Table 2
CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
| | 1972- 1978- 1988- 1990- 1994-| |
| 2004 | 2004 1980 1982 1989 1991 1995| 2004 | 2005
Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High Low High| Oct. | May June July Aug. Sept. Oct.
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Total industry | 100.00 | 81.0 86.6 70.7 85.1 78.6 85.0 | 79.2 | 79.8 80.3 80.2 80.2 78.9 79.5
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Stage-of-process groups | | | |
Crude | 9.99 | 86.4 91.2 77.4 88.3 84.3 89.4 | 86.6 | 87.6 88.4 87.5 86.6 78.1 78.7
Primary and semifinished | 47.75 | 82.2 87.9 67.9 86.7 77.8 88.1 | 81.2 | 81.0 81.7 81.6 81.7 81.6 81.7
Finished | 42.26 | 77.9 83.6 71.0 82.8 77.0 80.5 | 75.2 | 76.5 76.8 76.8 77.1 76.4 77.8
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Industry Groups | | | |
Manufacturing | 84.35 | 79.8 86.2 68.4 85.5 77.1 84.5 | 78.1 | 78.6 78.7 78.6 78.8 78.1 79.0
Manufacturing (NAICS) | 80.13 | 79.6 86.3 67.8 85.5 76.9 84.6 | 77.8 | 78.1 78.2 78.2 78.4 77.7 78.7
Durable manufacturing | 45.97 | 78.1 86.8 62.8 84.6 73.4 84.1 | 76.3 | 76.7 76.8 76.8 77.5 77.1 78.5
Wood products 321 | 1.58 | 80.1 86.9 59.5 88.5 73.1 88.2 | 81.3 | 81.3 80.2 80.6 80.0 81.6 82.4
Nonmetallic mineral products 327 | 2.17 | 79.4 87.8 62.8 85.2 71.9 84.3 | 82.6 | 80.9 81.2 80.6 80.5 81.3 82.6
Primary metal 331 | 2.40 | 80.4 90.4 46.9 94.9 74.6 94.8 | 85.1 | 79.9 77.1 76.9 79.8 82.6 82.3
Iron and steel products 3311,2 | .98 | 81.7 95.1 38.0 100.6 71.1 98.4 | 100.5 | 85.6 82.0 80.2 87.6 91.8 90.7
Fabricated metal products 332 | 6.19 | 77.1 82.8 61.8 81.7 72.6 85.1 | 74.0 | 74.4 74.2 74.5 74.7 74.8 76.1
Machinery 333 | 5.56 | 78.7 92.6 58.2 85.3 73.9 87.5 | 78.4 | 79.4 79.7 80.6 79.1 79.8 79.6
Computer and electronic products 334 | 9.13 | 78.6 89.4 76.4 81.5 75.9 83.7 | 72.8 | 75.7 75.5 76.0 76.7 76.9 77.2
Computer and peripheral equip. 3341 | 1.03 | 78.2 88.6 66.4 80.2 67.4 84.2 | 76.0 | 78.6 79.2 78.8 78.5 78.4 78.3
Communications equipment 3342 | 1.78 | 76.0 93.7 82.5 80.7 73.4 85.9 | 57.2 | 64.3 65.0 67.7 68.5 69.2 71.1
Semiconductor and related | | | |
electronic components 334412-9 | 3.13 | 80.6 92.9 76.5 82.7 79.0 91.1 | 80.3 | 79.2 77.7 77.1 78.1 78.2 77.2
Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | |
and components 335 | 2.09 | 83.2 91.9 64.7 89.0 77.0 93.0 | 80.8 | 82.3 82.9 83.9 84.9 86.0 88.1
Transportation equipment 336 | 11.63 | 75.5 87.2 56.4 86.6 67.8 79.5 | 74.7 | 75.2 76.1 75.1 76.9 73.7 77.6
Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 | 7.32 | 77.5 95.2 45.0 89.3 56.0 88.9 | 80.7 | 78.7 80.4 78.5 81.0 82.6 81.8
Autos and light trucks 33611 | 3.48 | 78.0 100.2 39.6 94.2 54.1 89.3 | 82.0 | 78.0 80.4 77.1 82.1 84.6 82.8
Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | |
transportation equipment 3364-9 | 4.31 | 72.6 86.7 68.8 87.3 81.3 68.7 | 64.5 | 69.1 68.8 69.2 69.6 58.5 70.2
Furniture and related products 337 | 1.82 | 78.7 88.2 65.3 82.2 67.9 83.4 | 74.8 | 73.6 73.4 73.3 73.5 74.5 73.6
Miscellaneous 339 | 3.39 | 76.6 80.1 68.8 82.4 77.4 81.3 | 76.5 | 77.2 77.5 77.4 78.5 78.8 79.9
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Nondurable manufacturing | 34.17 | 81.7 85.8 75.6 86.9 81.5 85.3 | 79.8 | 80.0 80.2 80.2 79.8 78.5 79.0
Food 311 | 8.26 | 82.6 85.2 80.5 85.7 83.3 84.1 | 80.9 | 82.3 82.1 82.4 81.8 82.2 81.9
Beverage and tobacco products 312 | 2.82 | 79.6 84.0 77.9 87.4 74.7 86.5 | 74.7 | 75.8 76.7 76.8 75.7 75.9 76.7
Textile mills 313 | .72 | 82.8 90.2 72.9 91.9 77.9 93.2 | 72.6 | 70.5 71.4 72.2 72.0 70.9 71.2
Textile product mills 314 | .53 | 82.6 91.5 71.2 90.6 75.3 88.3 | 81.0 | 80.1 81.2 82.8 83.3 84.5 85.0
Apparel 315 | .81 | 79.9 85.5 77.2 85.2 77.9 89.9 | 71.9 | 73.5 73.8 76.1 77.0 79.5 78.1
Leather and allied products 316 | .12 | 75.8 87.1 74.5 79.9 71.2 80.7 | 72.7 | 74.5 75.1 77.2 78.5 80.8 80.4
Paper 322 | 2.63 | 87.8 95.2 81.3 93.6 85.6 91.5 | 85.6 | 83.5 84.4 83.3 83.0 83.0 83.4
Printing and support 323 | 2.29 | 84.0 88.5 80.3 91.9 83.0 86.3 | 74.3 | 75.8 75.5 76.6 76.3 76.7 77.0
Petroleum and coal products 324 | 1.79 | 85.9 91.7 70.4 89.0 83.0 90.6 | 92.2 | 92.7 94.7 92.6 91.4 85.7 84.1
Chemical 325 | 10.81 | 78.3 83.2 68.0 85.0 80.0 81.1 | 77.5 | 76.8 76.7 76.5 75.8 71.8 73.5
Plastics material and resin 325211 | .69 | 86.5 85.8 64.1 97.0 77.1 104.6 | 88.0 | 83.4 83.3 86.3 84.5 72.8
Synthetic rubber 325212 | .12 | 77.8 89.7 54.4 94.2 72.4 87.0 | 74.8 | 68.0 67.8 68.2
Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | |
and filaments 32522 | .12 | 81.9 96.6 63.1 95.8 74.9 88.7 | 84.1 | 84.1 85.1 85.7 91.8 82.2
Plastics and rubber products 326 | 3.39 | 83.5 90.2 71.3 89.5 76.2 92.4 | 85.2 | 85.1 85.0 85.4 86.2 88.5 88.1
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Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 4.22 | 84.7 88.5 86.1 91.0 80.7 83.2 | 84.3 | 87.6 86.6 85.7 85.7 85.2 85.9
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Mining 21 | 6.78 | 87.3 93.9 78.7 86.1 83.6 89.0 | 86.9 | 89.1 90.0 89.1 88.5 80.9 80.4
Oil and gas extraction 211 | 4.79 | 92.1 95.5 89.5 92.0 89.6 94.9 | 87.9 | 90.2 91.2 89.3 88.6 77.8 77.2
Mining (except oil and gas) 212 | 1.39 | 83.9 92.4 67.7 90.2 80.0 87.0 | 84.1 | 84.8 84.7 86.6 85.0 86.3 85.3
Coal mining 2121 | .57 | 86.1 97.8 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.2 | 87.3 | 85.3 86.5 88.6 86.4 87.6 85.0
Metal mining 2122 | .28 | 78.9 86.1 32.1 90.6 81.1 90.7 | 73.0 | 77.9 76.4 78.3 75.4 75.6 76.3
Stone and earth minerals 2123 | .55 | 82.7 93.1 63.9 89.0 75.9 90.4 | 86.7 | 87.9 87.2 88.9 88.7 90.8 90.6
Support activities for mining 213 | .59 | 74.0 99.2 49.9 61.8 52.7 78.2 | 85.4 | 87.2 88.5 89.2 90.3 89.9 91.0
Utilities 2211,2 | 8.87 | 86.8 88.2 77.6 92.7 84.1 93.7 | 83.8 | 83.7 88.0 88.0 87.2 86.4 84.8
Electric 2211 | 7.36 | 88.1 88.2 78.8 94.1 86.8 96.4 | 85.5 | 84.1 89.4 89.4 88.8 88.2 86.1
Natural gas 2212 | 1.52 | 80.1 92.8 71.7 86.4 67.3 87.6 | 75.8 | 81.2 81.3 81.1 79.1 77.6 78.4
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Special Aggregates | | | |
Selected high-technology industries | 5.94 | 78.2 88.7 74.0 80.9 74.0 86.1 | 72.8 | 74.9 74.5 74.8 75.6 75.8 75.8
Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | |
industries | 78.41 | 79.9 86.3 68.1 86.0 77.3 84.4 | 78.5 | 79.0 79.1 79.0 79.2 78.4 79.5
Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech and | | | |
motor vehicles and pts. | 71.09 | 80.1 85.7 69.4 85.7 79.2 84.1 | 78.3 | 79.0 79.0 79.1 79.0 78.0 79.2
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