Table 7 Capacity Utilization Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 1972- 1988- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2007 | 2007 89 95 02| 2007 | 2007 2008 Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. High High Low| Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 r | Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 85.0 85.1 73.6 | 81.3 81.7 82.0 81.5 | 81.4 81.5 81.5 81.5 | | | | | Manufacturing<1> | | 83.67 | 79.8 85.4 84.6 71.6 | 79.8 80.3 80.6 79.8 | 79.8 79.8 79.8 79.7 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 79.61 | 79.6 85.3 84.7 71.0 | 79.6 80.0 80.4 79.6 | 79.5 79.6 79.6 79.5 | | | | | Durable manufacturing | | 43.46 | 78.0 84.5 84.2 68.1 | 77.7 78.4 79.0 78.2 | 77.9 78.2 78.4 78.2 Wood products | 321 | 1.39 | 80.0 88.2 87.7 71.0 | 73.1 74.6 73.8 70.4 | 70.6 69.3 71.1 69.3 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.48 | 79.5 85.1 84.1 75.8 | 78.0 78.6 80.1 78.6 | 78.9 79.3 77.7 78.5 Primary metal | 331 | 3.23 | 80.9 93.8 95.6 68.5 | 84.4 87.0 87.3 86.9 | 85.7 86.7 88.4 86.8 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.83 | 77.4 81.6 85.1 69.2 | 79.9 80.6 81.2 81.2 | 81.1 81.4 81.1 80.8 Machinery | 333 | 5.31 | 78.7 85.2 87.6 63.7 | 78.4 78.6 79.5 78.1 | 78.3 77.8 78.3 78.1 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 8.33 | 78.2 81.4 84.3 58.6 | 75.3 74.3 74.5 74.2 | 74.1 74.3 74.3 74.7 Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 2.00 | 83.3 89.1 93.1 71.8 | 85.0 86.2 86.3 85.6 | 84.9 85.5 86.4 86.5 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.72 | 77.5 89.7 89.0 68.9 | 73.6 76.7 77.8 76.2 | 75.3 76.4 76.8 76.0 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 4.09 | 72.8 87.1 68.5 62.8 | 80.3 80.6 82.2 82.7 | 82.4 83.0 82.8 83.4 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.60 | 78.5 82.2 82.9 67.8 | 76.6 76.7 77.8 76.4 | 76.5 76.6 76.0 74.6 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.48 | 76.8 82.5 81.3 70.6 | 78.3 79.1 78.6 77.8 | 78.0 77.4 78.0 77.9 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 36.15 | 81.7 86.8 85.4 74.9 | 82.0 82.0 82.1 81.3 | 81.5 81.4 81.2 81.1 Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 10.90 | 81.7 85.9 84.1 75.6 | 82.6 83.0 82.9 82.1 | 82.4 82.1 81.6 81.8 Textile and product mills | 313,4 | 1.06 | 82.1 91.2 91.4 68.8 | 74.6 75.6 72.5 71.7 | 71.6 71.3 72.1 70.3 Apparel and leather | 315,6 | .67 | 78.6 84.3 87.1 59.5 | 74.9 75.2 74.3 74.0 | 73.8 73.5 74.8 75.0 Paper | 322 | 2.47 | 87.7 92.5 92.0 78.9 | 84.3 84.1 84.1 84.1 | 82.6 83.9 86.0 85.5 Printing and support | 323 | 2.11 | 83.5 91.8 86.4 72.7 | 80.6 78.4 77.4 77.1 | 77.2 77.4 76.8 75.6 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 3.12 | 86.4 89.0 90.6 83.7 | 92.3 90.7 91.3 89.9 | 90.3 89.7 89.9 92.1 Chemical | 325 | 12.48 | 78.3 85.1 81.4 70.2 | 77.8 78.0 78.4 77.4 | 77.7 77.5 77.1 77.1 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.35 | 83.9 89.8 91.9 75.1 | 85.4 86.7 87.2 86.6 | 86.7 87.1 86.0 84.5 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 4.06 | 84.7 91.0 83.3 81.3 | 84.0 84.3 83.8 83.3 | 83.8 83.0 83.0 83.1 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 7.23 | 87.5 86.1 88.9 84.8 | 90.0 89.9 90.8 91.9 | 90.9 92.5 92.4 90.6 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.10 | 86.7 92.7 93.7 83.8 | 86.4 85.8 86.2 86.0 | 85.9 86.2 85.9 87.7 | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 5.30 | 78.0 80.8 87.4 56.2 | 77.9 77.4 78.5 78.1 | 78.4 78.2 77.8 78.1 Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | 1.39 | 78.2 79.9 84.2 62.8 | 82.3 85.2 83.0 80.6 | 80.9 80.8 80.1 79.5 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.17 | 75.5 80.8 86.6 40.2 | 77.6 78.6 79.6 82.2 | 80.9 82.7 83.0 84.2 Semiconductors and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.75 | 80.4 82.9 93.5 58.1 | 75.6 72.9 75.8 75.3 | 76.0 75.1 74.7 75.0 | | | | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | | industries | | | | | Total industry | | 94.70 | 81.2 85.4 85.0 74.7 | 81.7 82.1 82.4 81.9 | 81.7 81.9 81.9 81.9 Manufacturing<1> | | 78.36 | 79.9 85.9 84.5 72.8 | 80.2 80.7 81.0 80.2 | 80.1 80.2 80.2 80.1 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 11.61 | 86.6 88.1 89.5 82.0 | 88.7 89.2 89.7 90.2 | 89.2 90.8 90.7 89.8 Primary and semifinished | | 48.24 | 82.2 86.5 88.2 74.6 | 82.2 82.2 82.7 81.8 | 81.8 81.8 81.7 81.9 Finished | | 40.15 | 77.8 82.8 80.5 70.0 | 78.0 78.6 78.8 78.3 | 78.3 78.2 78.3 78.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. p Preliminary. <1> See note on cover page Note. See notes to table 2.