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Table 7 Capacity Utilization
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
Item NAICS 2016
proportion
1972-
2016
ave.
1994-
95
high

2009
low
2016 2017
Q1[r]
2016
Dec.[r]
2017
Q3 Q4[r] Jan.[r] Feb.[r] Mar.[r] Apr.[r] May[p]
Total industry 100.00 79.9 85.0 66.7 75.8 75.8 75.8 76.0 75.7 75.9 75.9 76.7 76.6
Manufacturing[1] 78.37 78.4 84.6 63.7 74.9 75.1 75.4 75.2 75.4 75.7 75.0 75.8 75.5
Manufacturing (NAICS) 31-33 75.63 78.3 84.7 63.5 75.3 75.5 75.8 75.6 75.9 76.1 75.5 76.3 76.0
Durable manufacturing 40.58 76.9 83.7 58.3 74.5 74.7 75.0 74.9 75.1 75.3 74.6 75.4 74.7
Wood products 321 1.35 76.4 86.6 48.1 73.8 76.8 77.9 77.7 77.7 78.6 77.5 77.8 76.7
Nonmetallic mineral products 327 2.59 73.8 82.6 45.1 64.2 64.7 67.0 65.1 65.9 67.6 67.5 66.6 66.4
Primary metals 331 2.63 78.6 94.1 49.2 66.3 66.5 69.2 67.7 68.7 69.8 69.0 69.2 68.2
Fabricated metal products 332 5.51 77.7 84.9 62.2 77.8 78.3 79.3 78.2 78.8 79.7 79.3 79.7 79.1
Machinery 333 6.37 77.5 87.2 58.6 69.2 69.1 70.0 69.9 70.0 70.2 69.8 70.5 70.5
Computer and electronic products 334 5.83 77.6 84.4 70.1 69.3 69.9 69.8 69.9 69.9 69.3 70.1 70.7 70.1
Electrical equip., appliances,
and components
335 1.81 82.4 92.8 66.8 80.7 80.7 80.9 80.7 82.1 80.8 79.8 81.8 80.5
Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 5.50 75.2 87.7 33.8 82.7 82.9 81.8 83.2 82.2 83.2 80.2 83.4 81.6
Aerospace and miscellaneous
transportation equipment
3364-9 4.85 74.2 70.0 73.1 79.2 78.5 77.3 78.4 78.1 77.2 76.6 76.8 76.7
Furniture and related products 337 1.19 76.7 82.6 56.0 78.1 79.2 80.0 79.4 80.7 79.7 79.5 79.5 79.3
Miscellaneous 339 2.96 76.5 81.1 68.3 78.8 77.4 77.4 77.1 77.4 77.6 77.1 78.0 76.4
Nondurable manufacturing 35.06 80.2 86.0 69.2 76.3 76.4 76.8 76.4 76.8 77.0 76.5 77.3 77.4
Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 11.47 80.7 85.3 75.2 77.3 76.8 78.0 76.7 78.0 78.7 77.5 79.1 78.7
Textile and product mills 313,4 .77 79.1 91.8 53.6 71.6 71.6 70.7 70.4 71.7 70.6 69.9 70.9 69.5
Apparel and leather 315,6 .27 76.7 87.0 56.9 66.2 67.6 66.0 67.6 66.7 66.4 64.7 64.6 65.3
Paper 322 2.28 86.6 92.7 72.9 85.2 87.2 87.2 87.1 86.7 87.8 87.1 87.6 87.1
Printing and support 323 1.71 79.4 84.9 58.8 65.9 67.2 67.6 67.7 67.3 68.2 67.3 68.1 67.4
Petroleum and coal products 324 2.60 85.3 91.0 76.0 80.6 80.1 80.9 79.6 81.0 80.2 81.6 85.2 85.1
Chemicals 325 12.76 76.9 82.1 65.6 73.4 74.1 73.7 74.3 74.0 73.5 73.6 73.2 74.0
Plastics and rubber products 326 3.20 82.2 93.3 58.4 81.7 80.9 80.9 80.2 80.5 82.2 80.1 80.7 80.6
Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 2.73 80.5 83.2 67.6 62.8 62.9 62.4 62.7 62.7 62.6 61.8 61.7 62.1
Mining 21 11.24 87.0 88.6 78.4 77.8 79.2 81.6 79.0 80.0 82.8 82.1 83.2 84.3
Utilities 2211,2 10.39 85.6 93.2 78.1 79.8 77.0 73.2 79.5 73.7 70.1 75.8 76.3 76.6
Selected high-technology industries 2.61 77.3 86.5 71.1 71.4 72.5 71.7 72.6 72.0 71.4 71.6 72.3 71.9
Computers and peripheral equipment 3341 .38 77.5 88.0 83.0 75.0 76.5 77.2 76.4 77.1 76.7 77.9 80.6 83.5
Communications equipment 3342 .67 76.5 84.3 77.5 70.7 75.9 76.2 76.7 76.4 76.2 76.1 76.1 76.3
Semiconductors and related
electronic components
3344 1.56 78.6 91.8 62.8 70.7 70.1 68.5 69.8 69.0 68.2 68.3 68.8 67.5
Measures excluding selected high-technology
industries
Total industry 97.39 80.1 84.9 66.4 75.9 75.8 75.9 76.1 75.8 76.0 76.0 76.8 76.7
Manufacturing[1] 75.75 78.5 84.5 63.3 75.0 75.2 75.5 75.3 75.5 75.8 75.2 76.0 75.7
Stage-of-process groups
Crude 15.14 86.1 90.1 76.3 78.3 79.7 81.3 79.6 80.4 81.9 81.5 82.3 83.0
Primary and semifinished 44.74 80.5 87.8 63.8 75.8 75.3 75.0 75.9 74.9 74.7 75.5 76.0 75.9
Finished 40.11 76.9 80.6 66.7 74.8 74.8 74.7 74.9 74.9 75.0 74.3 75.4 75.1

[r] Revised. [p] Preliminary.
[1] See note on cover page
Note. See notes to table 2.


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