Table 7 REVISED AND EARLIER CAPACITY UTILIZATION RATES, BY INDUSTRY GROUPS Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Difference between | Revised rate | revised and earlier rates | | (percentage points) | 1967- 1988- 1990- | Item | 2000 1989 1991 1999 2000 2001 | 1999 2000 2001 | Ave. High Low Q4 Q4 Q3 | Q4 Q4 Q3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total industry | 82.1 85.4 78.1 81.8 80.7 76.2 | .2 -.6 -.2 | | Manufacturing | 81.1 85.7 76.6 81.0 79.1 74.4 | .1 -1.2 -.5 | | Durable | 79.6 84.6 73.1 81.2 78.6 72.0 | .2 -2.0 -1.1 Lumber and products 24 | 82.6 93.6 75.5 84.7 77.3 77.3 | 1.4 1.1 .2 Furniture and fixtures 25 | 81.4 86.6 72.5 80.5 78.7 74.0 | 1.7 -1.4 -.3 Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 78.9 83.5 69.7 85.2 82.3 79.9 | -.1 -1.7 -1.0 Primary metals 33 | 81.7 92.7 73.7 88.5 83.6 78.2 | -.1 .6 -.7 Fabricated metals 34 | 78.0 82.0 71.9 76.7 76.3 72.3 | -.2 .6 1.9 Industrial machinery and equipment 35 | 81.3 85.4 72.3 79.1 78.4 69.8 | -.7 -4.1 -1.7 Electrical machinery 36 | 81.4 84.0 75.0 85.0 82.8 64.9 | 1.6 -4.3 -3.1 Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 77.1 89.1 55.9 84.8 76.3 76.5 | 1.9 .3 .0 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | transportation equipment 372,6-9 | 75.2 87.3 79.2 74.7 74.0 70.7 | 1.9 1.2 1.1 Instruments 38 | 81.3 81.4 77.2 76.4 76.6 74.1 | -4.0 -3.9 -3.9 Miscellaneous 39 | 76.0 79.0 71.7 79.7 78.4 74.4 | -1.9 -2.2 -2.1 | | Nondurable | 83.2 87.3 80.7 80.7 79.8 77.6 | -.3 .0 .7 Food and tobacco products 20,21 | 83.2 85.9 81.6 80.2 80.4 79.8 | -.3 -.9 -.5 Textile mill products 22 | 85.6 90.4 77.7 84.6 77.4 73.6 | 2.2 .3 2.5 Apparel products 23 | 80.9 85.1 75.5 77.3 72.2 68.5 | 5.6 2.8 2.9 Paper and products 26 | 88.6 93.5 85.0 84.9 81.5 77.7 | -1.8 -1.8 -1.2 Printing and publishing 27 | 85.2 91.7 79.6 77.8 78.5 73.9 | -2.9 -3.5 -2.0 Chemicals and products 28 | 79.3 86.2 79.3 77.6 77.7 76.5 | -.8 2.1 3.0 Petroleum products 29 | 87.3 88.5 85.1 93.0 94.5 92.5 | -.1 .2 -.2 Rubber and plastics products 30 | 84.7 89.6 77.4 87.1 82.0 78.4 | 1.8 1.1 1.1 | | Mining | 87.6 88.0 87.0 87.1 90.3 90.8 | 2.5 3.8 1.3 Utilities | 87.7 92.6 83.4 90.1 93.6 86.1 | .9 1.6 .2 | | Selected high-technology industries | 80.5 81.9 72.4 83.2 81.2 61.2 | 2.4 -3.9 -2.4 Computers and office equipment 357 | 81.1 86.9 66.9 77.4 75.0 63.4 | .9 -3.2 -.6 Communications equipment 366 | 80.5 84.8 73.4 81.6 81.6 62.7 | 6.4 -5.6 -4.1 Semiconductors and related | | electronic components 3672-9 | 80.0 81.1 75.6 86.7 83.6 59.4 | .7 -4.3 -1.7 | | Measures excluding selected high-technology | | industries | | Total industry | 82.2 85.7 78.4 81.7 80.7 77.8 | .0 .0 .3 Manufacturing | 81.1 86.1 76.8 80.7 78.9 76.1 | -.2 -.6 .1 Industrial machinery 351-6,8,9 | 81.2 85.5 74.0 79.5 79.6 72.4 | -1.3 -4.6 -1.7 Electrical machinery 361-5,9,71 | 83.4 87.5 74.3 85.1 81.8 76.0 | -.3 -1.0 -2.4 | | Primary processing | 82.2 88.3 76.7 84.2 81.1 74.6 | -.4 -1.7 -.7 Advanced processing | 80.5 84.2 76.6 79.0 77.9 74.3 | -.3 -1.7 -.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note- Primary processing manufacturing includes textile mill products, paper and products, industrial chemicals, synthetic materials, and fertilizers, petroleum products, rubber and plastics products, lumber and products, primary metals, fabricated metals, stone, clay, and glass products, semiconductors and related electronic components, and motor vehicle parts. Advanced processing manufacturing includes foods, tobacco products, apparel products, printing and publishing, chemical products and other agricultural chemicals, leather and products, furniture and fixtures, industrial and commercial machinery and computer equipment, electrical machinery except semiconductors and related electronic components, transportation equipment except motor vehicle parts, instruments, and miscellaneous manufactures.