Table 7
 Capacity Utilization
 Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
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                                                  |             |             |     1972-     1994-     2001-|                              |
                                                  |             |      2008   |     2008         95        02|     2008                     |     2008                                    2009           
 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 |     80.9      85.1      73.6 |     79.7      77.6      74.9 |     75.0      76.2      75.2      73.3      71.9      70.9 
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  Manufacturing<1>                                |             |       79.90 |     79.6      84.6      71.5 |     77.5      75.5      71.7 |     73.2      73.6      71.9      69.7      67.9      67.4 
     Manufacturing (NAICS)                        |       31-33 |       76.28 |     79.4      84.7      71.0 |     77.6      75.6      71.7 |     73.2      73.6      71.9      69.6      67.8      67.3 
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        Durable manufacturing                     |             |       39.56 |     77.9      84.2      68.1 |     75.4      73.5      67.8 |     71.4      69.6      67.9      65.8      62.5      61.7 
           Wood products                          |         321 |        1.24 |     79.5      87.9      70.7 |     66.3      64.0      56.3 |     61.9      58.7      57.2      53.0      50.4      49.1 
           Nonmetallic mineral products           |         327 |        2.29 |     79.2      84.0      74.9 |     74.9      73.7      68.9 |     72.2      72.1      68.4      66.3      63.0      61.9 
           Primary metal                          |         331 |        2.61 |     80.8      95.8      68.5 |     82.6      81.2      62.9 |     77.4      71.0      62.4      55.4      52.7      50.5 
           Fabricated metal products              |         332 |        5.50 |     77.5      85.5      69.5 |     79.6      78.0      74.8 |     77.4      76.1      75.3      72.9      70.3      68.2 
           Machinery                              |         333 |        5.01 |     78.5      87.6      63.7 |     74.4      73.3      68.8 |     72.0      70.6      69.2      66.5      63.6      61.6 
           Computer and electronic products       |         334 |        7.28 |     78.3      83.7      58.2 |     78.4      76.1      70.0 |     74.7      73.2      69.7      67.1      66.2      64.8 
          Electrical equip., appliances,          |             |             |                              |                              |
              and components                      |         335 |        1.87 |     83.2      93.1      72.0 |     83.4      81.7      77.7 |     79.9      79.5      78.2      75.4      73.9      71.5 
           Motor vehicles and parts               |      3361-3 |        5.43 |     77.0      89.0      69.7 |     64.1      62.7      55.7 |     60.7      58.2      56.9      52.2      39.5      43.6 
          Aerospace and miscellaneous             |             |             |                              |                              |
              transportation equipment            |      3364-9 |        3.58 |     72.7      68.8      62.8 |     78.8      73.4      69.1 |     64.7      63.0      68.2      76.2      74.0      74.2 
           Furniture and related products         |         337 |        1.43 |     78.3      83.2      68.2 |     71.7      68.7      63.0 |     67.0      65.1      62.4      61.5      60.8      58.5 
           Miscellaneous                          |         339 |        3.31 |     76.5      81.2      70.5 |     73.7      74.0      71.8 |     73.5      73.0      72.1      70.4      70.3      69.3 
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        Nondurable manufacturing                  |             |       36.72 |     81.5      85.4      74.8 |     80.1      77.8      76.0 |     75.3      78.1      76.2      73.8      73.6      73.3 
           Food, beverage, and tobacco products   |       311,2 |       10.67 |     81.5      84.0      75.7 |     80.8      79.8      79.1 |     79.9      80.0      79.6      77.6      77.9      77.9 
           Textile and product mills              |       313,4 |        1.00 |     81.6      91.8      68.9 |     66.0      65.7      62.0 |     64.9      64.5      62.4      59.3      59.6      57.4 
           Apparel and leather                    |       315,6 |         .59 |     78.2      87.5      60.2 |     72.1      73.8      69.8 |     73.5      71.8      69.2      68.3      66.0      65.1 
           Paper                                  |         322 |        2.43 |     87.4      92.4      78.5 |     82.2      80.8      73.9 |     79.2      77.7      74.0      70.1      70.4      69.1 
           Printing and support                   |         323 |        1.91 |     83.2      86.5      72.6 |     73.7      71.1      69.2 |     70.9      70.7      69.7      67.2      65.7      64.1 
           Petroleum and coal products            |         324 |        5.24 |     86.0      90.5      83.8 |     90.6      86.3      89.4 |     79.3      91.4      88.7      88.1      87.6      88.3 
           Chemical                               |         325 |       11.97 |     78.2      81.2      69.4 |     77.3      74.2      71.3 |     70.2      73.9      71.5      68.5      68.5      68.5 
           Plastics and rubber products           |         326 |        2.91 |     83.5      91.8      74.6 |     81.3      80.1      74.2 |     78.4      76.7      74.8      71.2      69.3      67.3 
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     Other manufacturing (non-NAICS)              |   1133,5111 |        3.62 |     84.3      83.0      80.3 |     76.2      74.3      72.0 |     73.6      72.7      72.3      71.0      69.1      68.9 
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  Mining                                          |          21 |       11.11 |     87.6      88.7      84.8 |     90.8      88.8      89.8 |     82.6      89.0      90.9      89.6      88.7      88.2 
  Utilities                                       |      2211,2 |        8.99 |     86.8      93.9      84.6 |     85.6      82.6      84.2 |     82.0      83.3      84.5      84.7      86.8      80.1 
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  Selected high-technology industries             |             |        4.53 |     78.0      85.6      55.9 |     80.4      77.1      68.3 |     75.3      73.0      67.9      63.9      62.8      60.2 
     Computers and peripheral equipment           |        3341 |        1.02 |     77.8      86.3      66.8 |     80.1      72.7      60.4 |     68.5      64.2      60.3      56.7      54.0      51.8 
     Communications equipment                     |        3342 |        1.37 |     75.8      82.8      40.4 |     82.8      78.9      79.6 |     78.1      79.3      79.7      79.6      81.0      79.0 
     Semiconductors and related                   |             |             |                              |                              |
        electronic components                     |    334412-9 |        2.14 |     80.7      92.2      57.4 |     79.5      78.5      65.4 |     77.4      73.7      64.5      57.8      55.9      52.8 
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  Measures excluding selected high-technology     |             |             |                              |                              |
        industries                                |             |             |                              |                              |
  Total industry                                  |             |       95.47 |     81.1      85.0      74.8 |     79.7      77.6      75.2 |     75.0      76.3      75.5      73.7      72.3      71.3 
     Manufacturing<1>                             |             |       75.37 |     79.7      84.5      72.8 |     77.4      75.4      71.9 |     73.1      73.6      72.1      70.0      68.2      67.8 
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  Stage-of-process groups                         |             |             |                              |                              |
  Crude                                           |             |       15.43 |     86.7      89.5      81.9 |     89.2      86.3      85.5 |     79.6      86.0      86.3      84.2      83.6      83.5 
  Primary and semifinished                        |             |       46.72 |     82.1      88.2      74.6 |     79.8      77.4      74.0 |     75.2      76.2      74.2      71.7      70.4      68.3 
  Finished                                        |             |       37.85 |     77.6      80.4      69.9 |     76.0      74.5      71.7 |     73.2      72.3      72.0      70.9      69.2      69.1 
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 [r]  Revised.  [p]  Preliminary.
      <1>  See note on cover page
      Note.  See notes to table 2.