Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2004 | 2004 89 91 95| 2004 2005 | 2004 2005 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q2 Q3 Q4 r Q1 | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.0 85.1 78.6 84.9 | 77.9 78.2 78.8 79.3 | 79.2 79.2 79.3 79.4 | | | | Manufacturing | 84.08 | 79.8 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 76.5 77.0 77.6 78.1 | 77.9 78.0 78.2 78.0 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 79.81 | 79.6 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 75.9 76.4 77.1 77.5 | 77.3 77.4 77.6 77.4 | | | | Durable manufacturing | 45.64 | 78.0 84.5 73.4 83.6 | 73.8 74.4 75.2 75.7 | 75.4 75.5 76.0 75.7 Wood products 321 | 1.56 | 80.0 88.9 73.1 87.7 | 78.5 78.2 78.5 77.7 | 78.0 79.3 76.5 77.3 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.19 | 79.2 84.9 72.0 83.6 | 79.3 80.2 80.8 81.4 | 81.9 81.3 81.9 81.0 Primary metal 331 | 2.60 | 80.5 94.3 74.6 95.5 | 79.4 81.9 82.6 80.8 | 81.8 81.8 80.1 80.3 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.36 | 76.6 80.2 71.6 83.6 | 69.6 70.1 70.1 70.1 | 70.1 70.3 70.0 70.0 Machinery 333 | 5.63 | 78.8 84.8 73.0 86.9 | 76.3 77.5 78.4 79.7 | 78.5 79.4 79.6 80.1 Computer and electronic products 334 | 8.65 | 78.7 81.7 76.6 83.9 | 69.8 70.9 71.1 72.9 | 71.4 72.5 73.1 73.3 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.16 | 82.7 87.5 75.1 92.5 | 77.8 80.1 80.2 80.7 | 81.4 81.1 80.3 80.6 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 7.11 | 77.8 90.3 56.0 87.8 | 80.4 79.8 82.6 83.1 | 82.9 81.5 85.5 82.3 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.31 | 72.4 88.7 82.1 67.9 | 64.3 64.9 65.5 66.1 | 65.9 65.4 66.0 66.8 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.83 | 78.7 83.6 69.4 83.4 | 73.6 73.5 73.5 72.8 | 74.0 73.3 72.6 72.6 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.24 | 76.5 81.7 77.7 80.6 | 76.3 76.5 77.2 78.0 | 77.4 78.0 77.9 78.2 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.16 | 81.8 87.1 81.7 85.4 | 78.9 79.3 79.8 79.9 | 80.0 80.1 79.9 79.8 Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 11.09 | 81.9 85.6 81.0 84.0 | 80.6 80.9 81.6 82.0 | 81.7 82.3 81.9 81.7 Textile and product mills 313,4 | 1.15 | 83.1 91.5 77.2 90.7 | 73.2 74.8 74.5 74.8 | 73.6 74.9 74.7 74.8 Apparel and leather 315,6 | .86 | 79.3 84.2 77.3 89.2 | 69.2 68.5 70.6 70.6 | 71.0 71.1 70.6 70.0 Paper 322 | 2.71 | 88.1 93.7 85.2 92.5 | 86.1 86.8 86.6 87.0 | 86.6 87.7 86.8 86.6 Printing and support 323 | 2.39 | 83.7 91.6 82.7 86.0 | 72.1 72.0 72.1 72.1 | 72.0 72.5 72.2 71.6 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.68 | 86.1 88.9 82.9 90.3 | 89.1 90.2 91.3 90.5 | 92.6 90.3 91.3 90.0 Chemical 325 | 10.88 | 78.4 85.7 80.9 81.1 | 75.4 75.9 76.6 76.2 | 76.8 76.2 76.3 76.1 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.40 | 83.7 91.1 77.1 92.2 | 83.4 83.2 83.5 84.5 | 83.5 84.5 84.0 84.8 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 4.28 | 84.9 90.5 80.4 83.9 | 87.0 87.6 87.6 89.2 | 88.6 89.8 88.6 89.3 | | | | Mining 21 | 6.99 | 87.1 85.8 83.5 89.1 | 86.6 86.3 85.6 87.2 | 86.7 86.6 87.1 87.8 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.92 | 86.8 92.8 84.2 93.9 | 85.1 83.7 85.4 85.4 | 87.2 85.1 84.1 87.1 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 5.49 | 78.3 81.0 74.3 86.4 | 69.7 69.9 69.8 71.7 | 70.1 71.6 71.9 71.7 Computer and peripheral equipment 3341 | 1.17 | 78.4 80.2 67.5 85.0 | 74.2 73.7 75.9 77.6 | 76.6 77.2 77.6 77.9 Communications equipment 3342 | 1.83 | 76.0 80.8 73.4 87.4 | 53.7 56.7 58.8 62.3 | 59.7 62.3 62.6 62.0 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 2.50 | 81.1 82.8 77.5 90.4 | 80.5 78.5 75.6 76.5 | 75.3 76.4 76.6 76.5 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 94.51 | 81.1 85.5 78.8 84.8 | 78.6 78.9 79.6 80.1 | 80.1 80.0 80.0 80.2 Manufacturing 1 | 78.59 | 79.9 86.0 77.3 84.2 | 77.2 77.8 78.5 78.9 | 78.8 78.9 79.0 78.8 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 10.28 | 86.4 88.9 84.8 89.3 | 85.8 85.7 85.5 86.4 | 86.4 86.2 86.3 86.7 Primary and semifinished | 47.74 | 82.1 86.5 77.5 87.8 | 79.8 79.7 80.2 80.4 | 80.7 80.5 80.1 80.6 Finished | 41.98 | 77.9 83.1 77.2 80.5 | 74.1 74.9 76.0 76.6 | 76.2 76.3 76.9 76.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.