Table 7
Capacity Utilization
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
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| | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994-| |
| 2003 | 2003 89 91 95| 2003 2004 | 2004
Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 r | July Aug. Sept. Oct.
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Total industry | 100.00 | 81.1 85.2 78.6 84.8 | 75.5 76.5 77.1 77.3 | 77.5 77.3 77.3 77.7
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Manufacturing | 84.35 | 80.0 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 74.1 75.1 76.1 76.6 | 76.6 76.7 76.4 76.8
Manufacturing (NAICS) | 79.53 | 79.8 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 73.6 74.5 75.3 75.8 | 75.9 75.9 75.5 75.9
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Durable manufacturing | 44.99 | 78.3 84.5 73.4 83.7 | 71.4 72.6 73.1 73.4 | 73.6 73.6 73.2 73.6
Wood products 321 | 1.45 | 80.2 88.8 73.0 87.9 | 76.5 77.1 77.6 77.8 | 78.6 77.9 76.8 78.0
Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.20 | 79.4 85.7 72.1 84.0 | 78.8 78.3 78.7 78.7 | 78.9 79.2 78.1 78.7
Primary metal 331 | 2.18 | 80.8 95.3 75.2 94.9 | 76.5 78.6 78.4 81.1 | 81.2 81.2 80.8 82.2
Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.26 | 76.9 80.3 71.1 83.8 | 68.1 68.7 69.9 70.2 | 70.2 70.3 69.9 70.5
Machinery 333 | 5.73 | 79.5 84.6 72.8 87.6 | 69.3 72.9 75.7 77.0 | 78.2 76.4 76.6 76.7
Computer and electronic products 334 | 9.67 | 79.1 81.1 76.3 85.3 | 66.8 68.0 68.6 68.3 | 68.8 68.2 68.0 67.7
Electrical equip., appliances, | | | |
and components 335 | 2.23 | 83.0 87.4 75.0 92.5 | 75.6 76.8 78.7 80.8 | 80.3 81.0 81.1 80.9
Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 6.27 | 77.7 89.7 56.5 87.8 | 81.7 83.0 80.1 79.6 | 78.4 80.8 79.5 81.1
Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | |
transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.06 | 72.9 88.9 81.9 67.7 | 64.7 65.5 66.1 67.0 | 66.9 67.1 66.9 67.4
Furniture and related products 337 | 1.77 | 78.9 84.0 67.9 83.7 | 69.3 70.1 70.6 71.1 | 72.2 71.2 69.8 70.4
Miscellaneous 339 | 3.15 | 76.9 81.7 77.7 81.2 | 75.8 76.7 78.1 78.8 | 78.4 78.7 79.4 79.8
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Nondurable manufacturing | 34.55 | 82.0 87.0 81.8 85.5 | 76.8 77.3 78.6 79.2 | 79.3 79.3 79.0 79.4
Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 11.18 | 82.1 85.5 81.3 84.5 | 77.0 77.6 78.9 79.4 | 79.5 79.1 79.6 79.8
Textile and product mills 313,4 | 1.23 | 83.3 91.4 77.2 91.0 | 72.1 71.6 70.8 72.2 | 72.9 72.5 71.4 72.1
Apparel and leather 315,6 | 1.13 | 79.6 84.2 77.3 89.2 | 64.1 66.4 68.1 66.2 | 66.4 65.6 66.7 67.0
Paper 322 | 2.69 | 88.3 93.7 85.2 92.4 | 83.6 84.2 86.4 87.1 | 88.5 86.4 86.3 87.1
Printing and support 323 | 2.46 | 84.3 91.6 82.7 86.0 | 71.1 72.1 73.7 74.9 | 74.3 74.3 76.0 75.8
Petroleum and coal products 324 | 2.07 | 86.4 88.9 82.5 90.2 | 89.1 88.8 88.7 89.2 | 89.9 90.6 87.1 88.7
Chemical 325 | 10.27 | 78.4 85.6 80.8 81.3 | 74.2 74.6 76.1 76.9 | 76.5 77.5 76.8 76.9
Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.51 | 83.7 91.3 77.2 92.4 | 80.9 81.6 83.7 83.1 | 83.8 83.3 82.3 83.3
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Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 4.81 | 83.6 90.7 79.1 82.8 | 83.4 85.5 88.9 90.6 | 89.6 91.3 90.9 91.5
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Mining 21 | 6.71 | 86.9 85.6 83.4 88.3 | 85.3 84.9 84.4 83.6 | 85.0 83.9 81.9 82.5
Utilities 2211,2 | 8.95 | 86.9 92.8 84.1 93.8 | 83.1 85.5 83.6 82.5 | 82.3 80.5 84.8 85.4
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Selected high-technology industries | 6.35 | 78.8 79.9 74.5 88.3 | 67.0 69.1 69.6 68.0 | 68.7 67.9 67.2 66.5
Computer and peripheral equipment 3341 | 1.37 | 78.1 79.3 67.2 86.6 | 73.3 76.2 75.8 74.4 | 74.8 74.4 74.0 73.5
Communications equipment 3342 | 2.09 | 77.7 81.7 73.2 87.5 | 50.8 51.1 51.3 53.9 | 53.7 54.2 54.0 54.3
Semiconductors and related | | | |
electronic components 334412-9 | 2.89 | 80.7 80.5 78.1 91.5 | 75.5 78.3 78.9 73.9 | 75.6 73.6 72.4 70.9
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Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | |
industries | | | |
Total industry | 93.65 | 81.3 85.6 78.8 84.7 | 76.5 77.5 78.1 78.6 | 78.7 78.6 78.6 79.1
Manufacturing 1 | 78.00 | 80.1 86.1 77.3 84.1 | 75.2 76.1 77.2 78.0 | 78.0 78.2 77.9 78.4
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Stage-of-process groups | | | |
Crude | 9.67 | 86.3 88.5 84.7 88.9 | 83.8 84.0 84.6 84.3 | 85.7 84.5 82.8 83.5
Primary and semifinished | 48.65 | 82.2 86.4 77.5 87.9 | 77.6 78.8 79.2 79.1 | 79.1 79.0 79.2 79.7
Finished | 41.68 | 78.2 83.2 77.2 80.3 | 71.6 72.6 73.3 74.2 | 74.2 74.2 74.2 74.6
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r Revised. p Preliminary.
<1> See note on cover page
Note. See notes to table 2.