Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17

The 2010 Annual Revision (440 KB PDF)

Release Date: April 15, 2011

Table 2 Capacity utilization rates, by industry groups, 1972-2010

Item NAICS[1]  Revised rate
(percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted)
1972-
Difference between rates of change:
revised minus earlier
(percentage points)
2010
avg.
2005
Q4
2006
Q4
2007
Q4
2008
Q4
2009
Q4
2010 
Q4 
2005
Q4
2006
Q4
2007
Q4
2008
Q4
2009
Q4
2010
Q1
Total industry ... 80.5 80.1 80.7 81.1 74.3 71.1 75.6 -.3 .1 .7 .1 -.2 -.4
       
Manufacturing[2] ... 79.1 78.8 79.0 79.1 70.9 68.8 72.9 -.4 .0 .4 -.1 .6 .5
Manufacturing (NAICS) 31-33 78.9 78.6 78.9 79.1 70.6 68.7 73.2 -.3 .1 .4 -.3 .3 .2
       
Durable manufacturing ... 77.2 77.2 77.3 78.3 69.0 65.6 71.2 -.7 .0 1.3 1.9 3.8 3.7
Wood products 321 78.1 88.3 75.3 71.7 59.0 57.3 62.6 -.9 .1 3.1 4.2 7.3 8.3
Nonmetallic mineral products 327 76.5 78.2 74.7 70.9 59.1 53.5 57.5 .1 2.1 .3 -3.9 -1.2 -.7
Primary metals 331 79.4 81.5 76.5 83.9 63.5 62.6 68.8 -1.8 -3.9 -.2 2.1 3.8 3.9
Fabricated metal products 332 77.3 78.3 81.9 82.0 74.9 67.7 77.1 .7 2.4 1.5 .9 3.6 3.1
Machinery 333 78.1 79.1 82.0 83.6 76.9 63.4 76.5 -.7 .2 3.9 6.6 4.6 4.8
Computer and electronic products 334 78.1 74.1 77.9 76.2 73.1 70.8 74.4 -1.3 -.5 .8 3.7 6.7 5.4
         Electrical equip., appliances,      
and components 335 82.8 83.3 83.9 86.1 79.5 72.1 79.1 .2 1.6 3.3 1.1 1.5 1.5
Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3 75.4 76.2 69.8 69.0 49.5 54.9 61.3 -.3 -.5 -1.2 -4.0 3.1 3.8
transportation equipment 3364-9 72.9 69.5 75.7 87.7 73.8 72.9 70.5 -3.7 -1.6 3.4 1.8 -.8 -1.5
Furniture and related products 337 77.8 79.2 80.8 80.5 71.9 65.6 71.5 -.6 1.7 2.9 6.8 8.1 7.8
Miscellaneous 339 76.0 78.1 76.1 73.2 72.7 70.2 69.6 1.1 -.2 -1.2 3.3 1.2 1.3
       
Nondurable manufacturing ... 81.1 80.2 80.8 80.0 72.5 72.6 75.7 .1 .2 -.5 -2.3 -2.9 -2.9
Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2 81.3 81.0 80.6 80.0 76.3 75.9 79.3 .7 1.2 .2 -.8 -2.0 -2.3
Textile and product mills 313,4 80.7 77.5 74.4 72.7 63.3 63.3 68.9 -1.0 1.3 1.4 -1.4 -1.1 -1.0
Apparel and leather 315,6 78.6 76.9 75.4 71.2 74.2 69.4 80.9 1.7 -1.4 -6.5 2.0 1.9 1.9
Paper 322 87.0 83.9 84.4 84.5 74.1 75.2 78.2 -.5 .3 1.9 -.2 1.1 2.4
Printing and support 323 82.3 79.0 79.8 77.4 70.9 64.0 64.1 .7 .2 -1.0 -1.8 -4.2 -4.4
Petroleum and coal products 324 86.0 89.0 89.8 87.5 83.4 80.7 86.0 .7 1.0 .4 -2.3 -2.1 -2.6
Chemicals 325 78.0 75.3 78.9 78.8 69.8 73.2 74.9 -.5 .0 .2 -.3 -.2 .1
Plastics and rubber products 326 82.1 85.4 79.1 77.8 64.9 61.1 66.4 .2 -2.8 -6.2 -7.8 -8.3 -9.2
       
Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111 83.4 82.7 80.9 79.9 76.2 70.1 66.7 -1.5 -1.3 -.3 3.7 6.3 6.3
       
Mining 21 87.4 85.2 90.5 89.7 88.1 81.7 88.9 -.3 -.3 -.1 -1.5 -2.9 -4.9
Utilities 2211,2 86.5 85.1 83.5 85.6 83.4 79.8 80.7 -.2 -.2 .3 -.1 -1.2 -1.0
       
Selected high-technology industries ... 78.1 76.2 83.2 79.4 75.1 72.5 74.4 -1.2 .4 -.2 5.3 9.6 7.4
Computers and peripheral equipment 3341 78.0 74.3 78.2 80.0 77.1 80.1 84.1 .0 -1.3 -1.5 3.0 12.3 9.7
Communications equipment 3342 76.5 61.5 81.1 75.4 84.7 80.2 81.0 -6.0 -1.1 -1.8 10.4 14.0 9.9
electronic components 334412-9 80.2 85.3 86.5 80.4 70.3 66.5 68.8 .7 1.7 .4 5.8 7.3 5.6
       
Measures excluding selected high-technology      
      industries      
Total industry ... 80.6 80.3 80.5 81.2 74.3 71.1 75.5 -.2 .1 .7 -.1 -.7 -.8
Manufacturing[2] ... 79.1 79.0 78.7 79.1 70.6 68.6 72.8 -.3 .0 .4 -.4 .1 .1
       
Stage-of-process groups
Crude ... 86.4 82.8 88.6 89.3 84.4 81.4 87.7 -.4 -.2 .9 .5 -2.4 -3.2
Primary and semifinished ... 81.4 82.5 80.8 80.9 72.6 68.4 72.5 -.1 .1 .2 -.8 -.1 .0
Finished ... 77.4 76.1 77.5 77.8 71.8 71.0 74.6 -.5 -.1 .6 .8 1.1 .8

[1] See table 1, note 1. Return to table
[2] See table 1, note 2. Return to table
... Not applicable.


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Last update: April 15, 2011