Table 6 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1967- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2001 | 2001 89 91 95| 2001 2002 | 2002 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 r | Apr. May June July ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.9 85.4 78.1 84.5 | 76.2 74.7 75.0 75.6 | 75.3 75.6 76.0 76.1 | | | | Manufacturing | 87.62 | 80.9 85.7 76.6 84.1 | 74.5 73.1 73.5 74.0 | 73.6 74.0 74.4 74.4 | | | | Durable | 49.11 | 79.4 84.6 73.1 83.7 | 72.0 70.1 70.6 71.2 | 70.8 71.2 71.6 71.9 Lumber and products 24 | 2.14 | 82.4 93.6 75.5 88.3 | 77.6 75.6 75.2 74.8 | 74.7 74.9 74.9 74.8 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 1.57 | 81.2 86.6 72.5 84.3 | 73.8 72.3 72.2 72.3 | 72.4 72.5 72.1 71.5 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 2.47 | 78.9 83.5 69.7 82.2 | 79.8 78.4 77.6 77.8 | 78.6 77.6 77.4 77.5 Primary metals 33 | 2.88 | 81.6 92.7 73.7 95.4 | 78.2 72.6 75.0 77.9 | 75.6 77.7 80.5 81.7 Fabricated metals 34 | 6.06 | 77.8 82.0 71.9 85.2 | 72.3 71.0 71.0 71.6 | 71.0 71.8 71.9 72.3 Industrial machinery and equipment 35 | 8.29 | 81.0 85.4 72.3 87.2 | 69.9 67.5 68.5 69.3 | 68.7 69.5 69.6 69.2 Electrical machinery 36 | 9.17 | 81.1 84.0 75.0 90.6 | 65.1 64.6 65.5 66.5 | 66.0 67.1 66.6 66.2 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 6.47 | 77.0 89.1 55.9 85.1 | 76.5 74.1 77.5 80.1 | 79.7 79.3 81.4 84.7 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 372-6,9 | 4.29 | 75.1 87.3 79.2 69.0 | 71.0 67.5 63.8 61.1 | 61.8 61.0 60.6 59.5 Instruments 38 | 4.57 | 81.1 81.4 77.2 78.3 | 73.4 73.1 73.0 72.7 | 72.5 72.5 73.1 73.0 Miscellaneous 39 | 1.19 | 76.0 79.0 71.7 80.7 | 74.2 71.3 72.7 74.0 | 72.9 74.1 75.2 75.0 | | | | Nondurable | 38.51 | 83.0 87.3 80.7 84.6 | 77.7 77.1 77.4 77.7 | 77.3 77.7 78.0 77.6 Food and tobacco products 20,21 | 10.86 | 83.1 85.9 81.6 85.7 | 79.8 79.9 80.7 80.7 | 80.7 80.4 81.1 80.6 Textile mill products 22 | 1.20 | 85.2 90.4 77.7 92.5 | 73.3 71.5 74.3 76.4 | 76.3 76.9 76.1 76.2 Apparel products 23 | 1.60 | 80.6 85.1 75.5 85.9 | 68.4 65.9 67.1 67.0 | 66.7 67.0 67.4 68.6 Paper and products 26 | 3.19 | 88.3 93.5 85.0 92.0 | 78.1 76.1 75.1 77.6 | 75.8 78.3 78.5 77.4 Printing and publishing 27 | 6.61 | 84.9 91.7 79.6 82.2 | 73.9 72.7 70.9 70.8 | 70.3 70.6 71.6 71.0 Chemicals and products 28 | 9.60 | 79.2 86.2 79.3 79.9 | 76.4 77.2 77.4 76.9 | 76.7 77.1 76.9 76.5 Petroleum products 29 | 1.63 | 87.5 88.5 85.1 92.9 | 92.5 92.7 94.6 94.1 | 95.0 94.0 93.3 94.1 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 3.64 | 84.5 89.6 77.4 91.4 | 78.4 76.3 77.5 79.4 | 78.8 79.4 80.0 79.9 | | | | Mining | 6.14 | 87.6 88.0 87.0 89.3 | 90.7 87.6 85.3 85.5 | 84.4 85.5 86.5 85.5 Utilities | 6.24 | 87.6 92.6 83.4 92.5 | 86.3 83.6 84.3 86.4 | 87.0 85.8 86.6 88.3 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 8.52 | 80.0 81.9 72.4 88.2 | 61.3 60.7 62.9 64.2 | 63.8 64.4 64.3 63.8 Computers and office equipment 357 | 2.05 | 80.7 86.9 66.9 85.3 | 63.2 62.8 66.6 66.0 | 67.1 65.9 64.9 64.4 Communications equipment 366 | 1.92 | 80.1 84.8 73.4 88.7 | 62.8 57.9 54.6 53.7 | 53.8 53.4 53.8 52.2 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 3672-9 | 4.55 | 79.6 81.1 75.6 91.0 | 59.7 60.9 64.6 67.4 | 66.2 67.9 67.9 67.8 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 91.48 | 82.0 85.7 78.4 84.2 | 77.8 76.2 76.4 77.0 | 76.6 76.9 77.4 77.6 Manufacturing | 79.10 | 81.0 86.1 76.8 83.8 | 76.1 74.7 74.9 75.4 | 75.0 75.4 75.8 75.9 Industrial machinery 351-6,8,9 | 6.24 | 81.0 85.5 74.0 88.2 | 72.6 69.5 69.7 70.8 | 69.9 71.1 71.5 71.1 Electrical machinery 361-5,9,71 | 2.71 | 83.2 87.5 74.3 93.6 | 76.1 76.0 75.6 75.3 | 75.2 76.2 74.5 74.6 | | | | Primary processing | 33.80 | 82.0 88.3 76.7 88.8 | 74.7 73.3 74.6 76.1 | 75.4 76.3 76.6 76.7 Advanced processing | 53.82 | 80.3 84.2 76.6 81.3 | 74.3 73.0 72.8 72.7 | 72.5 72.5 73.0 72.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note. See notes to table 2. Estimates for the month of July are preliminary. Estimates from April to June are revised.