Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2003 | 2003 89 91 95| 2004 | 2004 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q1 Q2 Q3 r Q4 | Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.1 85.1 78.6 84.9 | 77.3 77.9 78.2 78.8 | 78.0 78.5 78.6 79.2 | | | | Manufacturing | 84.92 | 79.9 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 75.6 76.5 77.0 77.6 | 76.8 77.4 77.4 77.8 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 80.54 | 79.7 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 75.1 75.9 76.4 77.1 | 76.3 76.9 76.9 77.3 | | | | Durable manufacturing | 46.18 | 78.1 84.5 73.4 83.6 | 73.1 73.8 74.4 75.2 | 74.3 75.1 75.0 75.5 Wood products 321 | 1.47 | 80.1 88.9 73.1 87.7 | 77.5 78.5 78.2 78.2 | 76.9 78.9 78.1 77.7 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.21 | 79.2 84.9 72.0 83.6 | 78.8 79.3 80.2 80.7 | 80.2 80.2 80.7 81.4 Primary metal 331 | 2.31 | 80.5 94.3 74.6 95.5 | 78.4 79.4 81.9 83.8 | 82.5 83.2 82.9 85.5 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.26 | 76.9 80.2 71.6 83.6 | 68.5 69.6 70.1 70.0 | 69.8 70.1 70.0 70.1 Machinery 333 | 5.80 | 78.9 84.8 73.0 86.9 | 74.1 76.3 77.5 78.6 | 77.2 78.3 78.4 79.1 Computer and electronic products 334 | 9.30 | 79.0 81.7 76.6 83.9 | 68.3 69.8 70.9 71.0 | 70.9 71.0 70.9 71.1 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.21 | 82.8 87.5 75.1 92.5 | 76.7 77.8 80.1 79.3 | 80.4 79.1 79.4 79.3 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 7.15 | 77.6 90.3 56.0 87.8 | 82.7 80.4 79.8 82.2 | 80.0 82.6 81.9 82.1 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.29 | 72.7 88.7 82.1 67.9 | 63.5 64.3 64.9 66.4 | 64.6 65.4 66.4 67.3 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.86 | 78.8 83.6 69.4 83.4 | 72.2 73.6 73.5 73.3 | 72.8 73.1 73.1 73.6 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.32 | 76.5 81.7 77.7 80.6 | 75.2 76.3 76.5 77.4 | 76.0 76.8 77.0 78.3 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.36 | 81.9 87.1 81.7 85.4 | 77.8 78.9 79.3 79.7 | 79.0 79.6 79.6 79.8 Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 10.97 | 81.9 85.6 81.0 84.0 | 79.7 80.6 80.9 81.4 | 80.9 81.1 81.4 81.6 Textile and product mills 313,4 | 1.23 | 83.4 91.5 77.2 90.7 | 73.7 73.2 74.8 74.6 | 74.3 75.4 73.6 74.7 Apparel and leather 315,6 | 1.02 | 79.6 84.2 77.3 89.2 | 67.2 69.2 68.5 70.8 | 69.3 69.7 70.8 72.0 Paper 322 | 2.79 | 88.2 93.7 85.2 92.5 | 84.3 86.1 86.8 86.9 | 86.4 86.9 86.5 87.5 Printing and support 323 | 2.47 | 84.1 91.6 82.7 86.0 | 72.5 72.1 72.0 72.1 | 73.0 72.0 72.0 72.2 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.52 | 86.0 88.9 82.9 90.3 | 88.7 89.1 90.2 91.2 | 88.3 89.9 91.4 92.2 Chemical 325 | 10.83 | 78.5 85.7 80.9 81.1 | 73.8 75.4 75.9 76.2 | 75.4 76.4 76.1 76.0 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.52 | 83.7 91.1 77.1 92.2 | 81.7 83.4 83.2 83.4 | 82.5 83.5 83.4 83.4 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 4.38 | 84.8 90.5 80.4 83.9 | 85.3 87.0 87.6 87.0 | 87.0 86.7 86.7 87.7 | | | | Mining 21 | 6.24 | 87.1 85.8 83.5 89.1 | 87.3 86.6 86.3 86.1 | 84.6 84.7 86.6 87.0 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.84 | 86.9 92.8 84.2 93.9 | 86.3 85.1 83.7 85.1 | 84.8 84.5 84.3 86.5 | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 6.06 | 78.6 81.0 74.3 86.4 | 68.0 69.7 69.9 69.7 | 69.6 69.4 69.7 70.1 Computer and peripheral equipment 3341 | 1.28 | 78.6 80.2 67.5 85.0 | 75.1 74.2 73.7 76.4 | 74.3 75.4 76.5 77.4 Communications equipment 3342 | 2.13 | 76.6 80.8 73.4 87.4 | 52.8 53.7 56.7 58.8 | 56.9 57.8 59.2 59.4 Semiconductors and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 2.65 | 81.2 82.8 77.5 90.4 | 77.3 80.5 78.5 75.2 | 77.4 75.6 74.9 75.0 | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | industries | | | | Total industry | 93.94 | 81.2 85.5 78.8 84.8 | 78.0 78.6 78.9 79.6 | 78.7 79.3 79.4 80.0 Manufacturing 1 | 78.86 | 80.0 86.0 77.3 84.2 | 76.3 77.2 77.8 78.4 | 77.6 78.3 78.3 78.7 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 9.55 | 86.4 88.9 84.8 89.3 | 85.3 85.8 85.7 85.6 | 84.3 84.5 85.8 86.4 Primary and semifinished | 47.80 | 82.2 86.5 77.5 87.8 | 79.4 79.8 79.7 80.1 | 79.7 79.8 79.8 80.6 Finished | 42.64 | 78.0 83.1 77.2 80.5 | 73.3 74.1 74.9 75.9 | 74.8 75.8 75.7 76.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.