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[r] | May[r] June[r] July[r] Aug.[r] Sept.[r] Oct.[p] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 85.1 73.6 | 80.7 79.7 77.9 | 79.6 79.6 79.6 78.5 75.5 76.4 | | | | | Manufacturing<1> | | 80.83 | 79.7 84.6 71.5 | 78.7 77.5 75.7 | 77.6 77.4 77.2 76.4 73.5 73.8 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 77.04 | 79.5 84.7 71.0 | 78.7 77.6 75.7 | 77.6 77.4 77.3 76.4 73.4 73.8 | | | | | Durable manufacturing | | 41.25 | 78.0 84.2 68.1 | 77.1 75.4 73.8 | 75.3 75.4 75.5 74.2 71.8 70.3 Wood products | 321 | 1.36 | 79.9 87.9 70.7 | 67.7 66.3 64.5 | 66.3 65.9 65.5 65.0 63.1 60.5 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.35 | 79.4 84.0 74.9 | 76.1 74.9 74.0 | 75.2 74.3 75.1 74.4 72.6 72.1 Primary metal | 331 | 2.64 | 80.9 95.8 68.5 | 85.5 82.6 81.2 | 82.0 82.2 83.7 82.0 77.9 74.1 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.64 | 77.5 85.5 69.5 | 81.3 79.6 78.3 | 79.7 78.6 78.3 78.7 77.8 76.6 Machinery | 333 | 5.15 | 78.7 87.6 63.7 | 76.6 74.4 73.6 | 74.4 74.2 73.5 74.6 72.7 71.4 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 7.82 | 78.3 83.7 58.2 | 77.9 78.5 76.6 | 78.4 78.1 77.7 76.8 75.4 74.4 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.87 | 83.2 93.1 72.0 | 83.3 83.4 81.9 | 83.6 83.6 83.2 82.3 80.1 80.4 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.82 | 77.4 89.0 69.7 | 69.7 64.1 62.9 | 63.3 65.9 67.7 60.1 60.9 58.7 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.69 | 72.7 68.8 62.8 | 79.9 78.8 73.4 | 78.4 79.4 78.3 77.7 64.2 62.2 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.53 | 78.6 83.2 68.2 | 73.5 71.7 68.5 | 71.9 71.4 70.7 68.0 66.9 65.0 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.38 | 76.6 81.2 70.5 | 74.3 73.7 74.1 | 73.9 73.4 73.6 75.0 73.5 73.3 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 35.78 | 81.6 85.4 74.8 | 80.6 80.1 77.9 | 80.3 79.7 79.5 79.0 75.3 77.6 Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 10.68 | 81.5 84.0 75.7 | 80.9 80.8 79.8 | 80.8 80.4 79.9 79.9 79.5 80.0 Textile and product mills | 313,4 | 1.08 | 82.0 91.8 68.9 | 67.3 66.0 65.9 | 66.4 65.6 65.9 66.6 65.3 65.1 Apparel and leather | 315,6 | .66 | 78.4 87.5 60.2 | 73.1 72.1 74.1 | 71.3 72.8 73.8 74.5 74.1 73.0 Paper | 322 | 2.50 | 87.6 92.4 78.5 | 82.1 82.2 80.8 | 83.5 82.0 81.3 82.0 79.2 78.9 Printing and support | 323 | 2.00 | 83.5 86.5 72.6 | 75.4 73.7 71.2 | 74.3 72.1 70.8 71.8 70.9 70.4 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 4.21 | 85.9 90.5 83.8 | 90.6 90.6 87.0 | 90.9 90.2 90.4 89.0 81.5 89.6 Chemical | 325 | 11.69 | 78.3 81.2 69.4 | 78.1 77.3 74.0 | 77.5 77.0 76.7 75.8 69.4 72.9 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 2.98 | 83.6 91.8 74.6 | 82.4 81.3 80.4 | 81.1 81.7 81.8 80.2 79.1 77.4 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.79 | 84.5 83.0 80.3 | 78.4 76.2 74.5 | 76.1 76.0 74.9 74.4 74.1 73.8 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 9.90 | 87.5 88.7 84.8 | 90.5 90.8 89.3 | 90.8 90.8 92.1 91.8 84.0 89.0 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.27 | 86.8 93.9 84.6 | 87.1 85.6 83.3 | 84.5 85.9 85.2 81.5 83.3 83.5 | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 4.93 | 78.1 85.6 55.9 | 80.1 80.6 78.1 | 80.5 79.9 79.5 78.1 76.6 75.0 Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | 1.13 | 77.9 86.3 66.8 | 80.5 80.8 78.2 | 80.8 80.2 79.3 78.2 77.0 75.5 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.45 | 75.7 82.8 40.4 | 80.3 82.8 81.6 | 82.8 82.5 82.1 81.6 81.2 80.3 Semiconductors and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.35 | 80.8 92.2 57.4 | 80.0 79.5 76.3 | 79.2 78.5 78.5 76.4 74.1 72.1 | | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | | industries | | | | | Total industry | | 95.07 | 81.2 85.0 74.8 | 80.7 79.7 77.8 | 79.6 79.6 79.6 78.5 75.4 76.4 Manufacturing<1> | | 75.90 | 79.8 84.5 72.8 | 78.6 77.4 75.5 | 77.4 77.2 77.1 76.2 73.3 73.7 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 13.93 | 86.6 89.5 81.9 | 89.5 89.2 86.4 | 89.6 88.8 89.7 89.4 80.1 85.6 Primary and semifinished | | 47.15 | 82.2 88.2 74.6 | 80.9 79.8 77.7 | 79.6 79.6 79.3 77.9 75.9 76.5 Finished | | 38.92 | 77.7 80.4 69.9 | 77.2 76.0 74.8 | 75.9 76.1 76.0 75.1 73.3 72.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [r] Revised. [p] Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.