Table 7
 Capacity Utilization
 Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
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                                                  |             |             |     1972-     1994-     2001-|                              |
                                                  |             |      2009   |     2009         95        02|     2009                     |     2009                                    2010           
 Item                                             |    NAICS    |   proportion|     ave.       high       low|       Q2     Q3[r]     Q4[r] | Sept.[r]   Oct.[r]   Nov.[r]   Dec.[r]   Jan.[r]   Feb.[p] 
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  Total industry                                  |             |      100.00 |     80.6      84.9      73.5 |     68.7      70.0      71.3 |     70.6      70.8      71.4      71.8      72.5      72.7 
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  Manufacturing<1>                                |             |       82.66 |     79.2      84.5      71.4 |     65.4      67.0      68.1 |     67.6      67.6      68.4      68.4      69.1      69.0 
     Manufacturing (NAICS)                        |       31-33 |       78.77 |     79.0      84.6      70.9 |     65.5      67.2      68.4 |     67.8      67.9      68.6      68.6      69.4      69.4 
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        Durable manufacturing                     |             |       41.62 |     77.3      83.7      67.8 |     58.5      60.7      61.8 |     61.4      61.3      62.0      62.1      63.2      63.1 
           Wood products                          |         321 |        1.27 |     78.4      87.5      70.4 |     48.7      50.3      50.1 |     50.6      50.3      50.0      49.9      51.0      51.4 
           Nonmetallic mineral products           |         327 |        2.69 |     77.1      82.5      70.4 |     54.9      57.1      54.7 |     56.6      54.6      56.1      53.5      54.8      54.0 
           Primary metal                          |         331 |        2.31 |     79.7      94.7      68.0 |     45.0      53.3      58.7 |     55.1      55.7      58.9      61.5      62.3      62.3 
           Fabricated metal products              |         332 |        6.06 |     77.1      85.5      69.4 |     62.5      62.7      64.2 |     63.2      63.4      64.4      64.8      65.3      65.7 
           Machinery                              |         333 |        5.26 |     78.1      87.9      62.8 |     57.5      57.0      58.8 |     57.0      58.5      58.0      60.0      61.3      61.5 
           Computer and electronic products       |         334 |        7.40 |     77.9      84.4      58.8 |     63.6      63.9      64.1 |     63.8      63.8      64.1      64.5      65.8      66.3 
          Electrical equip., appliances,          |             |             |                              |                              |
              and components                      |         335 |        1.98 |     82.9      93.1      72.1 |     70.1      70.0      70.6 |     70.3      70.9      71.4      69.5      72.0      72.8 
           Motor vehicles and parts               |      3361-3 |        5.77 |     75.8      88.7      69.2 |     39.1      48.4      51.8 |     51.8      50.8      52.2      52.3      55.0      52.8 
          Aerospace and miscellaneous             |             |             |                              |                              |
              transportation equipment            |      3364-9 |        3.69 |     73.2      68.6      64.4 |     74.1      75.6      73.7 |     76.0      74.9      73.8      72.6      72.8      72.9 
           Furniture and related products         |         337 |        1.45 |     77.9      83.1      68.3 |     58.2      57.6      57.6 |     57.6      57.4      57.6      57.7      57.1      57.2 
           Miscellaneous                          |         339 |        3.74 |     76.3      81.3      71.0 |     66.9      67.9      69.1 |     68.1      68.5      69.9      68.7      69.0      68.7 
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        Nondurable manufacturing                  |             |       37.15 |     81.3      85.7      75.0 |     73.1      74.2      75.5 |     74.8      75.0      75.8      75.7      76.0      76.1 
           Food, beverage, and tobacco products   |       311,2 |       11.73 |     81.4      85.0      75.6 |     76.3      76.4      77.5 |     76.9      77.7      77.6      77.3      77.8      77.7 
           Textile and product mills              |       313,4 |         .99 |     81.0      91.7      68.7 |     59.1      59.5      64.4 |     60.2      62.7      65.3      65.3      65.7      66.5 
           Apparel and leather                    |       315,6 |         .59 |     79.1      88.1      63.6 |     65.5      65.7      67.5 |     66.0      66.1      67.2      69.3      73.0      72.9 
           Paper                                  |         322 |        2.62 |     87.2      92.7      78.8 |     70.5      73.6      74.2 |     73.9      72.2      75.9      74.5      73.0      73.8 
           Printing and support                   |         323 |        1.81 |     83.0      87.0      72.7 |     66.6      67.7      68.4 |     67.6      68.2      68.2      68.7      68.7      68.5 
           Petroleum and coal products            |         324 |        3.49 |     86.0      91.1      86.0 |     84.2      84.3      82.8 |     85.0      83.7      83.5      81.3      78.8      80.6 
           Chemical                               |         325 |       12.83 |     78.0      81.1      69.5 |     70.4      72.0      73.5 |     72.8      72.6      73.9      74.1      75.1      74.7 
           Plastics and rubber products           |         326 |        3.09 |     83.1      92.2      74.6 |     65.1      66.7      69.3 |     67.4      68.5      69.3      70.2      71.4      71.3 
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     Other manufacturing (non-NAICS)              |   1133,5111 |        3.89 |     83.7      83.0      79.8 |     63.1      62.8      63.7 |     63.2      62.9      64.1      64.0      62.7      62.5 
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  Mining                                          |          21 |        7.18 |     87.5      89.1      84.9 |     81.8      83.2      85.0 |     83.8      83.8      85.8      85.5      86.4      88.2 
  Utilities                                       |      2211,2 |       10.16 |     86.6      93.3      84.2 |     79.6      78.1      80.4 |     78.4      80.4      78.3      82.5      82.8      83.1 
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  Selected high-technology industries             |             |        4.22 |     77.8      86.5      56.5 |     62.7      62.9      63.0 |     62.7      62.9      62.7      63.3      64.7      65.3 
     Computers and peripheral equipment           |        3341 |         .93 |     77.8      87.3      66.8 |     63.9      65.5      67.3 |     66.6      66.9      67.3      67.6      68.7      69.3 
     Communications equipment                     |        3342 |        1.45 |     76.0      82.9      41.6 |     69.7      66.5      66.3 |     64.8      65.6      66.4      66.9      68.1      69.3 
     Semiconductors and related                   |             |             |                              |                              |
        electronic components                     |    334412-9 |        1.84 |     80.0      91.7      58.0 |     57.5      60.0      59.4 |     60.3      60.0      58.7      59.6      61.5      61.7 
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  Measures excluding selected high-technology     |             |             |                              |                              |
        industries                                |             |             |                              |                              |
  Total industry                                  |             |       95.78 |     80.8      84.9      74.7 |     68.9      70.3      71.7 |     70.9      71.2      71.7      72.2      72.8      72.9 
     Manufacturing<1>                             |             |       78.44 |     79.3      84.4      72.7 |     65.5      67.2      68.4 |     67.9      67.9      68.7      68.6      69.3      69.2 
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  Stage-of-process groups                         |             |             |                              |                              |
  Crude                                           |             |       11.83 |     86.5      89.9      81.7 |     79.6      82.4      84.1 |     83.6      83.1      84.5      84.8      85.3      86.2 
  Primary and semifinished                        |             |       47.38 |     81.6      87.9      74.3 |     66.2      67.0      68.4 |     67.5      67.8      68.2      69.0      69.4      69.6 
  Finished                                        |             |       40.79 |     77.5      80.3      70.0 |     67.1      68.5      69.8 |     69.2      69.4      69.9      70.0      71.0      70.8 
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 [r]  Revised.  [p]  Preliminary.
      <1>  See note on cover page
      Note.  See notes to table 2.