Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 1972- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2007 | 2007 95 02| 2008 | 2008 Item | NAICS | proportion| ave. high low| Q1 Q2[r] Q3[p] | Apr.[r] May[r] June[r] July[r] Aug.[r] Sept.[p] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 85.1 73.6 | 80.7 79.7 78.2 | 79.9 79.7 79.7 79.6 78.7 76.4 | | | | | Manufacturing<1> | | 80.83 | 79.7 84.6 71.5 | 78.7 77.6 76.1 | 77.7 77.6 77.5 77.3 76.6 74.5 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 77.04 | 79.5 84.7 71.0 | 78.7 77.7 76.2 | 77.7 77.7 77.5 77.5 76.6 74.5 | | | | | Durable manufacturing | | 41.25 | 78.0 84.2 68.1 | 77.1 75.4 74.0 | 75.6 75.3 75.4 75.5 74.3 72.3 Wood products | 321 | 1.36 | 79.9 87.9 70.7 | 67.7 66.3 65.0 | 66.8 66.3 65.9 65.3 66.0 63.9 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.35 | 79.4 84.0 74.9 | 76.1 75.0 74.2 | 75.2 75.4 74.4 75.2 74.6 73.0 Primary metal | 331 | 2.64 | 80.9 95.8 68.5 | 85.5 82.5 82.3 | 83.6 81.9 82.1 83.7 82.0 81.3 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.64 | 77.5 85.5 69.5 | 81.3 79.6 78.3 | 80.4 79.7 78.6 78.3 78.6 77.9 Machinery | 333 | 5.15 | 78.7 87.6 63.7 | 76.6 74.4 73.4 | 74.6 74.4 74.2 73.5 74.6 72.1 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 7.82 | 78.3 83.7 58.2 | 77.9 78.5 77.2 | 78.9 78.4 78.1 77.8 77.1 76.5 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.87 | 83.2 93.1 72.0 | 83.3 83.4 81.6 | 83.1 83.6 83.6 83.3 81.5 80.1 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.82 | 77.4 89.0 69.7 | 69.7 64.2 63.0 | 63.1 63.4 66.1 67.8 60.1 61.2 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.69 | 72.7 68.8 62.8 | 79.9 78.8 74.1 | 78.7 78.3 79.4 78.8 78.3 65.2 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.53 | 78.6 83.2 68.2 | 73.5 71.7 68.6 | 72.0 71.9 71.4 70.7 68.0 67.0 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.38 | 76.6 81.2 70.5 | 74.3 73.7 73.8 | 73.8 73.9 73.4 73.6 74.6 73.3 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 35.78 | 81.6 85.4 74.8 | 80.6 80.2 78.6 | 80.2 80.4 79.9 79.7 79.3 77.0 Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 10.68 | 81.5 84.0 75.7 | 80.9 80.9 79.7 | 81.1 80.8 80.7 79.9 79.7 79.5 Textile and product mills | 313,4 | 1.08 | 82.0 91.8 68.9 | 67.3 66.0 65.6 | 66.1 66.4 65.6 65.8 65.8 65.3 Apparel and leather | 315,6 | .66 | 78.4 87.5 60.2 | 73.1 72.1 74.6 | 72.1 71.3 72.8 73.8 74.8 75.2 Paper | 322 | 2.50 | 87.6 92.4 78.5 | 82.1 82.2 81.4 | 81.2 83.5 82.0 81.3 82.0 80.9 Printing and support | 323 | 2.00 | 83.5 86.5 72.6 | 75.4 73.7 71.0 | 74.7 74.3 72.1 70.8 71.7 70.5 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 4.21 | 85.9 90.5 83.8 | 90.6 90.6 87.4 | 90.6 90.9 90.2 90.4 90.0 81.7 Chemical | 325 | 11.69 | 78.3 81.2 69.4 | 78.1 77.6 76.0 | 77.5 77.9 77.4 77.3 76.5 74.2 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 2.98 | 83.6 91.8 74.6 | 82.4 81.3 80.4 | 81.0 81.1 81.7 81.8 80.5 78.8 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.79 | 84.5 83.0 80.3 | 78.4 76.2 75.1 | 76.6 76.1 76.0 74.9 75.3 75.2 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 9.90 | 87.5 88.7 84.8 | 90.5 90.8 89.9 | 90.7 90.9 90.9 92.3 92.2 85.0 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.27 | 86.8 93.9 84.6 | 87.1 85.6 82.8 | 86.5 84.5 85.9 84.0 81.3 82.9 | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 4.93 | 78.1 85.6 55.9 | 80.1 80.6 78.8 | 81.5 80.5 79.9 79.6 78.7 78.1 Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | 1.13 | 77.9 86.3 66.8 | 80.5 81.0 79.8 | 81.3 81.1 80.5 79.9 79.7 79.8 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.45 | 75.7 82.8 40.4 | 80.3 82.8 81.9 | 83.1 82.8 82.5 82.2 81.8 81.8 Semiconductors and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.35 | 80.8 92.2 57.4 | 80.0 79.4 76.9 | 80.8 79.1 78.4 78.3 76.8 75.7 | | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | | industries | | | | | Total industry | | 95.07 | 81.2 85.0 74.8 | 80.7 79.7 78.2 | 79.8 79.6 79.7 79.6 78.7 76.3 Manufacturing<1> | | 75.90 | 79.8 84.5 72.8 | 78.6 77.4 76.0 | 77.5 77.5 77.3 77.2 76.4 74.3 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 13.93 | 86.6 89.5 81.9 | 89.5 89.4 88.2 | 89.2 89.9 89.2 90.4 90.4 83.7 Primary and semifinished | | 47.15 | 82.2 88.2 74.6 | 80.9 79.8 77.9 | 80.2 79.6 79.6 79.1 78.0 76.7 Finished | | 38.92 | 77.7 80.4 69.9 | 77.2 76.0 74.8 | 76.0 75.9 76.2 76.1 75.1 73.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [r] Revised. [p] Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.