Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 1972- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2008 | 2008 95 02| 2008 2009 | 2008 2009 Item | NAICS | proportion| ave. high low| Q3 Q4[r] Q1[r] | Nov.[r] Dec.[r] Jan.[r] Feb.[r] Mar.[r] Apr.[p] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 80.9 84.9 73.5 | 76.9 74.2 70.4 | 74.4 72.8 71.3 70.6 69.4 69.1 | | | | | Manufacturing<1> | | 79.68 | 79.6 84.5 71.4 | 74.6 70.9 66.8 | 71.1 69.1 67.2 67.2 65.8 65.7 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 76.08 | 79.4 84.6 70.9 | 74.6 70.9 66.7 | 71.0 68.9 67.2 67.2 65.9 65.8 | | | | | Durable manufacturing | | 39.36 | 77.8 83.7 67.8 | 72.6 67.1 61.2 | 67.2 65.4 62.1 61.4 59.9 59.7 Wood products | 321 | 1.27 | 79.2 87.5 70.4 | 61.8 54.8 48.9 | 56.0 50.9 49.5 49.2 47.9 48.9 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.42 | 77.7 82.5 70.4 | 67.0 63.1 56.3 | 62.5 60.8 57.5 56.7 54.6 55.7 Primary metal | 331 | 2.69 | 80.5 94.7 68.0 | 79.9 61.4 48.5 | 60.8 53.8 50.6 48.6 46.3 45.8 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.61 | 77.5 85.5 69.4 | 77.2 74.1 67.3 | 74.6 72.2 69.4 67.7 64.7 63.5 Machinery | 333 | 4.80 | 78.6 87.9 62.8 | 74.2 70.3 63.3 | 70.8 67.9 65.5 64.2 60.4 60.0 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 7.11 | 78.3 84.4 58.8 | 75.6 69.4 65.1 | 69.0 67.1 66.4 65.1 63.8 63.3 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.83 | 83.2 93.1 72.1 | 81.2 78.4 73.7 | 79.1 76.3 75.6 73.8 71.8 71.5 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.52 | 76.7 88.7 69.2 | 60.2 53.6 40.0 | 54.1 50.5 37.8 41.0 41.3 42.0 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.32 | 73.2 68.6 64.4 | 75.9 72.1 77.4 | 70.9 80.3 78.0 77.2 77.1 76.2 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.39 | 78.4 83.1 68.3 | 70.4 65.1 61.7 | 64.6 63.5 63.1 61.3 60.5 59.1 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.40 | 76.5 81.3 71.0 | 71.4 69.4 67.3 | 69.6 68.3 68.3 66.9 66.6 67.6 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 36.72 | 81.5 85.7 75.0 | 76.8 74.8 72.7 | 75.1 72.7 72.5 73.3 72.4 72.4 Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 10.86 | 81.5 85.0 75.6 | 77.8 77.1 76.0 | 77.7 75.7 75.5 76.4 76.0 75.8 Textile and product mills | 313,4 | .96 | 81.6 91.7 68.7 | 68.9 64.7 59.9 | 64.9 61.3 61.8 59.9 58.1 58.2 Apparel and leather | 315,6 | .56 | 79.5 88.1 63.6 | 76.7 72.2 67.9 | 71.7 70.5 68.5 67.5 67.8 67.1 Paper | 322 | 2.41 | 87.6 92.7 78.8 | 80.6 74.4 70.2 | 74.6 70.7 69.7 72.2 68.8 69.7 Printing and support | 323 | 1.79 | 83.4 87.0 72.7 | 73.9 72.7 68.2 | 73.2 71.0 69.6 67.8 67.1 65.9 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 5.00 | 86.1 91.1 86.0 | 83.6 85.7 83.5 | 85.2 84.5 82.4 84.7 83.3 84.0 Chemical | 325 | 12.17 | 78.2 81.1 69.5 | 73.0 70.1 69.0 | 70.3 67.4 68.5 69.6 68.8 68.9 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 2.97 | 83.6 92.2 74.6 | 77.9 72.7 67.4 | 73.2 69.9 69.1 67.4 65.8 65.9 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.61 | 84.2 83.0 79.8 | 74.9 72.5 67.1 | 72.9 71.4 68.8 67.7 64.8 63.2 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 11.14 | 87.6 89.1 84.9 | 89.1 89.6 87.0 | 90.7 89.0 88.5 87.4 85.2 82.5 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.17 | 86.8 93.3 84.2 | 81.5 83.6 81.6 | 83.5 85.1 85.1 79.1 80.5 80.7 | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 4.24 | 78.2 86.5 56.5 | 79.3 69.8 64.0 | 69.3 66.0 65.6 64.0 62.4 61.5 Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | .98 | 78.1 87.3 66.8 | 80.3 74.0 67.8 | 73.8 71.7 69.6 67.7 66.1 64.6 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.33 | 76.2 82.9 41.6 | 75.2 74.5 72.9 | 74.5 74.5 75.6 73.2 70.0 69.2 Semiconductors and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 1.92 | 80.6 91.7 58.0 | 82.0 64.4 55.9 | 63.4 57.3 56.6 55.8 55.4 54.7 | | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | | industries | | | | | Total industry | | 95.76 | 81.0 84.9 74.7 | 76.8 74.4 70.7 | 74.6 73.1 71.5 70.8 69.7 69.4 Manufacturing<1> | | 75.44 | 79.7 84.4 72.7 | 74.4 71.0 66.9 | 71.2 69.2 67.3 67.4 66.0 65.9 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 15.83 | 86.6 89.9 81.7 | 85.2 83.9 81.1 | 84.7 82.2 81.9 81.9 79.4 78.5 Primary and semifinished | | 46.62 | 82.0 87.9 74.3 | 76.8 73.4 68.3 | 73.5 71.4 69.8 68.2 66.9 66.7 Finished | | 37.55 | 77.7 80.3 70.0 | 73.5 71.0 68.4 | 71.2 70.4 68.5 68.7 68.1 67.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [r] Revised. [p] Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.