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Release Date: March 27, 2019
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-
2018
Ave.

2015
Q4

2016
Q4

2017
Q4
 
2018 
Q4 

2015
Q4

2016
Q4

2017
Q4

2018
Q4
Total industry   79.8 75.8 75.1 77.6 79.4 -.4 -.1 .5 .7
       
Manufacturing[1]   78.3 74.9 74.2 75.8 77.0 -.5 -.2 .6 1.0
Manufacturing (NAICS) 31-33 78.2 75.3 74.5 76.2 77.5 -.5 -.3 .4 .9
       
Durable manufacturing   76.8 74.1 73.3 74.7 77.1 -.6 -.6 .2 .4
Wood products 321 76.7 76.1 77.6 80.6 77.6 .8 .9 2.2 2.1
Nonmetallic mineral products 327 74.0 67.7 65.5 67.8 67.6 1.8 1.4 2.3 2.6
Primary metals 331 78.0 65.0 63.3 69.0 74.8 -2.6 -3.1 .2 1.7
Fabricated metal products 332 77.6 77.1 75.9 78.4 81.6 -.5 -.2 -.3 -.5
Machinery 333 77.6 67.7 67.2 74.6 80.0 -.9 -.8 -.7 -.5
Computer and electronic products 334 77.4 70.9 69.9 70.4 71.8 .2 -.5 -.2 .4
Electrical equip., appliances,
and components
335 81.9 76.3 75.8 74.9 76.2 -1.0 -.9 -1.0 -.1
Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 75.1 79.0 79.7 76.9 79.8 -.9 -.7 -.3 -.3
Aerospace and miscellaneous
transportation equipment
3364-9 74.2 79.1 76.0 75.4 76.6 -1.3 -1.1 .1 -1.4
Furniture and related products 337 77.0 81.3 79.7 78.1 77.8 -.1 .7 2.4 1.6
Miscellaneous 339 76.6 79.8 80.6 79.4 79.4 -.5 .4 1.7 1.9
       
Nondurable manufacturing   80.0 76.6 76.0 77.7 77.9 -.4 .1 .7 1.1
Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 80.4 77.1 76.0 77.0 75.7 -.5 .2 .3 .4
Textile and product mills 313,4 78.8 68.2 69.7 71.2 71.8 .2 .7 2.5 2.2
Apparel and leather 315,6 76.1 66.1 68.5 64.8 63.8 -.3 .1 -.1 .0
Paper 322 86.7 85.4 88.5 86.5 87.2 .1 .4 .3 .2
Printing and support 323 79.7 71.3 74.9 75.3 72.4 1.1 1.6 1.5 .0
Petroleum and coal products 324 85.0 81.2 76.0 80.9 80.4 -.4 -.1 1.4 2.2
Chemicals 325 76.7 72.8 72.6 75.3 77.9 -.8 -.2 .6 1.3
Plastics and rubber products 326 82.1 85.1 83.3 83.7 80.8 -.2 .3 1.5 2.1
       
Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 79.8 64.1 65.3 65.7 61.0 -.2 2.5 5.2 3.8
       
Mining 21 87.1 81.4 78.5 87.0 92.1 .4 .1 -.6 -2.4
Utilities 2211,2 85.4 77.3 77.9 79.2 80.1 -.2 -.2 .9 1.0
       
Selected high-technology industries   77.3 74.7 72.9 71.5 73.1 1.9 -.6 -2.0 -.2
Computers and peripheral equipment 3341 77.8 75.1 78.3 73.8 72.9 8.6 -5.5 -21.4 -10.3
Communications equipment 3342 76.1 72.0 72.1 64.2 63.0 .5 -.2 -1.0 -3.1
Semiconductors and related
electronic components
3344 78.7 75.7 71.9 74.1 78.1 .8 .2 1.6 3.7
       
Measures excluding selected high-technology
industries
Total industry   79.9 75.8 75.2 77.7 79.5 -.4 -.1 .6 .7
Manufacturing[1]   78.3 74.9 74.3 76.0 77.1 -.6 -.1 .7 1.0
       
Stage-of-process groups
Crude   86.1 80.7 79.4 86.0 90.5 .2 .0 -.3 -1.5
Primary and semifinished   80.4 75.6 74.9 76.9 78.0 -.2 .0 1.0 1.3
Finished   76.8 74.3 73.6 74.7 75.7 -.7 -.3 .3 .3
1. See footnote 2 to table 2.
Last Update: March 27, 2019