Table 7
Capacity Utilization
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
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| | | 1972- 1988- 1994- 2001-| |
| | 2006 | 2006 89 95 02| 2006 2007 | 2007
Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. High High Low| Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 r | Feb. Mar. Apr. May
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Total industry | | 100.00 | 81.0 85.0 85.1 73.6 | 82.0 82.3 81.5 81.3 | 81.6 81.2 81.5 81.3
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Manufacturing<1> | | 82.52 | 79.8 85.4 84.6 71.6 | 80.6 80.9 80.1 79.8 | 79.6 80.0 80.0 79.9
Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 78.53 | 79.6 85.3 84.7 71.0 | 80.4 80.8 79.9 79.6 | 79.4 79.8 79.8 79.7
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Durable manufacturing | | 42.55 | 78.0 84.5 84.2 68.1 | 79.3 79.5 78.5 77.7 | 77.5 77.9 78.1 77.9
Wood products | 321 | 1.41 | 80.2 88.2 87.7 71.0 | 83.3 80.4 74.3 72.8 | 72.8 72.3 72.8 72.6
Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.34 | 79.5 85.1 84.1 75.8 | 84.1 82.3 79.6 78.0 | 76.8 78.0 77.7 78.0
Primary metal | 331 | 2.86 | 80.8 93.8 95.6 68.5 | 89.9 88.8 82.2 84.5 | 84.2 85.4 87.0 88.2
Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.63 | 77.3 81.6 85.1 69.2 | 79.9 80.7 80.2 79.9 | 79.8 80.3 80.3 80.2
Machinery | 333 | 5.14 | 78.7 85.2 87.6 63.7 | 79.0 82.1 80.9 78.4 | 77.6 79.2 78.1 77.6
Computer and electronic products | 334 | 8.43 | 78.3 81.4 84.3 58.6 | 76.1 77.2 77.3 75.3 | 75.3 74.7 74.3 73.8
Electrical equip., appliances, | | | | |
and components | 335 | 1.90 | 83.2 89.1 93.1 71.8 | 85.3 85.4 84.3 85.0 | 85.2 85.4 86.4 85.6
Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.92 | 77.5 89.7 89.0 68.9 | 77.8 75.6 74.7 73.5 | 74.0 74.6 75.9 75.8
Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | |
transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.96 | 72.5 87.1 68.5 62.8 | 75.8 77.6 78.8 80.2 | 80.5 79.8 80.3 80.9
Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.61 | 78.5 82.2 82.9 67.8 | 80.0 79.5 78.3 76.6 | 76.2 76.5 76.0 75.9
Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.36 | 76.7 82.5 81.3 70.6 | 77.7 78.1 78.8 78.3 | 77.6 78.8 79.3 78.9
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Nondurable manufacturing | | 35.98 | 81.7 86.8 85.4 74.9 | 81.8 82.4 81.6 81.9 | 81.7 82.1 81.9 81.9
Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 10.67 | 81.6 85.9 84.1 75.6 | 81.2 81.1 82.2 82.6 | 82.4 82.8 82.8 82.5
Textile and product mills | 313,4 | 1.09 | 82.3 91.2 91.4 68.8 | 78.9 78.3 75.8 74.6 | 74.8 74.3 74.6 74.7
Apparel and leather | 315,6 | .70 | 78.7 84.3 87.1 59.5 | 73.6 74.1 74.1 74.9 | 74.9 74.4 75.1 75.7
Paper | 322 | 2.46 | 87.8 92.5 92.0 78.9 | 84.8 85.4 85.5 84.3 | 84.7 84.5 84.1 83.6
Printing and support | 323 | 2.08 | 83.7 91.8 86.4 72.7 | 80.1 79.3 80.5 80.6 | 80.8 80.4 79.8 78.8
Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 3.77 | 86.2 89.0 90.6 83.7 | 89.3 93.1 90.1 92.3 | 91.0 92.4 89.7 91.8
Chemical | 325 | 12.01 | 78.3 85.1 81.4 70.2 | 78.5 79.5 77.7 77.8 | 77.8 77.8 77.9 77.7
Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.20 | 83.9 89.8 91.9 75.1 | 87.9 87.5 84.8 85.4 | 84.8 85.8 86.8 87.3
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Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.99 | 84.7 91.0 83.3 81.3 | 84.3 83.2 84.6 84.0 | 83.9 84.2 83.9 83.4
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Mining | 21 | 8.25 | 87.4 86.1 88.9 84.8 | 91.0 90.9 91.3 90.2 | 89.9 90.6 90.0 90.5
Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.23 | 86.7 92.7 93.7 83.8 | 85.9 86.4 85.0 85.8 | 90.7 83.1 85.8 84.7
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Selected high-technology industries | | 5.48 | 78.0 80.8 87.4 56.2 | 77.2 78.7 79.7 77.9 | 77.7 77.5 77.0 76.1
Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | 1.39 | 78.1 79.9 84.2 62.8 | 74.6 74.5 78.3 82.3 | 82.8 83.1 82.5 82.1
Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.29 | 75.4 80.8 86.6 40.2 | 70.8 71.8 73.3 77.6 | 77.6 79.2 78.9 79.0
Semiconductors and related | | | | |
electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.80 | 80.6 82.9 93.5 58.1 | 81.3 83.5 82.7 75.5 | 74.8 73.7 73.1 71.6
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Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | | |
industries | | | | |
Total industry | | 94.52 | 81.2 85.4 85.0 74.7 | 82.3 82.6 81.8 81.6 | 81.9 81.6 81.9 81.8
Manufacturing<1> | | 77.04 | 79.9 85.9 84.5 72.8 | 80.9 81.3 80.3 80.1 | 80.0 80.4 80.4 80.4
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Stage-of-process groups | | | | |
Crude | | 12.41 | 86.5 88.1 89.5 82.0 | 88.8 89.4 89.1 88.9 | 88.9 89.5 88.9 88.7
Primary and semifinished | | 48.00 | 82.2 86.5 88.2 74.6 | 83.9 84.1 82.3 82.1 | 82.7 81.7 82.0 81.8
Finished | | 39.59 | 77.8 82.8 80.5 70.0 | 77.6 77.9 78.2 78.0 | 77.9 78.1 78.5 78.4
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r Revised. p Preliminary.
<1> See note on cover page
Note. See notes to table 2.