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Release Date: March 28, 2023
Table 1B Capacity and Utilization: Total
Seasonally adjusted                                                                    
  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Annual
       
Capacity
(percent of
2017 output)
1993 79.3 79.5 79.6 79.7 79.8 79.9 80.1 80.2 80.3 80.5 80.6 80.8 79.5 79.8 80.2 80.6 80.0
1994 81.0 81.2 81.4 81.6 81.8 82.1 82.3 82.6 82.9 83.1 83.4 83.7 81.2 81.8 82.6 83.4 82.2
       
1995 84.0 84.3 84.6 84.8 85.2 85.5 85.8 86.1 86.5 86.8 87.2 87.6 84.3 85.2 86.1 87.2 85.7
1996 88.0 88.4 88.8 89.2 89.6 90.0 90.4 90.8 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.6 88.4 89.6 90.8 92.1 90.2
1997 93.0 93.5 93.9 94.4 94.9 95.4 96.0 96.5 97.1 97.7 98.3 99.0 93.5 94.9 96.5 98.3 95.8
1998 99.6 100.3 100.9 101.6 102.2 102.8 103.4 103.9 104.5 105.0 105.5 105.9 100.3 102.2 103.9 105.5 103.0
1999 106.4 106.9 107.3 107.7 108.1 108.5 108.9 109.3 109.7 110.1 110.5 110.9 106.9 108.1 109.3 110.5 108.7
       
2000 111.3 111.6 112.0 112.4 112.8 113.2 113.5 113.9 114.3 114.7 115.0 115.4 111.6 112.8 113.9 115.0 113.3
2001 115.8 116.2 116.6 116.9 117.3 117.6 117.9 118.2 118.5 118.8 119.0 119.2 116.2 117.3 118.2 119.0 117.7
2002 119.4 119.6 119.8 119.9 120.0 120.0 120.1 120.1 120.1 120.1 120.1 120.0 119.6 120.0 120.1 120.1 119.9
2003 120.0 119.9 119.9 119.8 119.8 119.8 119.7 119.7 119.7 119.7 119.7 119.7 119.9 119.8 119.7 119.7 119.8
2004 119.7 119.6 119.6 119.6 119.6 119.6 119.6 119.6 119.6 119.6 119.7 119.7 119.6 119.6 119.6 119.7 119.6
       
2005 119.8 119.9 120.0 120.1 120.3 120.4 120.6 120.8 120.9 121.1 121.3 121.4 119.9 120.3 120.8 121.3 120.5
2006 121.6 121.8 122.0 122.2 122.4 122.6 122.8 123.1 123.3 123.6 123.9 124.2 121.8 122.4 123.1 123.9 122.8
2007 124.5 124.8 125.0 125.3 125.5 125.7 125.9 126.0 126.1 126.1 126.1 126.0 124.8 125.5 126.0 126.1 125.6
2008 126.0 125.9 125.8 125.7 125.7 125.7 125.7 125.8 125.9 126.1 126.2 126.4 125.9 125.7 125.8 126.2 125.9
2009 126.6 126.8 127.0 127.1 127.2 127.3 127.3 127.2 127.1 127.0 126.8 126.6 126.8 127.2 127.2 126.8 127.0
       
2010 126.3 126.1 125.8 125.6 125.3 125.0 124.8 124.6 124.4 124.2 124.1 124.0 126.1 125.3 124.6 124.1 125.0
2011 124.0 123.9 124.0 124.0 124.1 124.2 124.3 124.5 124.7 124.9 125.1 125.3 124.0 124.1 124.5 125.1 124.4
2012 125.6 125.8 126.0 126.3 126.5 126.7 126.9 127.2 127.4 127.6 127.8 127.9 125.8 126.5 127.2 127.8 126.8
2013 128.1 128.3 128.4 128.6 128.7 128.8 129.0 129.1 129.1 129.2 129.3 129.4 128.3 128.7 129.1 129.3 128.8
2014 129.5 129.6 129.7 129.8 129.9 130.0 130.1 130.2 130.4 130.5 130.6 130.7 129.6 129.9 130.2 130.6 130.1
       
2015 130.8 130.8 130.9 130.9 130.9 130.9 130.9 130.9 130.9 130.8 130.8 130.8 130.8 130.9 130.9 130.8 130.9
2016 130.8 130.8 130.8 130.8 130.9 130.9 131.0 131.0 131.0 131.1 131.1 131.1 130.8 130.9 131.0 131.1 130.9
2017 131.1 131.0 131.0 130.9 130.8 130.7 130.5 130.4 130.2 130.1 129.9 129.8 131.0 130.8 130.4 129.9 130.5
2018 129.6 129.5 129.5 129.4 129.4 129.3 129.3 129.4 129.4 129.5 129.6 129.6 129.6 129.4 129.4 129.6 129.5
2019 129.7 129.8 129.9 130.0 130.2 130.3 130.4 130.5 130.6 130.7 130.8 130.9 129.8 130.2 130.5 130.8 130.3
       
2020 131.0 131.0 131.0 131.0 131.0 130.9 130.7 130.6 130.3 130.1 129.8 129.6 131.0 130.9 130.5 129.8 130.6
2021 129.3 129.0 128.7 128.4 128.2 127.9 127.7 127.5 127.4 127.3 127.2 127.2 129.0 128.2 127.5 127.2 128.0
2022 127.2 127.2 127.3 127.4 127.5 127.6 127.7 127.9 128.1 128.2 128.4 128.6 127.2 127.5 127.9 128.4 127.8
2023 128.8 128.9                              
       
Utilization
(percent)
1993 81.4 81.7 81.5 81.6 81.2 81.3 81.3 81.1 81.4 81.9 82.1 82.4 81.5 81.4 81.3 82.1 81.6
1994 82.5 82.3 82.9 83.2 83.3 83.7 83.5 83.8 83.8 84.2 84.4 85.0 82.6 83.4 83.7 84.5 83.5
       
1995 84.9 84.5 84.3 83.9 84.0 83.9 83.3 84.0 84.0 83.6 83.4 83.3 84.6 83.9 83.8 83.4 83.9
1996 82.5 83.3 82.8 83.3 83.5 83.7 83.4 83.4 83.5 83.1 83.5 83.6 82.9 83.5 83.4 83.4 83.3
1997 83.3 83.9 84.0 83.7 83.7 83.6 83.9 84.2 84.5 84.7 84.8 84.6 83.8 83.7 84.2 84.7 84.1
1998 84.5 84.1 83.6 83.3 83.3 82.4 81.6 82.8 82.3 82.5 82.0 82.0 84.0 83.0 82.2 82.2 82.9
1999 82.0 82.1 81.9 81.8 82.0 81.6 81.8 81.9 81.2 82.0 82.1 82.5 82.0 81.8 81.6 82.2 81.9
       
2000 82.2 82.2 82.2 82.5 82.4 82.2 81.8 81.3 81.3 80.8 80.5 80.0 82.2 82.4 81.5 80.4 81.6
2001 79.3 78.6 78.1 77.6 77.0 76.3 75.7 75.4 74.8 74.4 73.8 73.7 78.7 77.0 75.3 74.0 76.2
2002 74.1 74.0 74.4 74.7 75.0 75.5 75.5 75.4 75.5 75.3 75.7 75.3 74.1 75.1 75.4 75.4 75.0
2003 76.0 76.1 75.9 75.5 75.5 75.6 76.0 75.8 76.3 76.4 77.0 77.0 76.0 75.5 76.1 76.8 76.1
2004 77.2 77.6 77.4 77.7 78.3 77.7 78.2 78.3 78.4 79.1 79.2 79.8 77.4 77.9 78.3 79.4 78.2
       
2005 80.0 80.5 80.4 80.4 80.4 80.7 80.3 80.5 78.8 79.6 80.4 80.7 80.3 80.5 79.9 80.2 80.2
2006 80.7 80.6 80.7 80.8 80.7 80.8 80.6 80.8 80.5 80.2 80.0 80.6 80.7 80.7 80.6 80.3 80.6
2007 80.1 80.7 80.7 81.1 81.0 80.8 80.6 80.7 80.9 80.6 81.1 81.1 80.5 81.0 80.7 80.9 80.8
2008 81.1 80.8 80.6 80.1 79.7 79.5 79.1 77.8 74.3 75.0 73.9 71.7 80.8 79.8 77.1 73.5 77.8
2009 69.8 69.3 68.1 67.5 66.8 66.6 67.3 68.1 68.8 69.0 69.4 69.7 69.1 66.9 68.1 69.4 68.4
       
2010 70.6 71.0 71.6 72.0 73.2 73.5 73.9 74.3 74.7 74.5 74.7 75.5 71.1 72.9 74.3 74.9 73.3
2011 75.3 75.0 75.8 75.5 75.6 75.7 76.0 76.4 76.2 76.6 76.5 76.8 75.4 75.6 76.2 76.6 76.0
2012 77.1 77.2 76.6 77.1 77.1 76.9 77.0 76.5 76.4 76.5 76.7 76.8 77.0 77.0 76.6 76.6 76.8
2013 76.7 76.9 77.1 77.0 77.0 77.0 76.7 77.1 77.5 77.3 77.5 77.6 76.9 77.0 77.1 77.4 77.1
2014 77.2 77.8 78.5 78.5 78.7 78.9 79.0 78.8 79.0 78.9 79.4 79.3 77.8 78.7 78.9 79.2 78.7
       
2015 78.6 78.1 77.8 77.3 77.0 76.7 77.2 77.1 76.9 76.6 76.0 75.6 78.2 77.0 77.1 76.1 77.1
2016 76.0 75.6 75.1 75.3 75.1 75.4 75.5 75.4 75.3 75.3 75.0 75.5 75.6 75.2 75.4 75.3 75.4
2017 75.4 75.1 75.6 76.4 76.6 76.8 76.7 76.4 76.6 77.7 77.9 78.2 75.4 76.6 76.6 77.9 76.6
2018 78.2 78.6 79.0 79.9 79.2 79.8 79.9 80.4 80.4 80.3 80.3 80.2 78.6 79.6 80.3 80.3 79.7
2019 79.7 79.2 79.1 78.6 78.7 78.7 78.2 78.7 78.5 77.7 78.1 77.8 79.3 78.7 78.5 77.9 78.6
       
2020 77.4 77.6 74.5 64.6 65.6 70.0 72.7 73.4 73.5 74.1 74.6 75.6 76.5 66.7 73.2 74.8 72.8
2021 76.4 73.9 76.2 76.5 77.4 77.8 78.4 78.5 77.8 78.8 79.5 79.3 75.5 77.2 78.2 79.2 77.6
2022 79.4 79.9 80.5 80.7 80.6 80.5 80.7 80.7 80.8 80.6 80.2 79.0 80.0 80.6 80.8 79.9 80.3
2023 79.2 79.1                              
Note: Estimates from October 2022 through February 2023 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases.
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Last Update: March 28, 2023