Table 7
Capacity Utilization
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
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| | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994-| |
| 2004 | 2004 89 91 95| 2004 2005 | 2005
Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 r | Feb. Mar. Apr. May
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Total industry | 100.00 | 81.0 85.1 78.6 84.9 | 77.9 78.2 78.8 79.3 | 79.4 79.4 79.1 79.4
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Manufacturing | 84.08 | 79.8 85.6 77.2 84.3 | 76.5 77.0 77.6 78.1 | 78.3 78.0 77.9 78.2
Manufacturing (NAICS) | 79.81 | 79.6 85.5 77.0 84.4 | 75.9 76.4 77.1 77.5 | 77.7 77.4 77.2 77.5
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Durable manufacturing | 45.64 | 78.0 84.5 73.4 83.6 | 73.8 74.4 75.2 75.6 | 75.9 75.5 75.3 75.6
Wood products 321 | 1.56 | 80.0 88.9 73.1 87.7 | 78.5 78.2 78.5 77.3 | 76.3 76.6 75.7 76.9
Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.19 | 79.2 84.9 72.0 83.6 | 79.3 80.2 80.8 81.6 | 82.4 81.2 81.2 80.9
Primary metal 331 | 2.60 | 80.5 94.3 74.6 95.5 | 79.4 81.9 82.6 80.9 | 80.1 80.8 77.5 78.2
Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.36 | 76.6 80.2 71.6 83.6 | 69.6 70.1 70.1 70.0 | 70.1 69.9 70.0 70.5
Machinery 333 | 5.63 | 78.8 84.8 73.0 86.9 | 76.3 77.5 78.4 79.6 | 79.5 79.8 81.4 81.8
Computer and electronic products 334 | 8.65 | 78.7 81.7 76.6 83.9 | 69.8 70.9 71.1 73.0 | 73.1 73.2 73.7 74.6
Electrical equip., appliances, | | | |
and components 335 | 2.16 | 82.7 87.5 75.1 92.5 | 77.8 80.1 80.2 79.8 | 79.2 79.6 79.7 80.5
Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 7.11 | 77.8 90.3 56.0 87.8 | 80.4 79.8 82.6 82.5 | 84.6 81.6 79.7 79.5
Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | |
transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.31 | 72.4 88.7 82.1 67.9 | 64.3 64.9 65.5 66.6 | 66.8 66.9 68.1 68.5
Furniture and related products 337 | 1.83 | 78.7 83.6 69.4 83.4 | 73.6 73.5 73.5 72.9 | 72.5 73.1 72.0 71.9
Miscellaneous 339 | 3.24 | 76.5 81.7 77.7 80.6 | 76.3 76.5 77.2 78.1 | 78.3 77.9 78.0 77.2
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Nondurable manufacturing | 34.16 | 81.8 87.1 81.7 85.4 | 78.9 79.3 79.8 80.1 | 80.2 80.0 79.9 80.2
Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 | 11.09 | 81.9 85.6 81.0 84.0 | 80.6 80.9 81.6 81.9 | 81.7 81.7 81.4 82.0
Textile and product mills 313,4 | 1.15 | 83.1 91.5 77.2 90.7 | 73.2 74.8 74.5 75.8 | 75.7 75.8 75.3 76.3
Apparel and leather 315,6 | .86 | 79.3 84.2 77.3 89.2 | 69.2 68.5 70.6 70.9 | 70.9 70.7 72.2 71.5
Paper 322 | 2.71 | 88.1 93.7 85.2 92.5 | 86.1 86.8 86.6 87.6 | 87.1 87.3 86.2 86.8
Printing and support 323 | 2.39 | 83.7 91.6 82.7 86.0 | 72.1 72.0 72.1 72.4 | 72.2 72.5 72.4 73.4
Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.68 | 86.1 88.9 82.9 90.3 | 89.1 90.2 91.3 91.4 | 93.0 90.9 91.9 92.2
Chemical 325 | 10.88 | 78.4 85.7 80.9 81.1 | 75.4 75.9 76.6 76.6 | 76.9 76.7 76.5 76.6
Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.40 | 83.7 91.1 77.1 92.2 | 83.4 83.2 83.5 84.0 | 83.8 83.6 83.7 83.5
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Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 | 4.28 | 84.9 90.5 80.4 83.9 | 87.0 87.6 87.6 89.8 | 89.3 90.2 90.4 91.3
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Mining 21 | 6.99 | 87.1 85.8 83.5 89.1 | 86.6 86.3 85.6 87.5 | 88.3 88.2 88.3 88.5
Utilities 2211,2 | 8.92 | 86.8 92.8 84.2 93.9 | 85.1 83.7 85.4 84.4 | 83.3 86.2 84.1 83.4
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Selected high-technology industries | 5.49 | 78.3 81.0 74.3 86.4 | 69.7 69.9 69.8 71.9 | 72.0 71.8 72.0 72.9
Computer and peripheral equipment 3341 | 1.17 | 78.4 80.2 67.5 85.0 | 74.2 73.7 75.9 78.1 | 78.1 78.7 79.1 79.4
Communications equipment 3342 | 1.83 | 76.0 80.8 73.4 87.4 | 53.7 56.7 58.8 62.3 | 62.6 62.0 62.1 64.5
Semiconductors and related | | | |
electronic components 334412-9 | 2.50 | 81.1 82.8 77.5 90.4 | 80.5 78.5 75.6 76.7 | 76.8 76.4 76.6 76.9
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Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | |
industries | | | |
Total industry | 94.51 | 81.1 85.5 78.8 84.8 | 78.6 78.9 79.6 80.0 | 80.1 80.2 79.9 80.1
Manufacturing 1 | 78.59 | 79.9 86.0 77.3 84.2 | 77.2 77.8 78.5 79.0 | 79.1 78.9 78.7 79.1
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Stage-of-process groups | | | |
Crude | 10.28 | 86.4 88.9 84.8 89.3 | 85.8 85.7 85.5 86.4 | 86.8 86.7 86.6 87.0
Primary and semifinished | 47.74 | 82.1 86.5 77.5 87.8 | 79.8 79.7 80.2 80.3 | 80.1 80.5 79.9 80.0
Finished | 41.98 | 77.9 83.1 77.2 80.5 | 74.1 74.9 76.0 76.7 | 77.0 76.8 76.7 77.1
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r Revised. p Preliminary.
<1> See note on cover page
Note. See notes to table 2.