Table 9B CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION: Manufacturing <1> Excluding Selected High-Technology Industries <2> Seasonally adjusted --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.| Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4| Annual --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Capacity | | | (percent of | | | 2002 output) | | | 1975 | 79.9 80.1 80.2 80.3 80.5 80.6 80.7 80.8 81.0 81.1 81.2 81.4 | 80.1 80.5 80.8 81.2 | 80.7 1976 | 81.5 81.6 81.8 81.9 82.1 82.2 82.3 82.5 82.7 82.8 83.0 83.1 | 81.6 82.1 82.5 83.0 | 82.3 | | | 1977 | 83.3 83.5 83.7 83.9 84.1 84.3 84.5 84.7 84.9 85.1 85.3 85.5 | 83.5 84.1 84.7 85.3 | 84.4 1978 | 85.7 85.9 86.0 86.2 86.4 86.6 86.8 87.0 87.2 87.4 87.5 87.7 | 85.9 86.4 87.0 87.5 | 86.7 1979 | 87.9 88.1 88.3 88.4 88.6 88.8 88.9 89.1 89.3 89.4 89.6 89.7 | 88.1 88.6 89.1 89.6 | 88.8 1980 | 89.9 90.0 90.2 90.4 90.5 90.7 90.8 91.0 91.2 91.4 91.5 91.7 | 90.0 90.5 91.0 91.5 | 90.8 1981 | 91.9 92.1 92.3 92.4 92.6 92.8 92.9 93.1 93.2 93.3 93.5 93.6 | 92.1 92.6 93.1 93.5 | 92.8 | | | 1982 | 93.7 93.8 93.9 94.0 94.1 94.2 94.2 94.3 94.3 94.4 94.4 94.4 | 93.8 94.1 94.3 94.4 | 94.1 1983 | 94.4 94.4 94.3 94.3 94.3 94.2 94.2 94.2 94.2 94.2 94.2 94.2 | 94.3 94.3 94.2 94.2 | 94.2 1984 | 94.2 94.3 94.3 94.4 94.5 94.6 94.7 94.8 95.0 95.2 95.3 95.5 | 94.3 94.5 94.9 95.3 | 94.7 1985 | 95.7 95.9 96.1 96.3 96.5 96.7 96.9 97.0 97.2 97.3 97.5 97.6 | 95.9 96.5 97.0 97.5 | 96.7 1986 | 97.7 97.8 97.9 98.0 98.1 98.2 98.3 98.4 98.5 98.6 98.7 98.8 | 97.8 98.1 98.4 98.7 | 98.3 | | | 1987 | 98.9 99.0 99.1 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.6 99.7 99.7 99.8 99.8 99.9 | 99.0 99.4 99.7 99.8 | 99.5 1988 | 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.1 100.2 100.3 100.4 | 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.3 | 100.0 1989 | 100.5 100.6 100.8 101.0 101.1 101.3 101.5 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.3 102.5 | 100.7 101.2 101.7 102.3 | 101.5 1990 | 102.7 102.8 103.0 103.2 103.3 103.5 103.6 103.8 103.9 104.1 104.2 104.4 | 102.8 103.3 103.8 104.2 | 103.5 1991 | 104.5 104.7 104.8 104.9 105.1 105.2 105.3 105.4 105.5 105.6 105.7 105.8 | 104.7 105.1 105.4 105.7 | 105.2 | | | 1992 | 105.9 106.0 106.1 106.2 106.3 106.5 106.6 106.7 106.8 106.9 107.1 107.2 | 106.0 106.3 106.7 107.1 | 106.5 1993 | 107.3 107.5 107.6 107.7 107.9 108.0 108.1 108.2 108.3 108.5 108.6 108.7 | 107.5 107.9 108.2 108.6 | 108.0 1994 | 108.8 108.9 109.0 109.2 109.3 109.5 109.6 109.8 110.0 110.2 110.4 110.6 | 108.9 109.3 109.8 110.4 | 109.6 1995 | 110.8 111.1 111.3 111.6 111.9 112.1 112.4 112.7 113.0 113.2 113.5 113.7 | 111.1 111.9 112.7 113.5 | 112.3 1996 | 114.0 114.2 114.5 114.7 114.9 115.2 115.4 115.7 116.0 116.2 116.6 116.9 | 114.2 114.9 115.7 116.6 | 115.3 | | | 1997 | 117.2 117.6 118.0 118.5 118.9 119.4 119.9 120.3 120.8 121.3 121.8 122.3 | 117.6 118.9 120.3 121.8 | 119.7 1998 | 122.8 123.2 123.7 124.1 124.5 124.9 125.3 125.7 126.1 126.4 126.7 127.1 | 123.2 124.5 125.7 126.7 | 125.1 1999 | 127.4 127.7 128.1 128.4 128.7 129.0 129.3 129.6 129.8 130.1 130.4 130.6 | 127.7 128.7 129.6 130.4 | 129.1 2000 | 130.9 131.1 131.3 131.6 131.8 132.0 132.2 132.4 132.5 132.7 132.9 133.0 | 131.1 131.8 132.4 132.9 | 132.0 2001 | 133.1 133.3 133.4 133.5 133.6 133.7 133.8 133.8 133.9 133.9 133.9 133.9 | 133.3 133.6 133.8 133.9 | 133.6 | | | 2002 | 133.9 133.9 133.9 133.9 133.9 133.9 133.9 133.8 133.8 133.7 133.7 133.6 | 133.9 133.9 133.8 133.7 | 133.8 2003 | 133.6 133.5 133.4 133.4 133.3 133.3 133.2 133.2 133.1 133.1 133.0 133.0 | 133.5 133.3 133.2 133.0 | 133.3 2004 | 133.0 133.0 133.0 133.0 133.0 133.0 133.0 133.0 133.1 133.1 133.1 133.2 | 133.0 133.0 133.0 133.1 | 133.0 2005 | 133.2 133.3 133.4 133.5 133.5 133.6 133.7 133.8 133.8 | 133.3 133.5 133.8 | | | | Utilization | | | (percent) | | | 1975 | 75.6 73.3 72.2 72.0 71.9 72.5 73.4 74.0 75.1 75.3 75.4 76.2 | 73.7 72.1 74.2 75.6 | 73.9 1976 | 77.1 78.0 77.9 78.3 78.5 78.3 78.6 79.0 78.9 78.7 79.5 80.1 | 77.6 78.4 78.8 79.4 | 78.6 | | | 1977 | 79.8 80.9 81.9 82.5 82.9 83.3 83.1 83.3 83.2 83.2 83.0 83.7 | 80.9 82.9 83.2 83.3 | 82.6 1978 | 82.3 82.2 83.4 84.5 84.5 85.0 84.6 84.8 84.9 85.3 85.8 86.3 | 82.6 84.7 84.8 85.8 | 84.5 1979 | 85.3 85.4 85.6 84.1 84.8 84.6 84.5 83.1 83.0 83.1 82.6 82.6 | 85.4 84.5 83.5 82.8 | 84.1 1980 | 82.8 82.5 81.6 79.7 77.0 75.6 74.7 75.0 76.1 77.3 78.5 78.6 | 82.3 77.4 75.2 78.1 | 78.3 1981 | 78.0 77.3 77.4 77.5 77.8 77.3 77.3 77.1 76.5 75.5 74.5 73.0 | 77.6 77.6 77.0 74.4 | 76.6 | | | 1982 | 71.2 72.9 72.2 71.6 71.3 71.1 70.8 70.2 69.9 69.0 68.5 68.1 | 72.1 71.3 70.3 68.5 | 70.6 1983 | 69.7 69.6 70.3 71.0 71.9 72.5 73.4 74.1 75.3 76.1 76.3 76.4 | 69.9 71.8 74.3 76.3 | 73.0 1984 | 77.7 78.4 78.6 78.9 78.9 79.0 79.2 79.1 78.7 78.9 79.0 79.1 | 78.3 78.9 79.0 79.0 | 78.8 1985 | 78.6 78.2 78.7 78.5 78.4 78.3 77.8 78.2 78.2 77.8 78.2 78.4 | 78.5 78.4 78.1 78.1 | 78.3 1986 | 79.3 78.6 78.3 78.5 78.5 78.3 78.4 78.5 78.6 78.7 79.0 79.5 | 78.7 78.5 78.5 79.1 | 78.7 | | | 1987 | 79.1 80.1 80.0 80.2 80.7 80.8 81.2 81.4 81.7 82.9 83.3 83.7 | 79.7 80.6 81.4 83.3 | 81.3 1988 | 83.6 83.6 83.8 84.4 84.3 84.3 84.3 84.3 84.5 85.0 85.1 85.4 | 83.7 84.3 84.4 85.2 | 84.4 1989 | 86.0 85.0 84.8 84.7 83.8 83.7 82.5 83.1 82.6 82.2 82.2 82.1 | 85.3 84.1 82.7 82.2 | 83.6 1990 | 81.8 82.8 82.9 82.6 82.5 82.5 82.2 82.3 82.1 81.3 80.2 79.5 | 82.5 82.5 82.2 80.3 | 81.9 1991 | 78.7 78.0 77.3 77.4 77.9 78.6 78.8 78.8 79.6 79.3 79.0 78.7 | 78.0 78.0 79.1 79.0 | 78.5 | | | 1992 | 78.0 78.6 79.2 79.4 79.8 79.8 80.3 79.8 79.7 79.9 80.1 79.8 | 78.6 79.7 79.9 79.9 | 79.5 1993 | 80.5 80.4 80.2 80.5 80.3 80.0 80.1 79.9 80.2 80.7 80.9 81.2 | 80.4 80.2 80.1 81.0 | 80.4 1994 | 81.3 81.2 82.0 82.3 82.7 82.7 82.9 83.2 83.0 83.5 83.9 84.4 | 81.5 82.6 83.0 83.9 | 82.8 1995 | 84.4 84.0 83.7 83.2 82.8 82.8 81.9 82.5 82.7 82.2 81.9 81.8 | 84.0 82.9 82.3 81.9 | 82.8 1996 | 80.6 81.6 80.9 81.6 81.8 82.3 82.0 82.2 82.4 81.8 82.3 82.5 | 81.0 81.9 82.2 82.2 | 81.8 | | | 1997 | 82.2 82.7 83.1 82.2 82.3 82.3 82.1 82.8 83.1 83.2 83.6 83.4 | 82.7 82.3 82.6 83.4 | 82.7 1998 | 83.4 83.1 82.5 82.5 82.5 81.4 80.4 82.1 81.3 81.6 81.3 81.3 | 83.0 82.1 81.3 81.4 | 81.9 1999 | 81.0 81.2 80.6 80.3 80.8 80.1 79.9 80.2 79.6 80.6 80.8 81.0 | 80.9 80.4 79.9 80.8 | 80.5 2000 | 80.6 80.3 80.4 80.6 80.1 80.0 79.6 78.8 78.9 78.4 77.9 77.1 | 80.4 80.2 79.1 77.8 | 79.4 2001 | 76.5 76.0 75.6 75.6 75.0 74.6 74.5 74.0 73.7 73.2 73.1 73.3 | 76.0 75.0 74.1 73.2 | 74.6 | | | 2002 | 73.8 73.7 74.3 74.4 74.8 75.5 75.2 75.3 75.3 74.8 74.9 74.5 | 73.9 74.9 75.3 74.8 | 74.7 2003 | 74.7 74.4 74.5 73.9 73.8 74.2 74.3 74.1 74.8 74.8 75.7 75.8 | 74.6 73.9 74.4 75.4 | 74.6 2004 | 75.9 76.5 76.6 77.2 77.8 77.3 77.8 78.2 77.8 78.5 78.5 78.8 | 76.3 77.4 78.0 78.6 | 77.6 2005 | 78.9 79.2 78.9 78.8 79.0 79.1 79.0 79.3 78.5 | 79.0 78.9 78.9 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates from July 2005 through September 2005 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases. <1> See footnote 2 to table 3. <2> High technology industries include computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors and related electronic components.