Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 1972- 1988- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2006 | 2006 89 95 02| 2007 | 2007 Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. High High Low| Q1 Q2 Q3 r Q4 | Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 85.0 85.1 73.6 | 81.3 81.7 82.0 81.5 | 81.9 81.4 81.6 81.4 | | | | | Manufacturing<1> | | 82.52 | 79.8 85.4 84.6 71.6 | 79.8 80.3 80.6 79.8 | 80.4 79.8 79.8 79.7 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 78.53 | 79.6 85.3 84.7 71.0 | 79.6 80.0 80.4 79.6 | 80.1 79.6 79.7 79.5 | | | | | Durable manufacturing | | 42.55 | 78.0 84.5 84.2 68.1 | 77.7 78.4 79.0 78.0 | 78.5 78.0 78.1 78.0 Wood products | 321 | 1.41 | 80.2 88.2 87.7 71.0 | 73.1 74.6 73.8 70.2 | 72.5 70.5 69.6 70.5 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.34 | 79.5 85.1 84.1 75.8 | 78.0 78.6 80.1 78.9 | 80.1 79.3 79.6 77.9 Primary metal | 331 | 2.86 | 80.8 93.8 95.6 68.5 | 84.4 87.0 87.3 86.3 | 85.0 85.8 87.0 86.0 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.63 | 77.3 81.6 85.1 69.2 | 79.9 80.6 81.2 80.9 | 81.3 81.3 81.0 80.3 Machinery | 333 | 5.14 | 78.7 85.2 87.6 63.7 | 78.4 78.6 79.5 78.4 | 80.1 78.8 78.2 78.2 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 8.43 | 78.3 81.4 84.3 58.6 | 75.3 74.3 74.5 73.8 | 73.9 73.7 74.0 73.7 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.90 | 83.2 89.1 93.1 71.8 | 85.0 86.2 86.3 84.9 | 86.2 84.6 85.1 84.9 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.92 | 77.5 89.7 89.0 68.9 | 73.6 76.7 77.8 76.0 | 76.2 75.3 76.4 76.3 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.96 | 72.5 87.1 68.5 62.8 | 80.3 80.6 82.2 82.9 | 82.4 82.3 82.8 83.6 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.61 | 78.5 82.2 82.9 67.8 | 76.6 76.7 77.8 76.4 | 76.9 76.5 76.8 75.9 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.36 | 76.7 82.5 81.3 70.6 | 78.3 79.1 78.6 77.9 | 78.9 78.1 77.1 78.3 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 35.98 | 81.7 86.8 85.4 74.9 | 82.0 82.0 82.1 81.4 | 82.1 81.5 81.5 81.3 Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 10.67 | 81.6 85.9 84.1 75.6 | 82.6 83.0 82.9 81.8 | 82.9 82.2 81.4 81.8 Textile and product mills | 313,4 | 1.09 | 82.3 91.2 91.4 68.8 | 74.6 75.6 72.5 71.1 | 71.7 71.8 70.7 70.9 Apparel and leather | 315,6 | .70 | 78.7 84.3 87.1 59.5 | 74.9 75.2 74.3 74.2 | 73.9 73.7 73.9 75.1 Paper | 322 | 2.46 | 87.8 92.5 92.0 78.9 | 84.3 84.1 84.1 83.2 | 83.8 82.6 83.9 83.0 Printing and support | 323 | 2.08 | 83.7 91.8 86.4 72.7 | 80.6 78.4 77.4 77.1 | 77.9 77.1 77.3 76.9 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 3.77 | 86.2 89.0 90.6 83.7 | 92.3 90.7 91.3 90.3 | 91.5 90.2 90.7 90.0 Chemical | 325 | 12.01 | 78.3 85.1 81.4 70.2 | 77.8 78.0 78.4 78.1 | 78.4 78.0 78.3 77.9 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.20 | 83.9 89.8 91.9 75.1 | 85.4 86.7 87.2 86.9 | 87.5 86.7 87.5 86.4 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.99 | 84.7 91.0 83.3 81.3 | 84.0 84.3 83.8 83.2 | 84.2 83.4 83.1 83.2 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 8.25 | 87.4 86.1 88.9 84.8 | 90.0 89.9 90.8 91.8 | 91.2 91.2 92.1 92.1 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.23 | 86.7 92.7 93.7 83.8 | 86.4 85.8 86.2 86.4 | 86.6 86.6 86.5 86.2 | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 5.48 | 78.0 80.8 87.4 56.2 | 77.9 77.4 78.5 77.6 | 77.9 77.8 77.8 77.3 Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | 1.39 | 78.1 79.9 84.2 62.8 | 82.3 85.2 83.0 79.5 | 81.5 79.8 79.6 79.0 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.29 | 75.4 80.8 86.6 40.2 | 77.6 78.6 79.6 81.4 | 79.9 79.5 82.9 81.8 Semiconductors and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.80 | 80.6 82.9 93.5 58.1 | 75.6 72.9 75.8 75.2 | 75.1 76.0 74.9 74.7 | | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | | industries | | | | | Total industry | | 94.52 | 81.2 85.4 85.0 74.7 | 81.7 82.1 82.4 81.9 | 82.4 81.9 82.0 81.9 Manufacturing<1> | | 77.04 | 79.9 85.9 84.5 72.8 | 80.2 80.7 81.0 80.2 | 80.8 80.2 80.3 80.1 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 12.41 | 86.5 88.1 89.5 82.0 | 88.7 89.2 89.7 90.1 | 90.0 89.4 90.6 90.3 Primary and semifinished | | 48.00 | 82.2 86.5 88.2 74.6 | 82.2 82.2 82.7 81.9 | 82.6 82.0 82.1 81.7 Finished | | 39.59 | 77.8 82.8 80.5 70.0 | 78.0 78.6 78.8 78.1 | 78.6 78.2 78.0 78.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.