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 | 2003 1989 1991 2002 2003 2004 | 2002 2003 2004 | Ave. High Low Q4 Q4 Q3 | Q4 Q4 Q3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 81.1 85.1 78.6 75.4 76.5 78.2 | .2 1.0 .9 | | Manufacturing | 79.9 85.6 77.2 73.5 74.8 77.0 | .1 .6 .4 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 79.7 85.5 77.0 73.2 74.3 76.5 | .0 .7 .7 | | Durable manufacturing | 78.1 84.5 73.4 70.7 72.1 74.5 | .2 .7 1.0 Wood products 321 | 80.1 88.9 73.1 74.4 77.4 78.5 | .9 .8 .9 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 79.2 84.9 72.0 76.8 78.0 80.3 | -1.1 -.8 1.5 Primary metal 331 | 80.5 94.3 74.6 78.6 79.3 82.1 | 1.4 2.8 .9 Fabricated metal products 332 | 76.9 80.2 71.6 69.4 67.7 70.1 | -.3 -.4 -.1 Machinery 333 | 78.9 84.8 73.0 67.9 69.9 77.5 | 1.1 .6 .4 Computer and electronic products 334 | 79.0 81.7 76.6 62.7 67.7 70.9 | -.4 .9 2.4 Electrical equip., appliances, | | and components 335 | 82.8 87.5 75.1 72.6 74.8 80.0 | -1.5 -.8 -.5 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 77.6 90.3 56.0 80.9 81.9 79.8 | -.3 .1 .2 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 72.7 88.7 82.1 63.2 63.2 64.8 | -1.1 -1.5 -2.1 Furniture and related products 337 | 78.8 83.6 69.4 72.6 71.1 73.5 | 1.5 1.9 2.2 Miscellaneous 339 | 76.5 81.7 77.7 75.9 74.1 76.4 | -.8 -1.6 -2.4 | | Nondurable manufacturing | 81.9 87.1 81.7 76.6 77.3 79.3 | -.2 .5 .1 Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 81.9 85.6 81.0 76.6 78.7 81.0 | -.7 1.7 1.4 Textile and product mills 313,4 | 83.4 91.5 77.2 76.8 73.4 74.8 | 1.9 1.3 2.5 Apparel and leather 315,6 | 79.6 84.2 77.3 66.7 64.9 68.5 | -.4 .8 2.2 Paper 322 | 88.2 93.7 85.2 84.8 83.5 86.8 | -.1 -.1 -.3 Printing and support 323 | 84.1 91.6 82.7 73.0 71.7 71.9 | -1.3 .5 -2.9 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 86.0 88.9 82.9 87.0 88.9 90.2 | -1.1 -.2 1.2 Chemical 325 | 78.5 85.7 80.9 73.5 74.1 75.9 | .6 -.2 -1.0 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 83.7 91.1 77.1 81.1 81.2 83.1 | 1.5 .3 .1 | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 84.8 90.5 80.4 80.7 83.3 87.5 | 1.8 -.1 -2.9 | | Mining 21 | 87.1 85.8 83.5 85.4 87.1 86.3 | .8 1.8 2.4 Utilities 2211,2 | 86.9 92.8 84.2 87.9 84.8 84.0 | .7 1.7 1.9 | | Selected high-technology industries | 78.6 81.0 74.3 60.9 66.7 69.9 | -.9 -.3 1.8 Computer and peripheral equipment 3341 | 78.6 80.2 67.5 70.9 74.1 73.6 | -.7 .7 -.8 Communications equipment 3342 | 76.6 80.8 73.4 42.8 52.8 56.7 | -5.4 2.1 2.7 Semiconductors and related | | electronic components 334412-9 | 81.2 82.8 77.5 69.8 74.8 78.5 | 3.2 -.7 4.4 | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | industries | | Total industry | 81.2 85.5 78.8 76.4 77.1 78.9 | .1 .6 .4 Manufacturing 1 | 80.0 86.0 77.3 74.6 75.4 77.8 | .0 .2 -.2 | | Stage-of-process groups | | Crude | 86.4 88.9 84.8 83.5 84.9 85.8 | .4 1.1 1.3 Primary and semifinished | 82.2 86.5 77.5 78.0 78.4 79.7 | .5 .8 .7 Finished | 78.0 83.1 77.2 70.8 72.4 75.0 | -.3 .8 .7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates for the third quarter of 2004 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases. 1. See footnote 2 to table 3.