Table 4 INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent change Capacity indexes | Annual rate | December to December | Percent of 1992 output | 1967- 1967- 1975-| | | | 1997 1975 1997 | | 1997 | 1997 1998 Item | Ave. Ave. Ave. | 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 | Jan. | Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | Total industry | 3.0 3.8 2.7 | 2.3 3.9 5.0 4.5 4.7 | 147.2 | 151.3 151.9 152.4 153.0 153.6 154.2 | | | | Manufacturing | 3.3 4.0 3.0 | 2.5 4.2 5.6 5.1 5.3 | 151.6 | 156.3 157.0 157.6 158.3 159.0 159.7 | | | | Primary processing | 2.3 4.1 1.5 | 1.4 2.4 3.0 3.4 3.4 | 135.4 | 138.0 138.4 138.8 139.2 139.6 140.0 Advanced processing | 3.8 4.0 3.8 | 3.0 5.2 6.9 5.9 6.3 | 159.8 | 165.7 166.5 167.3 168.1 169.0 169.8 | | | | Durable | 3.8 3.7 3.8 | 3.1 6.1 8.5 7.4 8.0 | 169.3 | 177.2 178.3 179.4 180.6 181.8 182.9 Lumber and products 24 | 2.0 2.9 1.7 | .8 3.0 3.9 4.5 4.0 | 136.8 | 140.0 140.4 140.9 141.3 141.8 142.2 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 3.2 4.5 2.6 | 2.3 2.5 4.0 6.0 4.8 | 148.9 | 152.9 153.5 154.1 154.7 155.3 155.9 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 1.5 2.5 1.1 | .0 .9 2.4 3.4 3.7 | 144.4 | 147.5 148.0 148.4 148.9 149.3 149.7 | | | | Primary metals 33 | .3 1.7 -.2 | -.3 2.7 2.4 3.7 3.7 | 134.3 | 137.2 137.6 138.0 138.5 138.9 139.3 Iron and steel 331,2 | -.4 .7 -.8 | -.8 3.1 1.4 4.5 3.8 | 133.7 | 136.6 137.0 137.4 137.9 138.3 138.8 Raw steel | -.7 .3 -1.2 | -4.3 1.4 3.3 2.7 6.1 | 126.1 | 130.7 131.3 132.0 132.7 133.3 134.0 Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 1.7 3.8 .8 | .4 2.2 3.5 2.8 3.7 | 134.7 | 137.7 138.1 138.5 138.9 139.3 139.6 Primary copper 3331 | .7 1.8 .2 | 6.3 3.2 8.3 -1.8 1.2 | 142.9 | 144.0 144.1 144.3 144.5 144.6 144.8 Primary aluminum 3334 | 1.2 5.2 -.4 | .0 .5 .0 .2 .2 | 104.0 | 104.1 104.1 104.1 104.1 104.2 104.2 | | | | Fabricated metal products 34 | 1.9 3.1 1.4 | 2.7 2.5 4.1 4.7 5.1 | 151.1 | 155.5 156.2 156.8 157.5 158.1 158.8 Industrial machinery | | | | and equipment 35 | 5.4 4.7 5.7 | 4.9 8.6 11.0 11.4 11.6 | 191.5 | 204.4 206.2 208.1 210.0 211.9 213.7 Computer and office equip. 357 | 20.7 12.0 24.4 | 20.4 21.9 32.0 40.6 41.0 | 402.1 | 491.3 505.6 520.3 535.4 551.0 566.8 Electrical machinery 36 | 8.2 5.9 9.2 | 10.4 19.1 26.5 18.6 19.3 | 260.4 | 289.0 293.2 297.5 301.8 306.3 310.8 Semiconductors 3672-9 | 18.9 13.1 21.4 | 23.1 43.0 57.1 29.6 37.6 | 489.1 | 590.2 606.2 622.7 639.7 657.1 674.9 | | | | Transportation equipment 37 | 2.7 3.0 2.5 | .7 3.4 3.8 2.3 3.5 | 150.9 | 153.9 154.3 154.8 155.2 155.7 156.2 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 3.4 4.4 3.0 | 2.6 7.5 8.1 4.5 4.6 | 179.9 | 184.7 185.4 186.0 186.7 187.4 188.1 Autos and light trucks <1> | | .0 5.9 5.7 .8 2.4 | 159.5 | 161.7 162.1 162.4 162.7 163.0 163.4 Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 1.6 1.1 1.7 | -1.7 -1.1 -1.2 -.7 2.1 | 122.5 | 124.1 124.3 124.5 124.8 125.0 125.2 Instruments 38 | 4.6 7.6 3.4 | 1.1 .0 .5 .8 1.9 | 133.6 | 135.1 135.3 135.5 135.7 136.0 136.2 Miscellaneous 39 | 2.3 4.4 1.5 | 1.9 1.9 2.9 3.2 3.2 | 153.9 | 156.8 157.2 157.6 158.0 158.4 158.9 | | | | Nondurable | 2.8 4.3 2.2 | 1.8 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.2 | 133.3 | 135.0 135.2 135.5 135.7 136.0 136.3 Foods 20 | 2.4 3.0 2.2 | 1.8 2.1 2.9 2.5 2.4 | 134.5 | 136.3 136.6 136.9 137.1 137.4 137.7 Textile mill products 22 | 2.2 4.4 1.3 | 2.8 3.9 3.1 2.0 1.8 | 130.3 | 131.7 131.9 132.1 132.3 132.5 132.7 Apparel products 23 | 1.2 2.3 .7 | .8 1.6 2.2 .1 .0 | 131.4 | 131.4 131.4 131.4 131.4 131.4 131.4 Paper and products 26 | 2.8 3.9 2.3 | 1.9 1.3 2.5 2.3 1.8 | 124.8 | 126.0 126.2 126.5 126.7 126.9 127.1 Pulp and paper 261-3 | 2.4 2.9 2.2 | 1.8 2.0 2.9 2.0 1.8 | 119.7 | 120.9 121.1 121.3 121.5 121.7 121.9 Printing and publishing 27 | 2.7 3.0 2.6 | .0 .8 .7 1.0 .7 | 126.6 | 127.2 127.2 127.3 127.4 127.5 127.6 | | | | Chemicals and products 28 | 3.8 6.8 2.6 | 3.1 2.7 2.8 3.6 3.3 | 143.6 | 146.3 146.7 147.1 147.5 148.0 148.4 Plastics materials 2821 | 6.5 12.7 4.1 | .1 6.2 5.3 6.6 5.5 | 135.7 | 140.0 140.6 141.2 141.9 142.5 143.1 Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | 3.8 9.7 1.5 | .6 .4 .4 -.4 3.9 | 119.8 | 122.6 123.1 123.5 123.9 124.3 124.6 Petroleum products 29 | 1.5 4.2 .4 | -.5 2.1 -.5 .4 1.8 | 113.9 | 115.2 115.4 115.6 115.7 115.9 116.1 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 5.4 8.4 4.1 | 3.4 4.4 5.1 4.4 4.2 | 142.1 | 145.5 146.0 146.5 147.0 147.5 148.0 Leather and products 31 | -3.2 -1.5 -4.0 | -2.5 -2.1 -2.6 -2.3 -2.8 | 107.9 | 106.1 105.9 105.6 105.4 105.1 104.9 | | | | Mining | .2 -.1 .3 | .7 1.1 -.7 .4 .7 | 117.5 | 118.1 118.1 118.2 118.2 118.3 118.3 Metal mining 10 | 1.3 .5 1.6 | 1.4 -1.8 1.2 .5 .8 | 117.7 | 118.1 118.2 118.4 118.5 118.6 118.8 Coal mining 12 | 2.4 2.4 2.3 | 1.9 4.3 -.7 1.2 1.7 | 125.2 | 126.5 126.7 126.9 127.1 127.2 127.4 Oil and gas extraction 13 | -.5 -1.0 -.3 | -.2 .3 -1.2 -.1 .1 | 113.5 | 113.7 113.7 113.7 113.6 113.6 113.6 Oil and gas well drilling 138 | .7 .8 .6 | -1.0 -.6 -1.6 -1.2 1.1 | 174.1 | 175.2 175.4 175.6 175.7 175.9 176.1 Stone and earth minerals 14 | 1.4 2.6 .9 | 4.2 2.3 2.4 3.5 4.0 | 136.6 | 139.8 140.3 140.7 141.2 141.6 142.0 | | | | Utilities | 2.8 6.1 1.5 | .8 1.2 2.1 1.5 1.3 | 125.7 | 126.7 126.8 126.9 127.1 127.2 127.3 Electric 491,3pt | 3.8 7.8 2.2 | 1.3 1.0 2.8 1.5 1.3 | 124.0 | 125.0 125.1 125.2 125.4 125.5 125.6 Gas 492,3pt | .4 2.3 -.4 | .2 .4 .5 2.2 1.9 | 134.1 | 135.6 135.8 136.0 136.2 136.4 136.6 | | | | SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | | | | | | Computers, communications eq, and | | | | semiconductors | 15.2 9.5 17.6 | 18.4 28.3 38.7 29.3 30.5 | 378.4 | 442.5 452.3 462.4 472.7 483.2 494.1 | | | | Manufacturing ex. computers, | | | | communications eq., and | | | | semiconductors | 2.4 3.7 1.9 | 1.4 2.4 3.0 2.9 3.1 | 139.7 | 142.2 142.6 142.9 143.3 143.7 144.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <1> Series begins in 1977.