Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2002 | 2002 89 91 95| 2002 2003 | 2003 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 r | Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.3 85.1 78.6 84.8 | 75.7 76.2 75.3 75.2 | 75.3 75.3 74.8 74.4 | | | | Manufacturing | 86.69 | 80.2 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 73.9 74.3 73.5 73.2 | 73.3 73.2 73.0 72.5 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 81.79 | 80.0 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 73.5 73.8 73.0 72.6 | 72.8 72.6 72.3 71.9 | | | | Durable manufacturing | 47.13 | 78.5 84.5 73.4 83.7 | 70.2 70.5 69.7 69.3 | 69.8 69.3 68.9 68.3 Wood products 321 | 1.47 | 80.3 88.7 73.1 87.7 | 75.0 75.2 72.6 70.8 | 72.0 70.7 69.7 70.2 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.34 | 79.5 85.6 72.1 83.7 | 80.4 81.3 81.5 81.2 | 81.8 81.2 80.6 80.0 Primary metal 331 | 2.42 | 81.0 95.3 75.2 94.8 | 76.4 77.1 77.6 77.6 | 76.9 79.3 76.7 75.2 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.47 | 77.1 80.1 71.0 83.6 | 71.2 71.3 70.8 69.7 | 70.1 69.6 69.5 68.8 Machinery 333 | 5.94 | 79.9 84.7 72.9 88.7 | 68.2 68.3 66.7 67.2 | 66.8 67.2 67.7 67.8 Computer and electronic products 334 | 10.28 | 79.6 81.5 76.4 85.4 | 62.7 62.6 62.3 62.0 | 62.3 61.8 61.9 61.8 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.40 | 83.3 87.5 75.0 92.5 | 76.1 75.9 75.5 74.6 | 74.7 75.1 74.0 73.7 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 6.79 | 77.3 90.0 56.6 87.0 | 80.0 82.7 80.8 80.1 | 82.3 79.8 78.4 76.5 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.13 | 73.1 88.9 81.9 67.9 | 60.2 59.1 58.7 59.1 | 59.3 59.1 59.0 58.9 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.80 | 79.2 84.1 68.1 83.7 | 71.1 70.8 70.1 69.0 | 69.2 69.4 68.3 67.3 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.10 | 77.1 81.7 77.5 81.2 | 76.0 75.5 74.7 74.5 | 74.6 74.3 74.6 74.2 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.66 | 82.2 86.9 81.8 85.4 | 78.1 78.5 77.6 77.2 | 77.2 77.2 77.2 76.8 Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 10.97 | 82.4 85.5 81.3 84.3 | 80.2 79.7 78.7 78.0 | 78.5 77.9 77.8 77.8 Textile and product mills 313,4 | 1.33 | 83.6 91.1 77.1 90.6 | 74.2 74.2 73.1 71.3 | 70.7 71.4 71.7 70.7 Apparel and leather 315,6 | 1.33 | 80.0 83.9 77.2 89.1 | 65.3 64.8 63.2 62.5 | 62.9 62.9 61.9 60.9 Paper 322 | 2.87 | 88.5 94.0 85.4 92.6 | 82.5 84.0 84.2 82.3 | 81.9 81.9 83.3 82.5 Printing and support 323 | 2.57 | 84.8 91.7 82.7 86.0 | 77.1 80.3 80.9 80.3 | 81.3 80.3 79.4 79.3 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.52 | 86.4 88.9 82.5 90.4 | 89.9 88.7 88.9 88.0 | 88.0 87.7 88.2 86.4 Chemical 325 | 10.37 | 78.7 85.6 80.8 81.3 | 74.6 75.3 73.7 74.3 | 73.8 74.6 74.6 74.1 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.69 | 83.7 91.2 77.1 92.3 | 79.4 80.4 79.4 79.4 | 79.1 79.5 79.5 79.3 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 4.89 | 83.6 90.2 79.1 82.7 | 80.3 81.8 82.3 83.3 | 82.0 83.4 84.6 83.4 | | | | Mining 21 | 5.20 | 86.9 85.6 83.3 88.5 | 84.8 84.9 85.1 84.9 | 84.9 84.8 85.1 85.4 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.12 | 86.7 92.6 84.2 93.8 | 87.8 88.2 86.0 86.9 | 87.8 88.4 84.5 84.3 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 7.08 | 79.3 80.4 74.6 88.5 | 62.2 62.2 62.2 62.0 | 61.8 61.8 62.3 62.4 Computers and office equipment 3341 | 1.36 | 78.6 79.7 67.0 86.4 | 74.2 74.4 77.1 79.3 | 78.4 79.3 80.3 81.1 Communications equipment 3342 | 2.52 | 78.4 82.0 73.3 87.4 | 55.2 52.0 49.8 50.0 | 49.6 49.6 50.8 50.1 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 3.20 | 81.2 81.4 78.7 92.0 | 63.7 66.3 67.0 65.4 | 65.8 65.4 65.0 65.4 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 92.92 | 81.4 85.5 78.8 84.6 | 77.1 77.6 76.8 76.6 | 76.8 76.8 76.2 75.8 Manufacturing 1 | 79.61 | 80.2 86.1 77.3 84.0 | 75.3 75.8 75.0 74.7 | 74.9 74.7 74.5 73.9 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 8.45 | 86.4 88.6 84.7 89.3 | 83.2 83.8 83.1 83.0 | 82.6 83.0 83.4 83.2 Primary and semifinished | 49.25 | 82.2 86.2 77.6 87.7 | 77.7 78.5 77.9 77.6 | 77.8 77.9 77.1 76.5 Finished | 42.30 | 78.5 83.1 77.2 80.3 | 71.7 71.6 70.6 70.5 | 70.8 70.4 70.3 70.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.