Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2007 | 2007 1982 1989 1991 1995 2002| 2007 | 2008 Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. Low High Low High Low| Oct. | May[r] June[r] July[r] Aug.[r] Sept.[r] Oct.[p] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 70.9 85.0 78.6 85.1 73.6 | 80.9 | 79.6 79.6 79.6 78.5 75.5 76.4 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 13.93 | 86.6 78.2 88.3 84.4 89.5 81.9 | 87.8 | 89.6 88.8 89.7 89.4 80.1 85.6 Primary and semifinished | | 47.15 | 82.2 67.9 86.4 77.8 88.2 74.6 | 81.4 | 79.6 79.6 79.3 77.9 75.9 76.5 Finished | | 38.92 | 77.7 71.0 82.8 77.1 80.4 69.9 | 77.6 | 75.9 76.1 76.0 75.1 73.3 72.7 | | | | | Industry Groups | | | | | Manufacturing | | 80.83 | 79.7 68.5 85.4 77.1 84.6 71.5 | 79.3 | 77.6 77.4 77.2 76.4 73.5 73.8 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 77.04 | 79.5 67.8 85.3 77.0 84.7 71.0 | 79.3 | 77.6 77.4 77.3 76.4 73.4 73.8 Durable manufacturing | | 41.25 | 78.0 62.9 84.6 73.5 84.2 68.1 | 77.8 | 75.3 75.4 75.5 74.2 71.8 70.3 Wood products | 321 | 1.36 | 79.9 59.4 87.3 72.7 87.9 70.7 | 71.3 | 66.3 65.9 65.5 65.0 63.1 60.5 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.35 | 79.4 62.9 85.4 71.7 84.0 74.9 | 78.7 | 75.2 74.3 75.1 74.4 72.6 72.1 Primary metal | 331 | 2.64 | 80.9 46.9 93.8 75.0 95.8 68.5 | 82.9 | 82.0 82.2 83.7 82.0 77.9 74.1 Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | 1.24 | 82.4 38.0 97.9 71.3 100.3 69.5 | 87.7 | 85.9 86.4 90.2 87.4 78.9 70.9 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.64 | 77.5 61.8 81.7 72.7 85.5 69.5 | 81.3 | 79.7 78.6 78.3 78.7 77.8 76.6 Machinery | 333 | 5.15 | 78.7 58.0 85.3 74.0 87.6 63.7 | 78.0 | 74.4 74.2 73.5 74.6 72.7 71.4 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 7.82 | 78.3 77.4 81.9 76.7 83.7 58.2 | 77.6 | 78.4 78.1 77.7 76.8 75.4 74.4 Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | 1.13 | 77.9 67.1 79.7 69.8 86.3 66.8 | 78.2 | 80.8 80.2 79.3 78.2 77.0 75.5 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.45 | 75.7 84.8 85.3 76.9 82.8 40.4 | 80.4 | 82.8 82.5 82.1 81.6 81.2 80.3 Semiconductor and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.35 | 80.8 76.7 82.9 78.0 92.2 57.4 | 81.9 | 79.2 78.5 78.5 76.4 74.1 72.1 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.87 | 83.2 64.6 89.1 77.0 93.1 72.0 | 82.9 | 83.6 83.6 83.2 82.3 80.1 80.4 Transportation equipment | 336 | 9.51 | 75.5 56.1 86.7 67.7 79.8 69.1 | 75.0 | 69.2 71.2 71.8 67.0 62.1 60.0 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.82 | 77.4 44.9 89.5 56.0 89.0 69.7 | 72.0 | 63.3 65.9 67.7 60.1 60.9 58.7 Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 2.59 | 77.6 39.7 94.5 53.5 89.5 74.7 | 69.3 | 57.2 63.0 66.3 54.1 56.2 52.6 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.69 | 72.7 69.0 87.4 81.0 68.8 62.8 | 79.9 | 78.4 79.4 78.3 77.7 64.2 62.2 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.53 | 78.6 65.7 82.2 67.6 83.2 68.2 | 77.1 | 71.9 71.4 70.7 68.0 66.9 65.0 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.38 | 76.6 68.9 82.5 77.3 81.2 70.5 | 74.9 | 73.9 73.4 73.6 75.0 73.5 73.3 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 35.78 | 81.6 75.4 86.7 81.4 85.4 74.8 | 81.0 | 80.3 79.7 79.5 79.0 75.3 77.6 Food | 311 | 7.92 | 82.4 80.3 85.8 83.4 84.1 77.3 | 84.3 | 84.7 84.6 84.0 84.1 83.9 84.5 Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 2.76 | 79.0 78.0 86.9 73.9 86.0 64.9 | 73.1 | 69.5 68.2 67.8 67.2 66.5 66.4 Textile mills | 313 | .55 | 81.9 72.3 91.4 77.8 93.6 66.0 | 69.3 | 66.8 65.1 65.6 68.0 66.0 65.4 Textile product mills | 314 | .52 | 82.0 70.4 90.7 75.4 88.7 73.2 | 68.4 | 65.8 65.9 66.0 65.2 64.5 64.7 Apparel | 315 | .55 | 78.9 76.5 84.6 77.2 88.8 60.8 | 72.7 | 70.8 72.0 73.3 73.8 73.1 72.1 Leather and allied products | 316 | .11 | 75.3 75.9 78.8 70.2 81.6 53.9 | 70.5 | 74.1 76.9 76.4 77.5 78.9 77.5 Paper | 322 | 2.50 | 87.6 81.4 92.6 86.1 92.4 78.5 | 81.3 | 83.5 82.0 81.3 82.0 79.2 78.9 Printing and support | 323 | 2.00 | 83.5 80.4 91.7 82.6 86.5 72.6 | 76.4 | 74.3 72.1 70.8 71.8 70.9 70.4 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 4.21 | 85.9 68.8 88.2 82.4 90.5 83.8 | 89.0 | 90.9 90.2 90.4 89.0 81.5 89.6 Chemical | 325 | 11.69 | 78.3 67.9 85.0 79.9 81.2 69.4 | 79.0 | 77.5 77.0 76.7 75.8 69.4 72.9 Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .86 | 87.0 65.5 91.8 79.5 101.6 80.6 | 89.4 | 86.3 87.1 84.0 82.2 Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .09 | 76.3 54.6 94.0 71.9 86.4 54.6 | 68.7 | 76.0 77.6 76.4 75.3 68.7 71.1 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | | and filaments | 32522 | .11 | 81.5 63.1 94.1 75.7 90.9 57.3 | 84.3 | 71.9 74.4 72.1 67.1 70.2 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 2.98 | 83.6 71.8 89.8 76.4 91.8 74.6 | 84.6 | 81.1 81.7 81.8 80.2 79.1 77.4 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.79 | 84.5 86.7 91.1 80.4 83.0 80.3 | 79.4 | 76.1 76.0 74.9 74.4 74.1 73.8 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 9.90 | 87.5 79.6 86.3 83.6 88.7 84.8 | 88.7 | 90.8 90.8 92.1 91.8 84.0 89.0 Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 6.16 | 92.1 89.5 91.9 89.6 94.8 89.8 | 93.4 | 95.6 95.5 97.0 96.1 84.1 91.6 Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 1.91 | 83.8 67.6 90.3 80.0 86.9 78.7 | 79.0 | 78.3 77.5 78.5 79.0 78.3 80.1 Coal mining | 2121 | .66 | 86.0 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.0 78.8 | 85.5 | 87.4 80.7 85.9 88.2 86.8 Metal mining | 2122 | .58 | 78.6 32.5 91.2 80.9 90.0 66.3 | 77.9 | 82.9 85.7 84.5 87.1 85.2 83.7 Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .67 | 82.8 63.6 89.2 75.9 90.8 78.9 | 73.5 | 65.6 67.4 66.1 63.0 63.8 68.6 Support activities for mining | 213 | 1.84 | 75.2 53.3 63.0 53.1 76.6 64.9 | 83.2 | 86.7 88.1 88.4 89.8 91.6 89.7 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.27 | 86.8 77.7 92.7 84.1 93.9 84.6 | 86.0 | 84.5 85.9 85.2 81.5 83.3 83.5 Electric | 2211 | 7.55 | 88.3 78.5 94.1 87.1 96.6 87.3 | 88.3 | 84.6 86.9 86.0 81.7 83.7 84.0 Natural gas | 2212 | 1.72 | 79.9 72.9 86.5 67.4 87.6 70.4 | 73.8 | 82.7 80.7 80.9 79.8 80.9 80.8 | | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 4.93 | 78.1 75.1 81.7 75.3 85.6 55.9 | 80.6 | 80.5 79.9 79.5 78.1 76.6 75.0 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | industries | | 75.90 | 79.8 68.0 85.8 77.2 84.5 72.8 | 79.2 | 77.4 77.2 77.1 76.2 73.3 73.7 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | and motor vehicles and pts. | | 70.08 | 80.0 69.4 85.5 79.1 84.2 72.6 | 79.8 | 78.5 78.1 77.8 77.5 74.3 74.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ r Revised. p Preliminary.