Table 7
Capacity Utilization
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
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| | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994-| |
| 2003 | 2003 89 91 95| 2003 | 2003 2004
Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 r | Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.
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Total industry | 100.00 | 81.1 85.2 78.6 84.8 | 75.1 74.1 74.6 75.4 | 75.7 75.6 76.1 76.6
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Manufacturing | 84.35 | 80.0 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 73.5 72.7 73.2 74.1 | 74.4 74.4 74.6 75.2
Manufacturing (NAICS) | 79.53 | 79.8 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 72.9 72.0 72.6 73.6 | 73.8 73.9 74.0 74.7
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Durable manufacturing | 44.99 | 78.3 84.5 73.4 83.7 | 70.3 69.1 70.1 71.4 | 71.6 71.8 72.0 72.6
Wood products 321 | 1.45 | 80.2 88.8 73.0 87.9 | 73.1 72.7 74.0 76.8 | 77.7 77.1 77.7 78.2
Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.20 | 79.4 85.7 72.1 84.0 | 77.5 76.9 77.7 78.9 | 79.0 79.3 79.5 79.4
Primary metal 331 | 2.18 | 80.8 95.3 75.2 94.9 | 76.8 73.4 73.3 76.4 | 76.7 77.6 77.4 77.3
Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.26 | 76.9 80.3 71.1 83.8 | 68.8 67.2 67.3 68.3 | 68.2 69.0 69.5 70.3
Machinery 333 | 5.73 | 79.5 84.6 72.8 87.6 | 66.8 67.0 67.6 69.3 | 70.2 70.2 71.0 72.2
Computer and electronic products 334 | 9.67 | 79.1 81.1 76.3 85.3 | 63.2 62.9 65.2 66.8 | 67.0 66.6 66.8 67.3
Electrical equip., appliances, | | | |
and components 335 | 2.23 | 83.0 87.4 75.0 92.5 | 73.5 73.1 73.5 75.7 | 75.8 76.8 76.9 77.1
Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 6.27 | 77.7 89.7 56.5 87.8 | 80.9 77.9 80.7 81.8 | 81.7 82.1 82.4 83.4
Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | |
transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.06 | 72.9 88.9 81.9 67.7 | 63.8 63.6 64.0 64.6 | 64.8 64.9 64.8 65.1
Furniture and related products 337 | 1.77 | 78.9 84.0 67.9 83.7 | 71.1 69.6 69.6 69.4 | 69.5 69.7 69.9 69.7
Miscellaneous 339 | 3.15 | 76.9 81.7 77.7 81.2 | 77.8 76.5 75.6 75.6 | 75.3 76.3 76.0 76.5
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Nondurable manufacturing | 34.55 | 82.0 87.0 81.8 85.5 | 76.5 76.1 76.1 76.8 | 77.0 77.0 76.9 77.6
Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 11.18 | 82.1 85.5 81.3 84.5 | 77.4 77.3 77.2 77.0 | 77.2 77.0 76.7 77.3
Textile and product mills 313,4 | 1.23 | 83.3 91.4 77.2 91.0 | 73.2 71.7 70.4 72.1 | 73.0 72.0 73.8 73.7
Apparel and leather 315,6 | 1.13 | 79.6 84.2 77.3 89.2 | 65.2 63.4 61.9 64.1 | 64.2 64.9 65.1 66.1
Paper 322 | 2.69 | 88.3 93.7 85.2 92.4 | 83.6 83.8 83.4 83.6 | 83.6 84.3 84.0 84.8
Printing and support 323 | 2.46 | 84.3 91.6 82.7 86.0 | 73.7 71.9 71.8 71.3 | 70.7 71.6 72.1 72.2
Petroleum and coal products 324 | 2.07 | 86.4 88.9 82.5 90.2 | 88.4 87.6 87.9 89.1 | 88.9 90.1 89.1 90.0
Chemical 325 | 10.27 | 78.4 85.6 80.8 81.3 | 73.1 72.6 73.0 74.3 | 74.8 74.5 74.4 75.2
Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.51 | 83.7 91.3 77.2 92.4 | 79.6 79.1 79.9 80.9 | 81.4 80.7 81.5 82.4
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Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 4.81 | 83.6 90.7 79.1 82.8 | 82.3 83.2 82.4 83.4 | 84.0 83.1 83.6 84.7
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Mining 21 | 6.71 | 86.9 85.6 83.4 88.3 | 84.7 84.7 85.0 85.3 | 85.3 85.2 85.6 85.7
Utilities 2211,2 | 8.95 | 86.9 92.8 84.1 93.8 | 86.3 82.4 82.9 82.4 | 82.8 82.0 86.1 85.3
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Selected high-technology industries | 6.35 | 78.8 79.9 74.5 88.3 | 61.7 62.0 65.0 67.0 | 67.2 67.1 68.2 68.9
Computers and office equipment 3341 | 1.37 | 78.1 79.3 67.2 86.6 | 71.4 68.6 70.4 73.4 | 73.4 74.4 75.5 76.3
Communications equipment 3342 | 2.09 | 77.7 81.7 73.2 87.5 | 50.6 50.9 50.2 50.6 | 50.9 49.6 51.2 51.3
Semiconductors and related | | | |
electronic components 334412-9 | 2.89 | 80.7 80.5 78.1 91.5 | 64.9 66.8 73.0 75.7 | 75.8 76.0 76.8 77.5
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Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | |
industries | | | |
Total industry | 93.65 | 81.3 85.6 78.8 84.7 | 76.3 75.3 75.7 76.4 | 76.7 76.7 77.1 77.6
Manufacturing 1 | 78.00 | 80.1 86.1 77.3 84.1 | 74.7 73.9 74.3 75.2 | 75.4 75.5 75.6 76.3
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Stage-of-process groups | | | |
Crude | 9.67 | 86.3 88.5 84.7 88.9 | 83.3 83.3 83.7 83.8 | 83.7 83.8 84.3 84.6
Primary and semifinished | 48.65 | 82.2 86.4 77.5 87.9 | 77.2 75.8 76.4 77.5 | 77.7 77.7 78.7 79.1
Finished | 41.68 | 78.2 83.2 77.2 80.3 | 71.2 70.4 70.9 71.6 | 71.9 71.8 71.7 72.3
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r Revised. p Preliminary.
<1> See note on cover page
Note. See notes to table 2.