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Release Date: March 23, 2018
Table 6 Revised and Earlier Capacity Utilization Rates, by Industry Groups
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted                    
Item NAICS Revised rate Difference between
revised and earlier rates
(percentage points)
1972-
2017
Ave.

2014
Q4

2015
Q4

2016
Q4
 
2017 
Q4 

2014
Q4

2015
Q4

2016
Q4

2017
Q4
Total industry   79.8 79.4 76.1 75.3 77.0 .5 .1 -.5 -.5
       
Manufacturing[1]   78.3 76.3 75.4 74.4 75.2 .4 .0 -.7 -1.1
Manufacturing (NAICS) 31-33 78.2 76.9 75.8 74.8 75.7 .5 .0 -.7 -1.0
       
Durable manufacturing   76.9 77.6 74.7 73.8 74.6 .4 -.2 -.9 -1.2
Wood products 321 76.5 72.8 75.3 76.7 78.2 1.3 1.1 -.2 -.9
Nonmetallic mineral products 327 73.8 65.1 65.9 64.1 65.7 1.1 .6 -.6 -1.1
Primary metals 331 78.3 73.3 67.6 66.4 68.9 -2.8 -2.0 -.1 -.5
Fabricated metal products 332 77.5 80.5 77.6 76.1 78.7 -.6 -.8 -2.2 -3.3
Machinery 333 77.5 78.0 68.6 68.0 75.3 1.6 -.4 -1.1 .1
Computer and electronic products 334 77.5 74.0 70.8 70.4 70.7 1.2 .4 .5 2.0
Electrical equip., appliances,
and components
335 82.2 81.4 77.3 76.7 76.3 .2 -3.0 -4.0 -6.9
Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 75.2 78.3 79.9 80.4 77.2 -.1 -.6 -2.5 -4.5
Aerospace and miscellaneous
transportation equipment
3364-9 74.2 85.4 80.4 77.2 75.6 1.1 -.5 -1.3 -1.7
Furniture and related products 337 76.7 78.8 81.4 79.1 75.7 1.5 1.1 -.1 -2.4
Miscellaneous 339 76.6 78.2 80.3 80.2 77.7 .2 2.5 2.7 3.6
       
Nondurable manufacturing   80.1 76.1 77.1 75.9 76.8 .6 .3 -.6 -.9
Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 80.6 77.6 77.6 75.8 76.7 .4 .2 -1.0 -2.0
Textile and product mills 313,4 78.8 72.8 68.0 69.0 68.7 .7 -3.2 -2.6 -1.7
Apparel and leather 315,6 76.3 67.3 66.5 68.3 64.9 -1.9 -2.2 .8 .0
Paper 322 86.7 85.3 85.3 88.0 86.3 .0 .4 .8 -.2
Printing and support 323 79.6 66.2 70.2 73.4 73.7 2.6 3.1 6.2 6.6
Petroleum and coal products 324 85.1 81.9 81.6 76.1 79.5 .0 -.5 -4.0 -2.4
Chemicals 325 76.8 71.9 73.5 72.8 74.3 .7 -.3 -1.3 -1.3
Plastics and rubber products 326 82.1 83.6 85.3 83.1 82.2 .9 2.8 2.2 .9
       
Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 80.0 62.1 64.3 62.7 61.9 -1.7 -.8 -.2 -1.8
       
Mining 21 87.0 91.0 81.0 78.4 87.5 .5 .9 -.8 1.9
Utilities 2211,2 85.3 81.2 77.5 78.1 78.2 .4 .6 1.0 -.4
       
Selected high-technology industries   77.4 73.8 72.8 73.5 73.8 1.5 1.9 .9 2.5
Computers and peripheral equipment 3341 78.0 71.2 66.5 83.8 96.4 .2 -.2 7.3 4.0
Communications equipment 3342 76.4 69.8 71.5 72.4 65.3 -1.6 1.4 -3.6 -3.7
Semiconductors and related
electronic components
3344 78.6 76.0 74.9 71.6 72.7 3.0 2.7 1.5 4.8
       
Measures excluding selected high-technology
industries
Total industry   80.0 79.5 76.2 75.3 77.1 .4 .1 -.5 -.6
Manufacturing[1]   78.4 76.4 75.5 74.4 75.3 .4 -.1 -.8 -1.2
       
Stage-of-process groups
Crude   86.0 88.6 80.5 79.4 86.2 .5 .7 -.3 1.9
Primary and semifinished   80.4 77.3 75.8 74.9 76.0 .2 .3 -.4 -.9
Finished   76.9 76.3 75.0 73.9 74.3 .6 -.2 -.8 -1.4

1. See footnote 2 to table 2.


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