Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | 1972- 1978- 1988- 1990- 1994-| | | 2004 | 2004 1980 1982 1989 1991 1995| 2004 | 2004 2005 Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High Low High| May | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 100.00 | 81.0 86.6 70.8 85.1 78.6 84.9 | 78.2 | 79.2 79.1 79.4 79.4 79.1 79.4 | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | Crude | 10.28 | 86.4 91.4 77.3 88.9 84.8 89.3 | 85.8 | 86.4 85.6 86.8 86.7 86.6 87.0 Primary and semifinished | 47.74 | 82.1 88.0 68.0 86.5 77.5 87.8 | 80.1 | 80.7 80.3 80.1 80.5 79.9 80.0 Finished | 41.98 | 77.9 83.6 71.1 83.1 77.2 80.5 | 74.4 | 76.2 76.3 77.0 76.8 76.7 77.1 | | | | Industry Groups | | | | Manufacturing | 84.08 | 79.8 86.3 68.5 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 76.7 | 77.9 78.1 78.3 78.0 77.9 78.2 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 79.81 | 79.6 86.4 67.9 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 76.1 | 77.3 77.4 77.7 77.4 77.2 77.5 Durable manufacturing | 45.64 | 78.0 86.9 62.9 84.5 73.4 83.6 | 74.0 | 75.4 75.5 75.9 75.5 75.3 75.6 Wood products 321 | 1.56 | 80.0 87.1 59.7 88.9 73.1 87.7 | 79.5 | 78.0 78.9 76.3 76.6 75.7 76.9 Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.19 | 79.2 87.9 62.9 84.9 72.0 83.6 | 79.1 | 81.9 81.2 82.4 81.2 81.2 80.9 Primary metal 331 | 2.60 | 80.5 91.2 47.2 94.3 74.6 95.5 | 79.3 | 81.8 81.8 80.1 80.8 77.5 78.2 Iron and steel products 3311,2 | 1.18 | 81.7 96.3 37.8 99.0 71.0 100.9 | 87.3 | 89.9 90.2 89.0 88.2 82.9 83.6 Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.36 | 76.6 83.1 62.0 80.2 71.6 83.6 | 69.6 | 70.1 70.1 70.1 69.9 70.0 70.5 Machinery 333 | 5.63 | 78.8 93.0 58.6 84.8 73.0 86.9 | 76.6 | 78.5 79.5 79.5 79.8 81.4 81.8 Computer and electronic products 334 | 8.65 | 78.7 89.3 76.2 81.7 76.6 83.9 | 70.0 | 71.4 72.7 73.1 73.2 73.7 74.6 Computer and peripheral equip. 3341 | 1.17 | 78.4 88.8 66.4 80.2 67.5 85.0 | 74.1 | 76.6 77.6 78.1 78.7 79.1 79.4 Communications equipment 3342 | 1.83 | 76.0 92.8 82.3 80.8 73.4 87.4 | 53.9 | 59.7 62.2 62.6 62.0 62.1 64.5 Semiconductor and related | | | | electronic components 334412-9 | 2.50 | 81.1 94.0 76.6 82.8 77.5 90.4 | 80.9 | 75.3 76.9 76.8 76.4 76.6 76.9 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | and components 335 | 2.16 | 82.7 92.0 64.4 87.5 75.1 92.5 | 77.4 | 81.4 80.5 79.2 79.6 79.7 80.5 Transportation equipment 336 | 11.42 | 75.6 85.9 56.5 88.0 68.5 78.7 | 74.5 | 76.7 75.8 78.1 76.3 75.6 75.6 Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 7.11 | 77.8 96.1 45.2 90.3 56.0 87.8 | 80.5 | 82.9 81.4 84.6 81.6 79.7 79.5 Autos and light trucks 33611 | 3.05 | 78.0 100.2 39.6 98.4 54.8 88.3 | 81.0 | 84.1 80.4 86.7 82.2 78.8 79.1 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.31 | 72.4 84.2 69.3 88.7 82.1 67.9 | 64.4 | 65.9 65.9 66.8 66.9 68.1 68.5 Furniture and related products 337 | 1.83 | 78.7 87.5 66.2 83.6 69.4 83.4 | 74.1 | 74.0 73.2 72.5 73.1 72.0 71.9 Miscellaneous 339 | 3.24 | 76.5 79.7 68.3 81.7 77.7 80.6 | 76.6 | 77.4 78.0 78.3 77.9 78.0 77.2 | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | 34.16 | 81.8 85.7 75.6 87.1 81.7 85.4 | 79.1 | 80.0 80.2 80.2 80.0 79.9 80.2 Food 311 | 8.45 | 82.6 85.1 80.5 85.7 83.4 83.7 | 82.0 | 82.0 83.0 83.0 82.4 81.6 82.2 Beverage and tobacco products 312 | 2.64 | 79.8 84.3 78.1 86.0 74.5 87.4 | 78.1 | 80.5 79.7 77.5 79.5 80.7 81.4 Textile mills 313 | .65 | 83.0 90.2 72.4 91.8 78.2 92.3 | 68.0 | 71.1 71.6 71.1 70.5 70.5 71.4 Textile product mills 314 | .50 | 83.0 93.2 71.1 90.7 73.6 88.2 | 81.1 | 76.6 81.0 81.4 82.4 81.3 82.2 Apparel 315 | .72 | 80.0 84.8 78.2 85.4 78.0 91.2 | 69.5 | 70.7 71.1 71.1 70.7 72.3 71.5 Leather and allied products 316 | .13 | 75.9 86.0 75.5 80.1 71.7 81.0 | 67.4 | 73.1 71.2 70.5 71.0 71.7 72.1 Paper 322 | 2.71 | 88.1 95.4 81.3 93.7 85.2 92.5 | 86.3 | 86.6 88.2 87.1 87.3 86.2 86.8 Printing and support 323 | 2.39 | 83.7 88.2 80.1 91.6 82.7 86.0 | 71.7 | 72.0 72.4 72.2 72.5 72.4 73.4 Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.68 | 86.1 92.0 71.0 88.9 82.9 90.3 | 88.9 | 92.6 90.3 93.0 90.9 91.9 92.2 Chemical 325 | 10.88 | 78.4 83.1 68.0 85.7 80.9 81.1 | 75.5 | 76.8 76.2 76.9 76.7 76.5 76.6 Plastics material and resin 325211 | .71 | 86.1 84.6 65.3 97.6 78.0 101.4 | 88.0 | 93.9 87.6 87.6 87.1 85.3 Synthetic rubber 325212 | .14 | 77.5 90.4 55.5 92.4 71.6 85.8 | 78.3 | 78.2 84.4 75.7 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | and filaments 32522 | .13 | 81.6 94.3 62.1 96.3 75.7 89.5 | 78.0 | 86.6 79.4 81.2 78.9 77.9 Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.40 | 83.7 90.2 70.8 91.1 77.1 92.2 | 83.6 | 83.5 84.5 83.8 83.6 83.7 83.5 | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 4.28 | 84.9 88.5 86.1 90.5 80.4 83.9 | 87.6 | 88.6 90.0 89.3 90.2 90.4 91.3 | | | | Mining 21 | 6.99 | 87.1 94.0 78.6 85.8 83.5 89.1 | 86.6 | 86.7 86.1 88.3 88.2 88.3 88.5 Oil and gas extraction 211 | 4.90 | 91.9 95.5 89.5 91.6 89.6 94.9 | 89.8 | 88.6 87.5 90.0 89.8 90.0 90.4 Mining (except oil and gas) 212 | 1.41 | 84.0 92.3 67.5 90.2 80.1 87.5 | 83.6 | 85.3 86.5 87.9 87.9 87.6 87.5 Coal mining 2121 | .59 | 86.1 97.8 76.3 92.6 79.8 87.4 | 85.7 | 89.1 87.5 87.3 88.4 86.7 85.3 Metal mining 2122 | .28 | 78.9 86.0 32.0 90.7 81.2 90.5 | 75.3 | 77.6 77.4 81.5 81.7 80.2 81.5 Stone and earth minerals 2123 | .54 | 82.9 92.9 64.2 89.3 75.6 90.3 | 84.5 | 84.1 89.1 90.7 89.5 91.3 91.8 Support activities for mining 213 | .68 | 72.9 99.8 49.8 61.6 52.3 78.2 | 68.6 | 72.8 72.4 72.9 73.1 73.5 72.1 Utilities 2211,2 | 8.92 | 86.8 88.2 77.7 92.8 84.2 93.9 | 86.4 | 87.2 83.8 83.3 86.2 84.1 83.4 Electric 2211 | 7.36 | 88.2 88.0 78.9 94.2 86.8 96.6 | 88.2 | 88.2 84.8 84.5 87.0 85.0 83.8 Natural gas 2212 | 1.56 | 80.2 93.1 71.8 86.6 67.5 87.8 | 76.4 | 81.2 77.9 76.2 81.0 78.2 79.7 | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | Selected high-technology industries | 5.49 | 78.3 89.1 74.1 81.0 74.3 86.4 | 70.0 | 70.1 71.9 72.0 71.8 72.0 72.9 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | industries | 78.59 | 79.9 86.4 68.2 86.0 77.3 84.2 | 77.4 | 78.8 78.9 79.1 78.9 78.7 79.1 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech and | | | | motor vehicles and pts. | 71.49 | 80.1 85.8 69.5 85.7 79.2 83.9 | 77.1 | 78.3 78.6 78.5 78.6 78.6 79.0 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