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Release Date: March 31, 2017
Table 6 Revised and Earlier Capacity Utilization Rates, by Industry Groups
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted Make Full Screen
Item NAICS Revised rate Difference between
revised and earlier rates
(percentage points)
1972-
2016
Ave.

2013
Q4

2014
Q4

2015
Q4

2016
Q4

2013
Q4

2014
Q4

2015
Q4

2016
Q4
Total industry 79.9 77.6 78.9 76.0 75.8 .3 .3 .2 .4
Manufacturing[1] 78.4 74.7 75.9 75.4 75.1 .1 -.1 .0 .1
Manufacturing (NAICS) 31-33 78.3 75.2 76.4 75.8 75.5 .2 .0 .1 .0
Durable manufacturing 76.9 75.3 77.1 74.9 74.7 .6 .1 -1.2 -1.5
Wood products 321 76.4 72.3 71.5 74.3 76.8 .5 .1 6.2 9.9
Nonmetallic mineral products 327 73.8 61.9 64.0 65.4 64.7 1.0 .0 -1.0 -.7
Primary metals 331 78.6 75.2 76.1 69.6 66.5 .2 .7 -.8 -3.0
Fabricated metal products 332 77.7 80.5 81.1 78.4 78.3 -.1 -.5 -1.0 -1.3
Machinery 333 77.5 75.4 76.4 69.0 69.1 1.2 .5 -3.0 -2.7
Computer and electronic products 334 77.6 72.3 72.8 70.4 70.1 2.0 -.4 -2.8 -2.9
Electrical equip., appliances,
and components
335 82.4 81.1 81.2 80.3 80.5 -1.6 -1.6 -4.5 -2.1
Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 75.2 74.2 78.4 80.5 82.9 .7 .5 -.5 -1.2
Aerospace and miscellaneous
transportation equipment
3364-9 74.2 79.4 84.3 80.8 78.4 .4 1.2 -1.0 -2.9
Furniture and related products 337 76.7 72.7 77.3 80.3 79.1 .1 1.4 2.4 2.1
Miscellaneous 339 76.5 77.3 78.0 77.8 77.4 -1.6 -1.1 .7 -1.3
Nondurable manufacturing 80.2 74.9 75.5 76.8 76.4 -.3 -.1 1.5 1.9
Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 80.7 79.0 77.2 77.4 76.8 -.1 -.3 1.3 1.9
Textile and product mills 313,4 79.1 70.8 72.2 71.2 71.6 -1.5 -.4 -.5 -.5
Apparel and leather 315,6 76.7 65.8 69.2 68.6 67.6 -.6 3.1 5.1 3.8
Paper 322 86.6 81.9 85.3 84.9 87.2 -.6 .9 2.7 3.4
Printing and support 323 79.4 64.7 63.6 67.1 67.2 1.7 .0 1.5 2.3
Petroleum and coal products 324 85.3 83.5 81.9 82.1 80.1 -.4 .1 1.7 1.5
Chemicals 325 76.9 68.5 71.2 73.9 74.0 -1.0 -.8 .7 .7
Plastics and rubber products 326 82.2 80.3 82.8 82.6 80.9 2.4 1.8 2.6 5.0
Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 80.5 64.1 63.7 65.1 63.4 -1.1 -1.5 -.6 2.0
Mining 21 87.0 86.7 90.5 80.0 79.6 -.9 -.4 1.1 2.2
Utilities 2211,2 85.6 81.7 80.8 76.9 77.0 -.1 .4 .3 -.9
Selected high-technology industries 77.3 68.8 72.3 70.8 72.8 1.3 -1.0 -2.8 -2.8
Computers and peripheral equipment 3341 77.5 64.1 71.0 66.7 76.7 .1 1.1 -.3 -9.0
Communications equipment 3342 76.5 79.8 71.3 70.2 76.1 -.6 -1.5 2.5 -2.1
Semiconductors and related
electronic components
3344 78.6 66.1 73.0 72.2 70.4 2.2 -1.3 -5.7 -2.3
Measures excluding selected high-technology
industries
Total industry 80.1 77.9 79.1 76.1 75.9 .2 .3 .3 .4
Manufacturing[1] 78.5 75.0 76.1 75.6 75.1 .1 .0 .1 .2
Stage-of-process groups
Crude 86.1 85.6 88.1 79.8 79.8 .1 .4 1.2 1.9
Primary and semifinished 80.5 76.2 77.1 75.6 75.3 .3 .0 -.2 .1
Finished 76.9 74.1 75.6 75.2 74.8 -.4 -.2 .2 -.2

1. See footnote 2 to table 2.


Last Update: March 31, 2017