Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1972- 1988- 1994- 2001-| | | 2004 | 2004 89 95 02| 2004 2005 | 2005 Item | Proportion| Ave. High High Low| Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 r | Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.0 85.1 85.0 73.9 | 79.4 79.9 79.9 79.8 | 80.3 78.9 79.8 80.2 | | | | Manufacturing | 84.35 | 79.8 85.5 84.5 72.0 | 78.2 78.7 78.5 78.5 | 78.8 78.1 79.4 79.4 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 80.13 | 79.6 85.5 84.6 71.5 | 77.8 78.3 78.1 78.1 | 78.4 77.7 79.0 79.2 | | | | Durable manufacturing | 45.97 | 78.1 84.6 84.1 68.4 | 76.3 76.9 76.6 77.1 | 77.4 77.1 78.9 78.5 Wood products 321 | 1.58 | 80.1 88.5 88.2 71.0 | 81.0 81.7 80.6 80.8 | 79.9 81.8 85.1 84.4 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.17 | 79.4 85.2 84.3 75.7 | 82.4 81.3 81.0 80.8 | 80.5 81.4 82.7 83.4 Primary metal 331 | 2.40 | 80.4 94.9 94.8 68.8 | 85.0 83.0 79.1 79.4 | 79.2 81.9 82.1 83.0 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.19 | 77.1 81.7 85.1 68.9 | 73.9 74.2 74.3 74.6 | 74.7 74.7 76.2 76.1 Machinery 333 | 5.56 | 78.7 85.3 87.5 63.4 | 78.3 79.0 79.4 80.1 | 79.1 80.5 82.7 83.0 Computer and electronic products 334 | 9.13 | 78.6 81.5 83.7 59.7 | 72.9 75.1 75.4 76.4 | 76.7 76.6 76.9 77.6 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.09 | 83.2 89.0 93.0 71.7 | 81.1 81.7 82.3 85.0 | 84.8 86.2 88.2 88.6 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 7.32 | 77.5 89.3 88.9 70.1 | 80.5 80.7 79.1 80.8 | 81.1 82.8 82.1 78.0 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.31 | 72.6 87.3 68.7 62.7 | 65.2 66.6 68.8 65.7 | 69.5 58.5 70.4 71.5 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.82 | 78.7 82.2 83.4 69.5 | 75.1 75.1 73.5 73.8 | 73.5 74.6 73.6 73.2 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.39 | 76.6 82.4 81.3 70.5 | 76.7 77.5 77.3 78.2 | 78.5 78.5 79.1 78.3 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.17 | 81.7 86.9 85.3 75.6 | 79.9 80.1 80.1 79.5 | 79.7 78.6 79.2 80.1 Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 11.08 | 81.8 85.9 84.1 76.7 | 79.4 79.8 80.4 80.7 | 80.3 80.7 81.0 80.8 Textile and product mills 313,4 | 1.25 | 82.8 91.5 91.2 70.1 | 75.1 75.8 74.9 77.1 | 76.9 77.5 78.4 79.0 Apparel and leather 315,6 | .93 | 79.3 84.2 88.2 60.4 | 72.9 73.5 74.0 77.3 | 77.2 78.6 78.2 79.6 Paper 322 | 2.63 | 87.8 93.6 91.5 79.5 | 85.5 86.0 84.2 83.2 | 83.1 83.3 85.3 84.8 Printing and support 323 | 2.29 | 84.0 91.9 86.3 72.1 | 74.9 75.6 75.5 76.5 | 76.1 76.8 77.2 77.9 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.79 | 85.9 89.0 90.6 84.1 | 93.4 93.4 93.8 90.1 | 91.4 86.1 85.1 89.9 Chemical 325 | 10.81 | 78.3 85.0 81.1 71.4 | 77.4 77.1 76.8 74.7 | 75.7 71.8 73.1 74.6 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.39 | 83.5 89.5 92.4 75.0 | 85.0 85.5 85.3 86.6 | 86.2 88.2 87.8 89.2 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 4.22 | 84.7 91.0 83.2 81.2 | 84.9 86.8 87.1 85.5 | 85.6 85.1 85.4 84.7 | | | | Mining 21 | 6.78 | 87.3 86.1 89.0 85.6 | 88.3 89.4 89.6 85.9 | 88.6 80.1 80.0 83.8 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.87 | 86.8 92.7 93.7 83.7 | 84.4 83.9 85.2 87.7 | 88.2 86.8 85.1 85.4 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 5.94 | 78.2 80.9 86.1 57.4 | 72.8 75.3 74.7 75.3 | 75.6 75.5 75.0 75.5 Computer and peripheral equipment 3341 | 1.03 | 78.2 80.2 84.2 64.7 | 76.3 77.3 78.6 79.0 | 79.0 79.3 79.3 79.5 Communications equipment 3342 | 1.78 | 76.0 80.7 85.9 41.1 | 58.6 62.1 64.0 68.9 | 68.6 70.5 72.8 74.4 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 3.13 | 80.6 82.7 91.1 58.6 | 79.4 81.7 78.9 77.3 | 78.1 76.8 74.8 75.0 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 94.06 | 81.2 85.5 85.0 75.0 | 79.8 80.2 80.3 80.2 | 80.7 79.2 80.2 80.6 Manufacturing 1 | 78.41 | 79.9 86.0 84.4 73.1 | 78.6 79.0 78.9 78.9 | 79.2 78.5 79.9 79.9 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 9.99 | 86.4 88.3 89.4 83.2 | 87.8 88.5 88.0 84.0 | 86.8 77.8 78.5 82.6 Primary and semifinished | 47.75 | 82.2 86.7 88.1 74.6 | 81.3 81.5 81.3 81.7 | 81.8 81.6 81.9 82.1 Finished | 42.26 | 77.9 82.8 80.5 70.8 | 75.3 76.1 76.4 76.8 | 77.1 76.5 78.1 77.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.