Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2008 | 2008 1982 1989 1991 1995 2002| 2008 | 2008 2009 Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. Low High Low High Low| Feb. | Sept.[r] Oct.[r] Nov.[r] Dec.[r] Jan.[r] Feb.[p] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total industry | | 100.00 | 80.9 70.9 85.0 78.6 85.1 73.6 | 80.7 | 75.0 76.2 75.2 73.3 71.9 70.9 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 15.43 | 86.7 78.2 88.3 84.4 89.5 81.9 | 89.4 | 79.6 86.0 86.3 84.2 83.6 83.5 Primary and semifinished | | 46.72 | 82.1 67.9 86.4 77.8 88.2 74.6 | 81.0 | 75.2 76.2 74.2 71.7 70.4 68.3 Finished | | 37.85 | 77.6 71.0 82.8 77.1 80.4 69.9 | 77.0 | 73.2 72.3 72.0 70.9 69.2 69.1 | | | | | Industry Groups | | | | | Manufacturing | | 79.90 | 79.6 68.5 85.4 77.1 84.6 71.5 | 78.5 | 73.2 73.6 71.9 69.7 67.9 67.4 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 76.28 | 79.4 67.8 85.3 77.0 84.7 71.0 | 78.5 | 73.2 73.6 71.9 69.6 67.8 67.3 Durable manufacturing | | 39.56 | 77.9 62.9 84.6 73.5 84.2 68.1 | 76.9 | 71.4 69.6 67.9 65.8 62.5 61.7 Wood products | 321 | 1.24 | 79.5 59.4 87.3 72.7 87.9 70.7 | 67.2 | 61.9 58.7 57.2 53.0 50.4 49.1 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.29 | 79.2 62.9 85.4 71.7 84.0 74.9 | 75.4 | 72.2 72.1 68.4 66.3 63.0 61.9 Primary metal | 331 | 2.61 | 80.8 46.9 93.8 75.0 95.8 68.5 | 85.7 | 77.4 71.0 62.4 55.4 52.7 50.5 Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | 1.20 | 82.3 38.0 97.9 71.3 100.3 69.5 | 94.2 | 78.4 66.0 51.0 39.9 36.2 37.0 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.50 | 77.5 61.8 81.7 72.7 85.5 69.5 | 81.3 | 77.4 76.1 75.3 72.9 70.3 68.2 Machinery | 333 | 5.01 | 78.5 58.0 85.3 74.0 87.6 63.7 | 75.9 | 72.0 70.6 69.2 66.5 63.6 61.6 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 7.28 | 78.3 77.4 81.9 76.7 83.7 58.2 | 77.8 | 74.7 73.2 69.7 67.1 66.2 64.8 Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | 1.02 | 77.8 67.1 79.7 69.8 86.3 66.8 | 80.6 | 68.5 64.2 60.3 56.7 54.0 51.8 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.37 | 75.8 84.8 85.3 76.9 82.8 40.4 | 79.7 | 78.1 79.3 79.7 79.6 81.0 79.0 Semiconductor and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.14 | 80.7 76.7 82.9 78.0 92.2 57.4 | 79.9 | 77.4 73.7 64.5 57.8 55.9 52.8 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.87 | 83.2 64.6 89.1 77.0 93.1 72.0 | 82.4 | 79.9 79.5 78.2 75.4 73.9 71.5 Transportation equipment | 336 | 9.01 | 75.3 56.1 86.7 67.7 79.8 69.1 | 74.1 | 62.2 60.0 61.3 61.7 53.2 55.8 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.43 | 77.0 44.9 89.5 56.0 89.0 69.7 | 70.6 | 60.7 58.2 56.9 52.2 39.5 43.6 Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 2.39 | 77.0 39.7 94.5 53.5 89.5 74.7 | 68.4 | 56.0 51.9 50.5 43.6 25.2 31.7 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.58 | 72.7 69.0 87.4 81.0 68.8 62.8 | 79.5 | 64.7 63.0 68.2 76.2 74.0 74.2 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.43 | 78.3 65.7 82.2 67.6 83.2 68.2 | 73.2 | 67.0 65.1 62.4 61.5 60.8 58.5 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.31 | 76.5 68.9 82.5 77.3 81.2 70.5 | 73.4 | 73.5 73.0 72.1 70.4 70.3 69.3 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 36.72 | 81.5 75.4 86.7 81.4 85.4 74.8 | 80.3 | 75.3 78.1 76.2 73.8 73.6 73.3 Food | 311 | 8.04 | 82.4 80.3 85.8 83.4 84.1 77.3 | 84.5 | 83.9 84.7 84.4 82.1 82.2 82.2 Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 2.64 | 78.7 78.0 86.9 73.9 86.0 64.9 | 68.8 | 68.0 66.1 65.1 64.3 64.9 65.2 Textile mills | 313 | .50 | 81.5 72.3 91.4 77.8 93.6 66.0 | 67.8 | 65.3 64.7 61.7 57.4 58.8 56.1 Textile product mills | 314 | .50 | 81.5 70.4 90.7 75.4 88.7 73.2 | 67.1 | 64.3 64.1 62.9 61.1 60.3 58.5 Apparel | 315 | .49 | 78.7 76.5 84.6 77.2 88.8 60.8 | 73.4 | 72.6 71.6 70.1 68.7 66.1 65.8 Leather and allied products | 316 | .10 | 75.3 75.9 78.8 70.2 81.6 53.9 | 71.7 | 77.5 73.2 64.8 66.4 65.5 61.6 Paper | 322 | 2.43 | 87.4 81.4 92.6 86.1 92.4 78.5 | 81.1 | 79.2 77.7 74.0 70.1 70.4 69.1 Printing and support | 323 | 1.91 | 83.2 80.4 91.7 82.6 86.5 72.6 | 74.8 | 70.9 70.7 69.7 67.2 65.7 64.1 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 5.24 | 86.0 68.8 88.2 82.4 90.5 83.8 | 90.6 | 79.3 91.4 88.7 88.1 87.6 88.3 Chemical | 325 | 11.97 | 78.2 67.9 85.0 79.9 81.2 69.4 | 77.9 | 70.2 73.9 71.5 68.5 68.5 68.5 Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .90 | 86.8 65.5 91.8 79.5 101.6 80.6 | 84.0 | 58.0 79.3 69.9 63.5 61.9 Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .10 | 76.2 54.6 94.0 71.9 86.4 54.6 | 76.9 | 69.7 66.4 69.6 65.1 62.3 64.9 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | | and filaments | 32522 | .10 | 81.2 63.1 94.1 75.7 90.9 57.3 | 77.7 | 70.0 66.8 57.2 53.5 55.1 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 2.91 | 83.5 71.8 89.8 76.4 91.8 74.6 | 82.6 | 78.4 76.7 74.8 71.2 69.3 67.3 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.62 | 84.3 86.7 91.1 80.4 83.0 80.3 | 78.4 | 73.6 72.7 72.3 71.0 69.1 68.9 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 11.11 | 87.6 79.6 86.3 83.6 88.7 84.8 | 90.5 | 82.6 89.0 90.9 89.6 88.7 88.2 Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 7.38 | 92.1 89.5 91.9 89.6 94.8 89.8 | 96.1 | 82.0 91.6 95.5 95.6 96.6 98.4 Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 1.95 | 83.6 67.6 90.3 80.0 86.9 78.7 | 77.7 | 78.5 79.9 77.4 74.2 72.0 72.6 Coal mining | 2121 | .67 | 86.0 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.0 78.8 | 86.7 | 86.8 88.4 87.2 89.3 83.3 Metal mining | 2122 | .60 | 78.7 32.5 91.2 80.9 90.0 66.3 | 81.0 | 84.8 82.9 81.7 80.2 77.4 74.9 Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .68 | 82.3 63.6 89.2 75.9 90.8 78.9 | 66.1 | 64.8 69.0 64.1 54.1 56.3 57.4 Support activities for mining | 213 | 1.78 | 75.5 53.3 63.0 53.1 76.6 64.9 | 84.1 | 91.6 90.0 88.5 83.1 75.2 64.2 Utilities | 2211,2 | 8.99 | 86.8 77.7 92.7 84.1 93.9 84.6 | 88.6 | 82.0 83.3 84.5 84.7 86.8 80.1 Electric | 2211 | 7.32 | 88.2 78.5 94.1 87.1 96.6 87.3 | 88.5 | 83.0 83.4 84.6 84.6 86.3 80.5 Natural gas | 2212 | 1.67 | 80.0 72.9 86.5 67.4 87.6 70.4 | 87.6 | 76.7 82.3 83.4 84.9 88.4 77.3 | | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 4.53 | 78.0 75.1 81.7 75.3 85.6 55.9 | 79.9 | 75.3 73.0 67.9 63.9 62.8 60.2 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | industries | | 75.37 | 79.7 68.0 85.8 77.2 84.5 72.8 | 78.4 | 73.1 73.6 72.1 70.0 68.2 67.8 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | and motor vehicles and pts. | | 69.94 | 79.9 69.4 85.5 79.1 84.2 72.6 | 79.0 | 74.1 74.9 73.3 71.5 70.4 69.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ r Revised. p Preliminary.