Table 1B CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION: Total Seasonally adjusted --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.| Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4| Annual --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Capacity | | | (percent of | | | 2002 output) | | | 1978 | 65.0 65.2 65.4 65.6 65.7 65.9 66.1 66.3 66.5 66.6 66.8 66.9 | 65.2 65.7 66.3 66.8 | 66.0 1979 | 67.1 67.3 67.4 67.6 67.7 67.8 68.0 68.1 68.3 68.4 68.6 68.7 | 67.3 67.7 68.1 68.6 | 67.9 | | | 1980 | 68.8 69.0 69.1 69.3 69.4 69.6 69.7 69.9 70.1 70.2 70.4 70.5 | 69.0 69.4 69.9 70.4 | 69.7 1981 | 70.7 70.9 71.0 71.2 71.4 71.5 71.7 71.9 72.0 72.2 72.4 72.5 | 70.9 71.4 71.9 72.4 | 71.6 1982 | 72.7 72.8 73.0 73.1 73.3 73.4 73.5 73.6 73.7 73.8 73.9 73.9 | 72.8 73.3 73.6 73.9 | 73.4 1983 | 74.0 74.0 74.1 74.1 74.1 74.1 74.2 74.2 74.2 74.3 74.3 74.4 | 74.0 74.1 74.2 74.3 | 74.2 1984 | 74.5 74.6 74.7 74.8 74.9 75.0 75.2 75.4 75.5 75.7 75.9 76.0 | 74.6 74.9 75.4 75.9 | 75.2 | | | 1985 | 76.2 76.4 76.6 76.8 77.0 77.2 77.3 77.5 77.6 77.8 77.9 78.0 | 76.4 77.0 77.5 77.9 | 77.2 1986 | 78.2 78.3 78.4 78.4 78.5 78.6 78.7 78.8 78.9 79.0 79.1 79.2 | 78.3 78.5 78.8 79.1 | 78.7 1987 | 79.3 79.5 79.6 79.8 79.9 80.1 80.3 80.4 80.6 80.7 80.8 80.9 | 79.5 79.9 80.4 80.8 | 80.2 1988 | 81.0 81.1 81.2 81.2 81.3 81.3 81.4 81.4 81.5 81.6 81.7 81.8 | 81.1 81.3 81.4 81.7 | 81.4 1989 | 81.9 82.0 82.1 82.2 82.4 82.5 82.7 82.9 83.0 83.2 83.4 83.5 | 82.0 82.4 82.9 83.4 | 82.7 | | | 1990 | 83.7 83.9 84.1 84.2 84.4 84.6 84.7 84.9 85.0 85.2 85.3 85.5 | 83.9 84.4 84.9 85.3 | 84.6 1991 | 85.6 85.7 85.8 86.0 86.1 86.2 86.3 86.4 86.5 86.6 86.7 86.9 | 85.7 86.1 86.4 86.7 | 86.2 1992 | 87.0 87.1 87.3 87.4 87.6 87.8 88.0 88.1 88.3 88.5 88.6 88.8 | 87.1 87.6 88.1 88.6 | 87.9 1993 | 88.9 89.1 89.2 89.3 89.4 89.5 89.6 89.7 89.8 90.0 90.1 90.3 | 89.1 89.4 89.7 90.1 | 89.6 1994 | 90.4 90.6 90.9 91.1 91.3 91.6 91.9 92.2 92.5 92.8 93.1 93.4 | 90.7 91.4 92.2 93.1 | 91.8 | | | 1995 | 93.8 94.1 94.4 94.8 95.1 95.5 95.8 96.2 96.6 97.0 97.4 97.8 | 94.1 95.1 96.2 97.4 | 95.7 1996 | 98.3 98.7 99.2 99.6 100.1 100.6 101.0 101.5 102.0 102.5 103.0 103.5 | 98.7 100.1 101.5 103.0 | 100.8 1997 | 104.0 104.5 105.1 105.6 106.2 106.8 107.4 108.0 108.7 109.4 110.1 110.8 | 104.5 106.2 108.0 110.1 | 107.2 1998 | 111.5 112.2 112.9 113.6 114.3 115.0 115.6 116.2 116.7 117.3 117.8 118.4 | 112.2 114.3 116.2 117.8 | 115.1 1999 | 118.9 119.4 119.8 120.3 120.8 121.2 121.7 122.1 122.6 123.1 123.5 124.0 | 119.4 120.8 122.1 123.5 | 121.4 | | | 2000 | 124.4 124.9 125.3 125.8 126.2 126.6 127.0 127.4 127.8 128.2 128.6 129.0 | 124.9 126.2 127.4 128.6 | 126.8 2001 | 129.4 129.8 130.1 130.5 130.8 131.2 131.5 131.8 132.1 132.4 132.7 132.9 | 129.8 130.8 131.8 132.7 | 131.3 2002 | 133.2 133.4 133.6 133.7 133.8 133.9 133.9 134.0 133.9 133.9 133.8 133.7 | 133.4 133.8 133.9 133.8 | 133.7 2003 | 133.6 133.5 133.4 133.3 133.2 133.1 133.1 133.0 133.0 133.0 132.9 132.9 | 133.5 133.2 133.0 132.9 | 133.2 2004 | 133.0 133.0 133.0 133.0 133.0 133.0 133.1 133.1 133.1 133.1 133.1 133.2 | 133.0 133.0 133.1 133.2 | 133.1 | | | 2005 | 133.2 133.3 133.3 133.4 133.5 133.6 133.7 133.8 134.0 134.1 134.3 134.4 | 133.3 133.5 133.9 134.3 | 133.7 2006 | 134.6 134.7 134.9 135.0 135.2 135.3 135.4 135.6 135.7 135.9 136.0 136.2 | 134.7 135.2 135.6 136.1 | 135.4 2007 | 136.4 136.6 136.8 137.0 137.2 137.4 137.6 137.9 138.1 138.3 138.5 138.7 | 136.6 137.2 137.9 138.5 | 137.5 2008 | 139.0 139.1 | | | | | Utilization | | | (percent) | | | 1978 | 82.3 82.4 83.6 85.1 85.2 85.6 85.3 85.4 85.4 85.9 86.3 86.6 | 82.8 85.3 85.3 86.2 | 84.9 1979 | 85.8 86.1 86.2 85.1 85.6 85.4 85.0 84.3 84.2 84.5 84.2 84.2 | 86.0 85.3 84.5 84.3 | 85.0 | | | 1980 | 84.4 84.2 83.8 81.9 79.7 78.6 77.9 77.9 79.0 79.8 81.0 81.3 | 84.1 80.1 78.3 80.7 | 80.8 1981 | 80.6 80.0 80.3 79.7 80.1 80.3 80.6 80.4 79.8 79.0 77.9 76.9 | 80.3 80.0 80.3 77.9 | 79.6 1982 | 75.2 76.5 75.8 75.0 74.4 74.0 73.6 72.9 72.5 71.8 71.5 70.9 | 75.9 74.5 73.0 71.4 | 73.7 1983 | 72.2 71.7 72.3 73.2 73.7 74.1 75.2 76.0 77.1 77.7 77.9 78.2 | 72.1 73.6 76.1 77.9 | 74.9 1984 | 79.7 80.0 80.2 80.6 80.9 81.0 81.1 81.0 80.6 80.4 80.5 80.4 | 80.0 80.8 80.9 80.4 | 80.5 | | | 1985 | 80.0 80.1 80.0 79.7 79.5 79.4 78.7 78.9 79.1 78.6 78.7 79.4 | 80.0 79.5 78.9 78.9 | 79.3 1986 | 79.7 79.0 78.4 78.4 78.4 78.1 78.5 78.3 78.3 78.6 78.8 79.4 | 79.0 78.3 78.4 78.9 | 78.7 1987 | 79.0 79.9 79.9 80.2 80.6 80.8 81.2 81.6 81.7 82.8 83.1 83.4 | 79.6 80.5 81.5 83.1 | 81.2 1988 | 83.3 83.5 83.7 84.1 83.9 84.1 84.2 84.5 84.2 84.6 84.6 84.9 | 83.5 84.0 84.3 84.7 | 84.1 1989 | 85.0 84.5 84.6 84.4 83.7 83.6 82.6 83.2 82.8 82.6 82.6 83.1 | 84.7 83.9 82.9 82.8 | 83.6 | | | 1990 | 82.5 83.0 83.2 82.9 82.9 83.0 82.7 82.8 82.8 82.1 80.9 80.3 | 82.9 83.0 82.8 81.1 | 82.4 1991 | 79.8 79.1 78.6 78.6 79.3 80.0 79.9 79.9 80.5 80.2 80.0 79.6 | 79.2 79.3 80.1 79.9 | 79.6 1992 | 79.0 79.5 80.0 80.4 80.5 80.4 80.9 80.3 80.4 80.8 80.9 80.8 | 79.5 80.5 80.5 80.9 | 80.3 1993 | 81.1 81.2 81.1 81.3 80.9 81.1 81.2 81.1 81.4 81.8 82.0 82.3 | 81.2 81.1 81.2 82.1 | 81.4 1994 | 82.5 82.3 83.0 83.2 83.4 83.7 83.7 83.8 83.7 84.2 84.4 85.1 | 82.6 83.4 83.7 84.5 | 83.6 | | | 1995 | 85.0 84.7 84.5 84.1 84.0 83.9 83.3 84.1 84.1 83.6 83.5 83.5 | 84.7 84.0 83.8 83.5 | 84.0 1996 | 82.6 83.6 83.1 83.3 83.4 83.7 83.2 83.4 83.4 83.0 83.4 83.5 | 83.1 83.5 83.3 83.3 | 83.3 1997 | 83.2 83.8 84.0 83.6 83.7 83.6 83.6 84.2 84.5 84.6 84.8 84.6 | 83.7 83.6 84.1 84.7 | 84.0 1998 | 84.4 83.9 83.4 83.3 83.3 82.4 81.6 82.9 82.3 82.5 82.0 82.0 | 83.9 83.0 82.3 82.2 | 82.8 1999 | 82.0 82.0 81.8 81.7 82.0 81.6 81.8 81.9 81.3 82.0 82.2 82.6 | 82.0 81.8 81.6 82.3 | 81.9 | | | 2000 | 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.6 82.5 82.4 81.9 81.5 81.6 81.0 80.7 80.2 | 82.4 82.5 81.6 80.6 | 81.8 2001 | 79.4 78.7 78.2 77.8 77.1 76.4 75.9 75.4 74.9 74.3 73.8 73.6 | 78.8 77.1 75.4 73.9 | 76.3 2002 | 73.8 73.8 74.2 74.4 74.7 75.4 75.1 75.2 75.2 75.0 75.4 75.1 | 73.9 74.8 75.2 75.2 | 74.8 2003 | 75.6 75.9 75.9 75.3 75.4 75.6 75.9 75.9 76.3 76.4 77.0 77.0 | 75.8 75.4 76.1 76.8 | 76.0 2004 | 77.2 77.6 77.1 77.5 78.0 77.4 77.9 78.1 78.0 78.7 79.0 79.4 | 77.3 77.6 78.0 79.1 | 78.0 | | | 2005 | 79.8 80.2 80.1 80.0 80.2 80.5 80.4 80.5 79.0 79.8 80.6 80.9 | 80.0 80.3 80.0 80.4 | 80.2 2006 | 80.9 80.7 80.8 81.1 80.9 81.2 81.3 81.3 80.9 80.8 80.5 80.9 | 80.8 81.0 81.2 80.7 | 80.9 2007 | 80.5 80.9 80.7 81.0 80.9 81.0 81.4 81.2 81.3 80.8 81.1 81.0 | 80.7 81.0 81.3 81.0 | 81.0 2008 | 81.0 80.4 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Estimates from October 2007 through February 2008 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases.