Table 7
Capacity Utilization
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
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| | | 1972- 1988- 1994- 2001-| |
| | 2005 | 2005 89 95 02| 2005 2006 | 2006
Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. High High Low| Q4 Q1 Q2 r Q3 | June July Aug. Sept.
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Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 85.1 85.0 73.9 | 80.5 81.1 82.0 82.3 | 82.5 82.6 82.5 81.9
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Manufacturing | | 82.87 | 79.8 85.5 84.5 72.0 | 79.8 80.3 80.8 81.1 | 81.1 81.2 81.2 80.8
Manufacturing (NAICS) | | 78.75 | 79.5 85.5 84.6 71.5 | 79.4 80.1 80.5 80.8 | 80.8 80.9 81.0 80.6
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Durable manufacturing | | 45.07 | 78.1 84.6 84.1 68.4 | 79.1 79.3 80.0 80.3 | 80.3 80.3 80.6 80.0
Wood products | 321 | 1.51 | 80.2 88.5 88.2 71.0 | 87.1 84.1 81.4 79.3 | 80.0 80.6 79.1 78.2
Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.24 | 79.4 85.2 84.3 75.7 | 83.2 84.6 83.1 81.4 | 82.7 82.1 81.6 80.4
Primary metal | 331 | 2.43 | 80.5 94.9 94.8 68.8 | 83.5 85.6 87.9 87.1 | 88.8 87.7 87.1 86.7
Fabricated metal products | 332 | 6.20 | 77.1 81.7 85.1 68.9 | 76.1 77.0 77.7 78.5 | 77.7 78.3 78.6 78.5
Machinery | 333 | 5.40 | 78.8 85.3 87.5 63.4 | 83.5 83.0 84.3 87.3 | 83.9 87.6 87.7 86.7
Computer and electronic products | 334 | 8.66 | 78.6 81.5 83.7 59.7 | 78.2 77.5 78.5 80.5 | 79.3 80.0 80.5 80.9
Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | |
and components | 335 | 2.03 | 83.3 89.0 93.0 71.7 | 87.7 89.8 92.0 93.3 | 91.9 93.8 94.0 92.2
Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 7.19 | 77.6 89.3 88.9 70.1 | 79.6 78.9 78.8 75.9 | 79.9 75.6 76.9 75.1
Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | |
transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 4.30 | 72.5 87.3 68.7 62.7 | 71.7 74.6 76.2 78.2 | 76.6 77.8 78.2 78.5
Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.79 | 78.5 82.2 83.4 69.5 | 73.3 73.2 74.5 73.9 | 74.9 73.5 74.8 73.4
Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.32 | 76.6 82.4 81.3 70.5 | 78.4 78.1 78.5 78.3 | 78.7 78.8 78.0 78.0
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Nondurable manufacturing | | 33.67 | 81.7 86.9 85.3 75.6 | 80.0 81.2 81.4 81.6 | 81.6 81.9 81.6 81.4
Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 10.72 | 81.8 85.9 84.1 76.7 | 81.9 82.7 82.1 82.3 | 81.6 82.2 82.2 82.4
Textile and product mills | 313,4 | 1.17 | 82.6 91.5 91.2 70.1 | 77.2 77.0 75.7 75.3 | 75.5 76.2 75.3 74.6
Apparel and leather | 315,6 | .79 | 79.2 84.2 88.2 60.4 | 80.3 83.3 84.9 85.2 | 84.8 86.8 84.9 84.0
Paper | 322 | 2.59 | 87.7 93.6 91.5 79.5 | 85.0 85.5 84.8 85.1 | 85.7 85.0 85.4 84.7
Printing and support | 323 | 2.15 | 83.8 91.9 86.3 72.1 | 77.3 79.3 80.5 80.5 | 80.7 80.5 80.4 80.5
Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 2.06 | 86.0 89.0 90.6 84.1 | 87.3 90.6 89.9 92.1 | 92.6 91.6 91.6 93.2
Chemical | 325 | 10.85 | 78.2 85.0 81.1 71.4 | 74.1 75.3 76.5 76.6 | 76.8 77.0 76.7 76.1
Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.36 | 83.6 89.5 92.4 75.0 | 89.0 89.6 90.0 89.8 | 90.1 91.1 89.7 88.5
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Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 4.12 | 84.8 91.0 83.2 81.2 | 86.1 85.5 86.1 85.2 | 86.0 86.0 85.0 84.8
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Mining | 21 | 8.32 | 87.3 86.1 89.0 85.6 | 82.7 87.9 90.4 91.2 | 91.2 91.2 90.9 91.6
Utilities | 2211,2 | 8.82 | 86.7 92.7 93.7 83.7 | 86.9 83.5 86.6 87.3 | 88.7 89.2 88.3 84.4
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Selected high-technology industries | | 5.51 | 78.1 80.9 86.1 57.4 | 75.7 74.8 76.2 79.6 | 77.1 78.3 79.7 80.7
Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | .87 | 78.3 80.2 84.2 64.7 | 80.4 81.0 82.4 84.1 | 83.0 83.5 84.1 84.7
Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.53 | 75.8 80.7 85.9 41.1 | 74.2 78.9 84.4 84.3 | 85.1 85.0 83.2 84.7
Semiconductors and related | | | | |
electronic components | 334412-9 | 3.10 | 80.5 82.7 91.1 58.6 | 75.2 71.6 71.4 76.6 | 72.5 74.3 77.4 78.2
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Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | |
industries | | | | |
Total industry | | 94.49 | 81.1 85.5 85.0 75.0 | 81.0 81.7 82.6 82.8 | 83.1 83.1 83.0 82.3
Manufacturing<1> | | 77.35 | 79.9 86.0 84.4 73.1 | 80.3 81.0 81.5 81.5 | 81.7 81.8 81.7 81.2
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Stage-of-process groups | | | | |
Crude | | 11.50 | 86.4 88.3 89.4 83.2 | 81.3 85.8 88.2 88.9 | 88.8 88.9 88.8 89.0
Primary and semifinished | | 47.44 | 82.1 86.7 88.1 74.6 | 82.6 82.3 82.9 83.4 | 83.6 83.9 83.6 82.6
Finished | | 41.06 | 77.9 82.8 80.5 70.8 | 78.3 78.9 79.7 79.8 | 79.9 79.9 80.0 79.6
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r Revised. p Preliminary.
<1> See note on cover page
Note. See notes to table 2.