Table 4 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 | 2002 1989 1991 2001 2002 2003 | 2001 2002 2003 | Ave. High Low Q4 Q4 Q3 | Q4 Q4 Q3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 81.3 85.2 78.6 75.4 75.2 74.6 | .3 -.1 -.1 | | Manufacturing | 80.2 85.6 77.2 73.5 73.5 73.0 | .2 .0 .1 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 80.0 85.5 77.0 73.2 73.2 72.5 | .3 .2 .2 | | Durable manufacturing | 78.5 84.5 73.4 70.3 70.5 70.1 | .3 .8 .9 Wood products 321 | 80.4 88.8 73.0 74.1 73.4 74.4 | .6 .9 2.5 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 79.4 85.7 72.1 76.3 77.9 76.9 | -4.0 -3.5 -3.5 Primary metal 331 | 81.0 95.3 75.2 73.5 77.1 72.6 | .5 -.4 .5 Fabricated metal products 332 | 77.2 80.3 71.1 70.2 69.7 67.4 | -.4 -1.1 -1.0 Machinery 333 | 79.8 84.6 72.8 66.5 66.7 67.5 | -.8 .0 -.4 Computer and electronic products 334 | 79.5 81.1 76.3 64.4 63.1 65.2 | .3 .8 .9 Electrical equip., appliances, | | and components 335 | 83.2 87.4 75.0 74.8 74.1 73.0 | -1.1 -1.4 -1.1 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 77.6 89.7 56.5 75.4 81.3 80.6 | .2 .4 .5 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 73.2 88.9 81.9 70.8 64.3 63.5 | 5.5 5.6 4.2 Furniture and related products 337 | 79.2 84.0 67.9 71.7 71.1 69.7 | .3 1.0 2.2 Miscellaneous 339 | 76.9 81.7 77.7 74.3 76.7 77.1 | -.4 2.0 4.6 | | Nondurable manufacturing | 82.2 87.0 81.8 77.1 76.7 75.9 | .1 -.8 -.9 Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 82.3 85.5 81.3 79.6 77.3 77.1 | .6 -1.3 -.9 Textile and product mills 313,4 | 83.7 91.4 77.2 74.1 74.9 70.7 | 2.2 1.8 2.1 Apparel and leather 315,6 | 80.1 84.2 77.3 64.6 67.2 62.1 | -.9 4.0 4.8 Paper 322 | 88.4 93.7 85.2 80.8 84.9 83.4 | -.2 .7 .2 Printing and support 323 | 84.7 91.6 82.7 75.5 74.4 71.3 | -.7 -6.5 -5.3 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 86.3 88.9 82.5 87.2 88.1 87.6 | -1.4 -.8 -.2 Chemical 325 | 78.6 85.6 80.8 74.0 72.9 72.3 | -.7 -.8 -2.1 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 83.8 91.3 77.2 77.2 79.5 79.9 | 1.3 .1 .1 | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 83.7 90.7 79.1 79.4 78.9 82.3 | -2.5 -3.5 -1.0 | | Mining 21 | 86.9 85.6 83.4 86.9 84.6 85.2 | .3 -.5 .4 Utilities 2211,2 | 87.0 92.8 84.1 86.7 87.2 83.3 | 1.7 1.2 -.1 | | Selected high-technology industries | 79.2 79.9 74.5 62.9 61.7 64.9 | -.2 -.4 .3 Computers and office equipment 3341 | 78.4 79.3 67.2 68.6 71.6 70.5 | -.1 -5.5 -11.0 Communications equipment 3342 | 78.6 81.7 73.2 58.8 48.2 50.2 | -1.9 -1.6 .8 Semiconductors and related | | electronic components 334412-9 | 81.0 80.5 78.1 63.4 66.7 72.8 | .2 -.3 1.9 | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | industries | | Total industry | 81.4 85.6 78.8 76.4 76.3 75.6 | .1 -.5 -.3 Manufacturing 1 | 80.2 86.1 77.3 74.5 74.6 74.1 | .0 -.4 -.1 | | Stage-of-process groups | | Crude | 86.4 88.5 84.7 83.8 83.1 83.8 | .8 .0 1.1 Primary and semifinished | 82.4 86.4 77.5 76.3 77.5 76.4 | .1 -.4 -.2 Finished | 78.4 83.2 77.2 72.6 71.1 70.8 | .6 .5 .2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates for the third quarter of 2003 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases. 1. See footnote 2 to table 3.