Table 6
 Capacity Utilization
 Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
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                                                   |             |  1967-  1988-  1990-  1994-|                            |
                                                   |      2001   |  2001      89     91     95|  2001   2002               |  2002                      
 Item                                              |   Proportion|  Ave.    High    Low   High|    Q4     Q1   Q2    Q3  r |  July   Aug.  Sept.   Oct. 
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  Total industry                                   |      100.00 |  81.9   85.4   78.1   84.5 |  74.7   75.0   75.6   76.1 |  76.3   76.1   75.8   75.2 
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  Manufacturing                                    |       87.62 |  80.9   85.7   76.6   84.1 |  73.1   73.5   74.0   74.4 |  74.6   74.5   74.1   73.5 
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     Durable                                       |       49.11 |  79.4   84.6   73.1   83.7 |  70.1   70.6   71.3   71.8 |  71.8   72.1   71.6   70.6 
        Lumber and products   24                   |        2.14 |  82.4   93.6   75.5   88.3 |  75.6   75.2   75.1   75.7 |  75.7   75.6   75.7   74.9 
        Furniture and fixtures   25                |        1.57 |  81.2   86.6   72.5   84.3 |  72.3   72.2   71.9   71.6 |  71.9   71.1   71.8   70.1 
        Stone, clay, and glass products   32       |        2.47 |  78.9   83.5   69.7   82.2 |  78.4   77.6   78.6   79.3 |  78.8   79.5   79.6   79.7 
        Primary metals   33                        |        2.88 |  81.6   92.7   73.7   95.4 |  72.6   75.0   77.5   79.0 |  77.0   80.5   79.4   81.1 
        Fabricated metals   34                     |        6.06 |  77.8   82.0   71.9   85.2 |  71.0   71.0   71.8   72.5 |  72.8   72.6   72.2   71.5 
        Industrial machinery and equipment   35    |        8.29 |  81.0   85.4   72.3   87.2 |  67.5   68.5   69.0   69.2 |  68.7   70.0   68.9   68.0 
        Electrical machinery   36                  |        9.17 |  81.1   84.0   75.0   90.6 |  64.6   65.5   66.6   65.9 |  66.1   65.8   65.9   65.4 
        Motor vehicles and parts   371             |        6.47 |  77.0   89.1   55.9   85.1 |  74.1   77.5   80.4   84.3 |  84.8   84.6   83.3   78.8 
        Aerospace and miscellaneous                |             |                            |                            |
              transportation equipment   372-6,9   |        4.29 |  75.1   87.3   79.2   69.0 |  67.5   63.8   61.2   60.0 |  60.0   60.3   59.7   59.3 
        Instruments   38                           |        4.57 |  81.1   81.4   77.2   78.3 |  73.1   73.0   72.3   72.7 |  72.9   72.7   72.4   72.8 
        Miscellaneous   39                         |        1.19 |  76.0   79.0   71.7   80.7 |  71.3   72.7   74.1   74.1 |  75.0   74.0   73.4   73.9 
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     Nondurable                                    |       38.51 |  83.0   87.3   80.7   84.6 |  77.1   77.4   77.6   77.8 |  78.2   77.7   77.5   77.3 
        Food and tobacco products   20,21          |       10.86 |  83.1   85.9   81.6   85.7 |  79.9   80.7   80.4   79.5 |  80.1   79.4   79.0   79.6 
        Textile mill products   22                 |        1.20 |  85.2   90.4   77.7   92.5 |  71.5   74.3   76.2   76.8 |  78.1   76.4   75.9   75.9 
        Apparel products   23                      |        1.60 |  80.6   85.1   75.5   85.9 |  65.9   67.1   66.9   66.4 |  67.5   65.8   65.9   65.0 
        Paper and products   26                    |        3.19 |  88.3   93.5   85.0   92.0 |  76.1   75.1   77.0   78.9 |  78.4   78.3   80.0   79.1 
        Printing and publishing   27               |        6.61 |  84.9   91.7   79.6   82.2 |  72.7   70.9   70.8   72.1 |  71.8   72.4   72.0   71.9 
        Chemicals and products   28                |        9.60 |  79.2   86.2   79.3   79.9 |  77.2   77.4   77.2   77.6 |  78.5   77.3   77.1   76.5 
        Petroleum products   29                    |        1.63 |  87.5   88.5   85.1   92.9 |  92.7   94.6   94.3   93.0 |  93.4   93.2   92.4   91.1 
        Rubber and plastics products   30          |        3.64 |  84.5   89.6   77.4   91.4 |  76.3   77.5   79.5   79.6 |  80.1   79.7   79.1   78.6 
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  Mining                                           |        6.14 |  87.6   88.0   87.0   89.3 |  87.6   85.3   84.6   85.0 |  85.0   85.3   84.8   83.9 
  Utilities                                        |        6.24 |  87.6   92.6   83.4   92.5 |  83.6   84.3   86.8   87.8 |  88.8   86.4   88.2   86.6 
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  Selected high-technology industries              |        8.52 |  80.0   81.9   72.4   88.2 |  60.7   62.9   64.2   63.9 |  63.9   63.8   64.0   63.8 
     Computers and office equipment   357          |        2.05 |  80.7   86.9   66.9   85.3 |  62.8   66.6   66.0   66.1 |  65.6   66.1   66.5   67.1 
     Communications equipment   366                |        1.92 |  80.1   84.8   73.4   88.7 |  57.9   54.6   53.6   50.7 |  51.3   50.8   50.2   49.2 
     Semiconductors and related                    |             |                            |                            |
           electronic components   3672-9          |        4.55 |  79.6   81.1   75.6   91.0 |  60.9   64.6   67.4   67.9 |  67.9   67.6   68.1   67.8 
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  Measures excluding selected high-technology      |             |                            |                            |
        industries                                 |             |                            |                            |
  Total industry                                   |       91.48 |  82.0   85.7   78.4   84.2 |  76.2   76.4   77.0   77.5 |  77.8   77.5   77.3   76.6 
     Manufacturing                                 |       79.10 |  81.0   86.1   76.8   83.8 |  74.7   74.9   75.4   75.9 |  76.1   76.0   75.6   74.9 
        Industrial machinery   351-6,8,9           |        6.24 |  81.0   85.5   74.0   88.2 |  69.5   69.7   70.5   70.6 |  70.2   71.6   70.1   68.8 
        Electrical machinery   361-5,9,71          |        2.71 |  83.2   87.5   74.3   93.6 |  76.0   75.6   75.6   74.4 |  74.6   74.3   74.3   73.6 
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  Primary processing                               |       33.80 |  82.0   88.3   76.7   88.8 |  73.3   74.6   76.2   76.9 |  76.9   77.0   76.8   76.3 
  Advanced processing                              |       53.82 |  80.3   84.2   76.6   81.3 |  73.0   72.8   72.6   72.8 |  73.1   72.8   72.4   71.7 
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      Note.  See notes to table 2.
      Estimates for the month of October are preliminary.  Estimates from July to September are revised.