Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 1972- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2008 | 2008 95 02| 2009 | 2009 Item | NAICS | proportion| ave. high low| Q2 Q3[r] Q4[p] | July[r] Aug.[r] Sept.[r] Oct.[r] Nov.[r] Dec.[p] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 80.9 84.9 73.5 | 68.7 70.1 71.5 | 69.2 70.2 70.8 71.0 71.5 72.0 | | | | | Manufacturing<1> | | 79.68 | 79.6 84.5 71.4 | 65.4 67.1 68.3 | 66.2 67.2 67.8 67.8 68.5 68.6 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 76.08 | 79.4 84.6 70.9 | 65.5 67.3 68.6 | 66.4 67.4 68.0 68.1 68.8 68.8 | | | | | Durable manufacturing | | 39.36 | 77.8 83.7 67.8 | 58.5 60.7 61.6 | 59.9 60.7 61.4 61.2 61.7 61.8 Wood products | 321 | 1.27 | 79.2 87.5 70.4 | 48.7 50.3 51.0 | 49.5 50.7 50.7 50.5 51.1 51.5 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.42 | 77.7 82.5 70.4 | 54.9 57.0 55.0 | 57.5 57.1 56.5 54.4 56.6 54.0 Primary metal | 331 | 2.69 | 80.5 94.7 68.0 | 45.0 53.3 57.8 | 51.0 53.8 55.1 55.9 58.5 58.9 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.61 | 77.5 85.5 69.4 | 62.5 62.7 63.5 | 62.2 62.6 63.2 63.2 63.3 63.9 Machinery | 333 | 4.80 | 78.6 87.9 62.8 | 57.5 57.2 58.4 | 56.6 57.9 57.2 58.6 57.6 59.1 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 7.11 | 78.3 84.4 58.8 | 63.6 63.7 63.1 | 63.8 63.8 63.4 63.1 62.8 63.5 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.83 | 83.2 93.1 72.1 | 70.1 70.1 70.6 | 69.3 70.4 70.5 70.8 71.5 69.5 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.52 | 76.7 88.7 69.2 | 39.1 48.5 51.7 | 45.7 47.7 52.0 51.0 52.0 52.1 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.32 | 73.2 68.6 64.4 | 74.1 75.8 75.4 | 75.2 75.7 76.6 75.7 75.1 75.5 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.39 | 78.4 83.1 68.3 | 58.2 57.6 58.3 | 58.5 56.7 57.6 57.3 58.8 58.8 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.40 | 76.5 81.3 71.0 | 66.9 67.9 69.0 | 67.2 68.4 68.2 68.5 69.8 68.7 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 36.72 | 81.5 85.7 75.0 | 73.1 74.4 76.1 | 73.4 74.6 75.1 75.4 76.4 76.5 Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 10.86 | 81.5 85.0 75.6 | 76.3 76.5 78.0 | 75.2 77.2 77.1 78.1 78.1 77.9 Textile and product mills | 313,4 | .96 | 81.6 91.7 68.7 | 59.1 59.4 62.8 | 58.4 59.9 59.9 62.0 63.4 63.2 Apparel and leather | 315,6 | .56 | 79.5 88.1 63.6 | 65.5 65.8 67.0 | 65.2 66.0 66.1 66.2 67.3 67.5 Paper | 322 | 2.41 | 87.6 92.7 78.8 | 70.5 73.6 74.2 | 72.6 74.3 73.9 72.2 75.9 74.6 Printing and support | 323 | 1.79 | 83.4 87.0 72.7 | 66.6 67.8 68.2 | 67.4 68.1 67.8 68.1 68.3 68.3 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 5.00 | 86.1 91.1 86.0 | 84.2 84.4 83.5 | 84.1 83.7 85.2 83.9 84.7 82.0 Chemical | 325 | 12.17 | 78.2 81.1 69.5 | 70.4 72.3 74.8 | 71.3 72.3 73.4 73.6 74.9 76.0 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 2.97 | 83.6 92.2 74.6 | 65.1 66.7 69.2 | 66.1 66.6 67.3 68.4 69.4 69.9 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.61 | 84.2 83.0 79.8 | 63.1 63.1 62.9 | 62.4 63.2 63.7 62.5 63.6 62.6 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 11.14 | 87.6 89.1 84.9 | 81.8 83.2 85.0 | 82.0 83.8 83.7 83.8 85.5 85.7 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.17 | 86.8 93.3 84.2 | 79.6 78.2 80.6 | 77.8 78.2 78.5 80.5 78.4 82.9 | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 4.24 | 78.2 86.5 56.5 | 62.7 62.6 62.0 | 63.2 62.8 61.9 61.9 61.5 62.5 Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | .98 | 78.1 87.3 66.8 | 63.9 64.3 63.5 | 64.7 64.8 63.5 63.3 63.4 63.8 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.33 | 76.2 82.9 41.6 | 69.7 66.3 65.4 | 67.9 66.7 64.4 65.0 64.9 66.4 Semiconductors and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 1.92 | 80.6 91.7 58.0 | 57.5 59.9 59.7 | 59.8 59.7 60.2 60.0 59.1 60.1 | | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | | industries | | | | | Total industry | | 95.76 | 81.0 84.9 74.7 | 68.9 70.4 71.9 | 69.5 70.5 71.1 71.4 71.9 72.4 Manufacturing<1> | | 75.44 | 79.7 84.4 72.7 | 65.5 67.3 68.6 | 66.4 67.4 68.1 68.1 68.9 68.9 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 15.83 | 86.6 89.9 81.7 | 79.6 82.5 85.2 | 81.0 82.7 83.9 83.8 85.6 86.1 Primary and semifinished | | 46.62 | 82.0 87.9 74.3 | 66.2 67.1 68.3 | 66.5 67.1 67.6 67.9 68.2 68.9 Finished | | 37.55 | 77.7 80.3 70.0 | 67.1 68.6 69.9 | 67.6 68.9 69.3 69.5 69.9 70.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [r] Revised. [p] Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.