Table 7 REVISED AND EARLIER CAPACITY UTILIZATION RATES, BY INDUSTRY GROUPS Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Difference between | Revised rate | revised and earlier rates | | (percentage points) | 1972- 1988- 1990- | Item | 2001 1989 1991 2000 2001 2002 | 2000 2001 2002 | Ave. High Low Q4 Q4 Q3 | Q4 Q4 Q3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 81.5 85.1 78.6 81.6 75.1 76.2 | .9 .4 .1 | | Manufacturing | 80.4 85.5 77.2 80.0 73.4 74.3 | .8 .3 -.1 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 80.3 85.5 77.0 79.7 72.9 73.8 | -- -- -- | | Durable manufacturing | 78.8 84.5 73.4 79.7 69.9 70.5 | -- -- -- Wood products 321 | 80.5 88.7 73.1 76.6 73.5 75.6 | -- -- -- Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 79.5 85.6 72.1 81.8 80.3 81.0 | -- -- -- Primary metal 331 | 81.1 95.3 75.2 78.8 73.0 77.6 | -- -- -- Fabricated metal products 332 | 77.3 80.1 71.0 77.2 70.5 71.3 | -- -- -- Machinery 333 | 80.3 84.7 72.9 82.6 67.3 68.3 | -- -- -- Computer and electronic products 334 | 80.2 81.5 76.4 83.0 64.1 62.6 | -- -- -- Electrical equip., appliances, | | and components 335 | 83.5 87.5 75.0 84.9 75.9 75.7 | -- -- -- Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 77.2 90.0 56.6 78.4 75.3 82.7 | -- -- -- Aerospace and miscellaneous | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 73.5 88.9 81.9 68.7 65.3 58.7 | -- -- -- Furniture and related products 337 | 79.5 84.1 68.1 79.7 71.4 71.0 | -- -- -- Miscellaneous 339 | 77.2 81.7 77.5 81.3 74.6 75.5 | -- -- -- | | Nondurable manufacturing | 82.4 86.9 81.8 79.7 77.0 78.5 | -- -- -- Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 82.5 85.5 81.3 80.3 79.0 79.6 | -- -- -- Textile and product mills 313,4 | 83.9 91.1 77.1 80.4 71.9 74.2 | -- -- -- Apparel and leather 315,6 | 80.5 83.9 77.2 73.0 65.4 65.0 | -- -- -- Paper 322 | 88.7 94.0 85.4 84.6 81.0 84.1 | -- -- -- Printing and support 323 | 85.0 91.7 82.7 79.3 76.2 79.7 | -- -- -- Petroleum and coal products 324 | 86.3 88.9 82.5 90.0 88.7 89.0 | -- -- -- Chemical 325 | 78.8 85.6 80.8 76.6 74.7 75.5 | -- -- -- Plastics and rubber products 326 | 83.8 91.2 77.1 80.8 75.9 80.3 | -- -- -- | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 83.6 90.2 79.1 84.0 81.9 81.7 | -- -- -- | | Mining 21 | 87.0 85.6 83.3 89.0 86.6 85.5 | -1.3 -1.0 .5 Utilities 2211,2 | 86.7 92.6 84.2 93.6 85.0 88.2 | .0 1.4 .4 | | Selected high-technology industries | 79.8 80.4 74.6 86.1 63.1 62.2 | 4.9 2.4 -1.7 Computers and office equipment 3341 | 78.7 79.7 67.0 76.2 68.7 74.4 | 1.2 5.9 8.3 Communications equipment 3342 | 79.2 82.2 73.3 86.5 60.7 52.1 | 4.9 2.8 1.3 Semiconductors and related | | electronic components 334412-9 | 81.8 81.4 78.7 90.2 63.2 66.4 | 6.6 2.3 -1.5 | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | industries | | Total industry | 81.6 85.5 78.8 81.1 76.3 77.7 | .5 .0 .2 Manufacturing 1 | 80.4 86.1 77.3 79.3 74.6 75.8 | .4 -.1 .0 | | Stage-of-process groups | | Crude | 86.5 88.6 84.7 86.9 82.9 84.1 | .0 .0 .0 Primary and semifinished | 82.4 86.2 77.6 83.4 76.3 78.5 | -- -- -- Finished | 78.7 83.1 77.2 78.1 72.0 71.6 | -- -- -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. See note to Table 2A.