Semiconductor and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 3.20 | 81.2 95.1 77.3 81.4 78.7 92.0 | 63.9 | 66.6 65.8 65.6 64.9 65.1 65.3 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.40 | 83.3 91.9 64.4 87.5 75.0 92.5 | 76.7 | 75.6 74.7 75.1 74.3 74.0 74.6 Transportation equipment 336 | 10.92 | 75.5 86.4 56.3 87.6 68.7 77.6 | 72.1 | 71.4 73.7 72.2 71.4 70.5 70.0 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 6.79 | 77.3 96.2 45.2 90.0 56.6 87.0 | 79.3 | 79.1 82.3 80.1 78.7 77.4 76.3 Autos and light trucks 3361 | 2.64 | 77.1 100.1 39.6 99.1 55.1 85.9 | 82.5 | 79.1 84.3 80.7 78.5 77.1 74.6 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.13 | 73.1 84.6 69.8 88.9 81.9 67.9 | 60.2 | 58.7 59.3 59.0 59.1 58.9 59.5 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.80 | 79.2 86.1 66.5 84.1 68.1 83.7 | 71.0 | 69.3 69.2 69.2 68.2 67.5 67.5 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.10 | 77.1 80.1 68.8 81.7 77.5 81.2 | 76.0 | 75.1 74.6 74.4 73.8 72.7 72.7 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.66 | 82.2 85.7 75.6 86.9 81.8 85.4 | 78.1 | 77.2 77.2 77.4 77.6 76.9 77.1 Food 311 | 7.69 | 83.0 85.3 80.7 85.8 83.7 83.9 | 80.7 | 80.2 80.0 79.9 80.1 80.0 79.9 Beverage and tobacco products 312 | 3.29 | 80.6 84.7 77.2 87.0 75.0 87.5 | 78.8 | 74.2 75.2 74.6 74.7 73.9 74.4 Textile mills 313 | .80 | 83.6 90.3 72.4 91.8 78.2 92.3 | 73.1 | 71.3 70.5 70.6 70.2 69.5 68.7 Textile product mills 314 | .52 | 83.4 92.8 71.0 90.1 73.2 88.1 | 76.8 | 75.4 71.4 73.5 75.5 74.0 73.9 Apparel 315 | 1.13 | 80.6 85.0 77.7 85.1 77.9 90.9 | 66.2 | 63.5 63.3 62.8 61.9 60.6 60.4 Leather and allied products 316 | .20 | 77.2 86.6 75.3 79.7 71.8 81.6 | 62.2 | 61.0 62.6 62.0 62.4 61.6 60.9 Paper 322 | 2.87 | 88.5 95.6 81.3 94.0 85.4 92.6 | 83.2 | 83.5 81.9 81.9 83.3 82.1 82.1 Printing and support 323 | 2.57 | 84.8 88.3 80.1 91.7 82.7 86.0 | 77.4 | 81.0 81.3 80.2 79.1 78.4 79.2 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.52 | 86.4 92.3 71.1 88.9 82.5 90.4 | 90.0 | 90.7 88.0 87.7 89.4 87.3 88.5 Chemical 325 | 10.37 | 78.7 83.0 67.9 85.6 80.8 81.3 | 74.4 | 73.2 73.8 74.9 74.8 74.3 74.1 Plastics material and resin 325211 | .59 | 86.2 84.7 65.3 97.6 78.0 101.4 | 93.3 | 84.7 89.3 87.6 87.9 Synthetic rubber 325212 | .11 | 79.6 90.3 55.6 92.5 73.8 89.1 | 74.6 | 78.4 75.9 78.4 75.0 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | and filaments 32522 | .20 | 81.2 94.4 62.2 96.4 75.7 89.4 | 72.1 | 71.4 70.6 72.4 71.4 75.0 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.69 | 83.7 90.5 70.5 91.2 77.1 92.3 | 79.5 | 78.8 79.1 79.5 80.0 79.1 80.0 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 4.89 | 83.6 88.1 85.7 90.2 79.1 82.7 | 80.0 | 82.4 82.0 83.9 84.4 83.4 83.6 | | | | Mining 21 | 5.20 | 86.9 94.2 78.6 85.6 83.3 88.5 | 84.8 | 86.4 84.9 84.1 84.1 84.3 85.0 Oil and gas extraction 211 | 3.05 | 92.0 95.6 89.5 91.1 88.8 94.6 | 92.1 | 91.8 91.6 91.2 90.8 90.9 91.4 Mining (except oil and gas) 212 | 1.36 | 84.1 92.4 67.6 90.4 80.0 88.3 | 81.4 | 85.6 80.8 78.8 79.4 80.2 80.7 Coal mining 2121 | .60 | 86.0 97.8 76.3 92.7 79.4 88.2 | 80.4 | 89.6 81.6 78.5 79.6 82.0 82.3 Metal mining 2122 | .20 | 79.8 86.1 32.1 90.5 82.0 92.1 | 72.5 | 76.6 71.8 72.7 72.5 71.6 72.2 Stone and earth minerals 2123 | .57 | 83.1 92.9 64.5 89.6 75.4 90.5 | 85.8 | 84.8 83.2 81.4 81.6 81.4 82.1 Support activities for mining 213 | .78 | 72.0 99.8 49.8 61.6 52.3 74.2 | 53.3 | 55.8 55.5 55.9 56.6 57.1 59.0 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.12 | 86.7 87.9 77.2 92.6 84.2 93.8 | 87.7 | 84.8 87.8 88.4 84.6 84.3 83.4 Electric 2211 | 6.93 | 88.1 87.8 78.6 94.1 87.1 96.5 | 88.5 | 85.5 88.5 89.0 85.3 85.0 83.8 Natural gas 2212 | 1.19 | 80.2 92.6 71.1 86.4 67.4 87.8 | 84.6 | 82.1 85.1 86.8 81.7 82.4 82.3 | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 7.08 | 79.3 89.9 75.6 80.4 74.6 88.5 | 62.3 | 61.7 61.8 62.1 62.3 62.5 62.5 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | industries | 79.61 | 80.2 86.3 68.1 86.1 77.3 84.0 | 75.3 | 74.5 74.9 74.8 74.6 73.9 74.0 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech and | | | | motor vehicles and pts. | 72.82 | 80.5 85.7 69.5 85.8 79.2 83.8 | 74.9 | 74.1 74.2 74.3 74.2 73.6 73.8 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