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| Dec. | July[r] Aug.[r] Sept.[r] Oct.[r] Nov.[r] Dec.[p] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 70.9 85.0 78.6 85.1 73.6 | 81.0 | 79.4 78.3 75.0 76.3 75.2 73.6 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 13.93 | 86.6 78.2 88.3 84.4 89.5 81.9 | 90.2 | 89.8 89.3 79.3 85.7 85.7 83.9 Primary and semifinished | | 47.15 | 82.2 67.9 86.4 77.8 88.2 74.6 | 81.0 | 79.2 77.8 75.3 76.5 74.1 72.1 Finished | | 38.92 | 77.7 71.0 82.8 77.1 80.4 69.9 | 77.7 | 75.7 74.7 73.0 72.4 72.4 71.4 | | | | | Industry Groups | | | | | Manufacturing | | 80.83 | 79.7 68.5 85.4 77.1 84.6 71.5 | 79.2 | 77.1 76.2 73.1 73.7 71.9 70.2 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 77.04 | 79.5 67.8 85.3 77.0 84.7 71.0 | 79.2 | 77.2 76.3 73.1 73.6 71.8 70.1 Durable manufacturing | | 41.25 | 78.0 62.9 84.6 73.5 84.2 68.1 | 77.7 | 75.2 74.0 71.4 69.6 67.8 65.9 Wood products | 321 | 1.36 | 79.9 59.4 87.3 72.7 87.9 70.7 | 69.6 | 65.3 64.8 62.1 58.7 57.4 54.5 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.35 | 79.4 62.9 85.4 71.7 84.0 74.9 | 76.3 | 75.1 74.3 72.3 72.5 68.8 68.1 Primary metal | 331 | 2.64 | 80.9 46.9 93.8 75.0 95.8 68.5 | 84.9 | 83.7 82.5 78.0 71.9 63.4 57.4 Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | 1.24 | 82.4 38.0 97.9 71.3 100.3 69.5 | 92.0 | 90.3 87.6 78.6 66.1 51.3 40.9 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.64 | 77.5 61.8 81.7 72.7 85.5 69.5 | 81.1 | 78.3 78.6 77.7 76.1 74.1 71.0 Machinery | 333 | 5.15 | 78.7 58.0 85.3 74.0 87.6 63.7 | 76.5 | 73.3 74.4 71.9 70.6 68.7 66.6 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 7.82 | 78.3 77.4 81.9 76.7 83.7 58.2 | 77.9 | 77.3 76.2 74.6 72.8 69.6 67.2 Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | 1.13 | 77.9 67.1 79.7 69.8 86.3 66.8 | 78.9 | 76.1 73.9 71.1 68.7 66.1 63.1 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.45 | 75.7 84.8 85.3 76.9 82.8 40.4 | 81.6 | 80.3 78.4 78.0 78.0 75.0 74.0 Semiconductor and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.35 | 80.8 76.7 82.9 78.0 92.2 57.4 | 80.3 | 79.5 78.5 76.3 72.0 64.4 59.0 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.87 | 83.2 64.6 89.1 77.0 93.1 72.0 | 84.0 | 83.2 82.3 79.3 79.4 77.0 74.3 Transportation equipment | 336 | 9.51 | 75.5 56.1 86.7 67.7 79.8 69.1 | 75.5 | 71.4 66.8 62.1 59.9 62.0 62.2 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.82 | 77.4 44.9 89.5 56.0 89.0 69.7 | 72.4 | 67.4 60.1 60.9 58.6 57.1 53.0 Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 2.59 | 77.6 39.7 94.5 53.5 89.5 74.7 | 70.7 | 65.8 54.1 56.1 52.6 50.8 44.0 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.69 | 72.7 69.0 87.4 81.0 68.8 62.8 | 80.4 | 77.8 77.2 64.2 62.1 69.7 76.3 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.53 | 78.6 65.7 82.2 67.6 83.2 68.2 | 76.0 | 70.7 68.0 66.9 64.7 61.5 59.8 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.38 | 76.6 68.9 82.5 77.3 81.2 70.5 | 75.0 | 73.6 75.0 73.5 73.1 71.5 70.4 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 35.78 | 81.6 75.4 86.7 81.4 85.4 74.8 | 81.0 | 79.4 78.9 75.0 78.1 76.3 74.7 Food | 311 | 7.92 | 82.4 80.3 85.8 83.4 84.1 77.3 | 84.7 | 84.1 84.0 83.7 85.0 85.0 82.8 Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 2.76 | 79.0 78.0 86.9 73.9 86.0 64.9 | 69.8 | 67.4 66.2 67.0 65.5 66.5 66.3 Textile mills | 313 | .55 | 81.9 72.3 91.4 77.8 93.6 66.0 | 68.8 | 65.6 68.2 65.6 64.9 61.0 58.7 Textile product mills | 314 | .52 | 82.0 70.4 90.7 75.4 88.7 73.2 | 69.0 | 66.0 65.2 64.2 64.4 62.8 61.1 Apparel | 315 | .55 | 78.9 76.5 84.6 77.2 88.8 60.8 | 74.5 | 73.3 73.9 72.8 71.5 72.7 72.6 Leather and allied products | 316 | .11 | 75.3 75.9 78.8 70.2 81.6 53.9 | 72.8 | 75.5 77.5 78.2 73.8 70.8 70.4 Paper | 322 | 2.50 | 87.6 81.4 92.6 86.1 92.4 78.5 | 84.1 | 81.3 82.0 79.2 77.7 76.2 74.6 Printing and support | 323 | 2.00 | 83.5 80.4 91.7 82.6 86.5 72.6 | 76.3 | 70.8 71.8 71.1 70.8 69.9 67.9 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 4.21 | 85.9 68.8 88.2 82.4 90.5 83.8 | 88.8 | 90.4 89.0 79.4 91.4 88.6 88.0 Chemical | 325 | 11.69 | 78.3 67.9 85.0 79.9 81.2 69.4 | 78.9 | 76.6 75.8 69.5 73.8 70.7 68.8 Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .86 | 87.0 65.5 91.8 79.5 101.6 80.6 | 89.5 | 84.0 82.2 58.0 79.3 Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .09 | 76.3 54.6 94.0 71.9 86.4 54.6 | 71.4 | 76.4 75.3 68.7 66.1 69.5 67.7 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | | and filaments | 32522 | .11 | 81.5 63.1 94.1 75.7 90.9 57.3 | 78.2 | 72.1 67.1 70.0 66.8 57.4 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 2.98 | 83.6 71.8 89.8 76.4 91.8 74.6 | 84.2 | 81.8 80.2 78.6 76.6 74.1 72.0 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.79 | 84.5 86.7 91.1 80.4 83.0 80.3 | 79.0 | 74.9 74.4 74.1 74.3 73.9 72.3 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 9.90 | 87.5 79.6 86.3 83.6 88.7 84.8 | 90.9 | 92.1 91.6 82.9 88.9 90.8 89.3 Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 6.16 | 92.1 89.5 91.9 89.6 94.8 89.8 | 95.8 | 97.0 95.8 82.4 91.3 95.0 95.3 Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 1.91 | 83.8 67.6 90.3 80.0 86.9 78.7 | 78.7 | 78.6 79.1 78.6 80.6 78.5 74.5 Coal mining | 2121 | .66 | 86.0 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.0 78.8 | 86.4 | 85.9 88.2 86.8 88.4 87.2 Metal mining | 2122 | .58 | 78.6 32.5 91.2 80.9 90.0 66.3 | 78.4 | 84.2 86.3 84.8 83.7 83.1 80.9 Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .67 | 82.8 63.6 89.2 75.9 90.8 78.9 | 71.7 | 66.6 63.9 65.3 70.5 66.0 58.1 Support activities for mining | 213 | 1.84 | 75.2 53.3 63.0 53.1 76.6 64.9 | 86.6 | 88.4 89.7 91.6 90.1 88.5 82.2 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.27 | 86.8 77.7 92.7 84.1 93.9 84.6 | 85.5 | 84.9 80.9 82.0 83.6 84.3 84.0 Electric | 2211 | 7.55 | 88.3 78.5 94.1 87.1 96.6 87.3 | 85.9 | 86.0 81.5 83.0 83.8 85.0 84.6 Natural gas | 2212 | 1.72 | 79.9 72.9 86.5 67.4 87.6 70.4 | 82.2 | 79.6 77.4 76.7 82.2 80.5 80.6 | | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 4.93 | 78.1 75.1 81.7 75.3 85.6 55.9 | 80.4 | 78.7 77.2 75.4 72.8 67.7 64.2 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | industries | | 75.90 | 79.8 68.0 85.8 77.2 84.5 72.8 | 79.2 | 77.0 76.2 73.0 73.7 72.2 70.5 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | and motor vehicles and pts. | | 70.08 | 80.0 69.4 85.5 79.1 84.2 72.6 | 79.7 | 77.8 77.4 74.0 74.9 73.4 71.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ r Revised. p Preliminary.