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| Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 r | Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.3 85.2 78.6 84.8 | 75.2 75.1 74.1 74.6 | 74.5 74.9 75.1 75.7 | | | | Manufacturing | 86.43 | 80.2 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 73.5 73.5 72.7 73.2 | 73.0 73.5 73.7 74.3 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 81.54 | 80.0 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 73.2 72.9 72.0 72.6 | 72.4 73.0 73.1 73.8 | | | | Durable manufacturing | 46.72 | 78.5 84.5 73.4 83.7 | 70.5 70.3 69.1 70.1 | 69.8 70.8 70.9 71.8 Wood products 321 | 1.46 | 80.4 88.8 73.0 87.9 | 73.4 73.1 72.7 73.9 | 73.7 73.5 75.1 75.9 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.26 | 79.4 85.7 72.1 84.0 | 77.9 77.5 76.9 77.7 | 77.8 77.6 78.1 79.2 Primary metal 331 | 2.23 | 81.0 95.3 75.2 94.9 | 77.1 76.8 73.4 73.2 | 73.0 73.3 75.9 77.0 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.41 | 77.2 80.3 71.1 83.8 | 69.7 68.8 67.2 67.2 | 66.8 67.4 67.7 68.2 Machinery 333 | 5.99 | 79.8 84.6 72.8 87.6 | 66.7 66.8 67.0 67.6 | 67.7 68.2 67.6 69.4 Computer and electronic products 334 | 10.50 | 79.5 81.1 76.3 85.3 | 63.1 63.2 62.9 65.2 | 65.5 66.0 67.7 69.1 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.35 | 83.2 87.4 75.0 92.5 | 74.1 73.5 73.1 73.4 | 73.3 73.8 74.4 75.3 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 6.36 | 77.6 89.7 56.5 87.8 | 81.3 80.9 77.9 80.7 | 78.6 83.6 80.9 80.4 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.15 | 73.2 88.9 81.9 67.7 | 64.3 63.8 63.6 63.9 | 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.7 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.81 | 79.2 84.0 67.9 83.7 | 71.1 71.1 69.6 69.5 | 69.2 69.3 69.4 70.6 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.21 | 76.9 81.7 77.7 81.2 | 76.7 77.8 76.5 75.7 | 75.1 75.7 75.3 76.8 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.82 | 82.2 87.0 81.8 85.5 | 76.7 76.5 76.1 76.1 | 76.1 76.1 76.2 76.6 Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 11.38 | 82.3 85.5 81.3 84.5 | 77.3 77.4 77.3 77.2 | 76.9 76.8 76.4 76.7 Textile and product mills 313,4 | 1.32 | 83.7 91.4 77.2 91.0 | 74.9 73.2 71.7 70.4 | 70.5 69.8 70.4 71.1 Apparel and leather 315,6 | 1.28 | 80.1 84.2 77.3 89.2 | 67.2 65.2 63.4 61.9 | 61.3 61.8 63.7 64.7 Paper 322 | 2.81 | 88.4 93.7 85.2 92.4 | 84.9 83.6 83.8 83.4 | 83.1 82.8 82.8 83.7 Printing and support 323 | 2.56 | 84.7 91.6 82.7 86.0 | 74.4 73.7 71.9 71.9 | 71.5 72.3 72.2 72.5 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.72 | 86.3 88.9 82.5 90.2 | 88.1 88.4 87.6 87.9 | 88.4 88.4 88.5 88.2 Chemical 325 | 10.16 | 78.6 85.6 80.8 81.3 | 72.9 73.1 72.6 72.9 | 73.1 73.3 73.4 73.8 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.59 | 83.8 91.3 77.2 92.4 | 79.5 79.6 79.1 79.9 | 80.0 80.1 81.2 81.1 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 4.89 | 83.7 90.7 79.1 82.8 | 78.9 82.3 83.2 82.4 | 82.5 82.2 83.5 83.1 | | | | Mining 21 | 5.25 | 86.9 85.6 83.4 88.3 | 84.6 84.7 84.7 85.0 | 84.8 85.4 85.0 85.5 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.32 | 87.0 92.8 84.1 93.8 | 87.2 86.3 82.4 83.0 | 83.5 82.1 83.4 84.3 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 7.16 | 79.2 79.9 74.5 88.3 | 61.7 61.7 62.0 65.2 | 65.4 66.4 68.5 70.7 Computers and office equipment 3341 | 1.54 | 78.4 79.3 67.2 86.6 | 71.6 71.4 68.6 70.4 | 70.3 71.4 72.6 74.1 Communications equipment 3342 | 2.34 | 78.6 81.7 73.2 87.5 | 48.2 50.6 50.9 50.2 | 50.7 50.1 51.5 52.1 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 3.28 | 81.0 80.5 78.1 91.5 | 66.7 64.9 66.8 73.4 | 73.7 75.8 78.7 82.4 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 92.84 | 81.4 85.6 78.8 84.7 | 76.3 76.3 75.3 75.7 | 75.5 75.8 76.0 76.5 Manufacturing 1 | 79.27 | 80.2 86.1 77.3 84.1 | 74.6 74.7 73.9 74.2 | 74.0 74.5 74.6 75.0 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 8.29 | 86.4 88.5 84.7 88.9 | 83.1 83.3 83.3 83.7 | 83.4 84.0 83.6 84.2 Primary and semifinished | 49.05 | 82.4 86.4 77.5 87.9 | 77.5 77.2 75.8 76.5 | 76.4 76.7 77.4 78.1 Finished | 42.66 | 78.4 83.2 77.2 80.3 | 71.1 71.2 70.4 70.8 | 70.6 71.1 70.9 71.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.