Table 7
 Capacity Utilization
 Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
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                                                  |             |             |     1972-     1994-     2001-|                              |
                                                  |             |      2008   |     2008         95        02|     2008                2009 |     2008                          2009                     
 Item                                             |    NAICS    |   proportion|     ave.       high       low|       Q3     Q4[r]     Q1[p] |  Oct.[r]   Nov.[r]   Dec.[r]   Jan.[r]   Feb.[r]   Mar.[p] 
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  Total industry                                  |             |      100.00 |     80.9      84.9      73.5 |     76.9      74.3      70.3 |     75.4      74.5      72.8      71.3      70.3      69.3 
                                                  |             |             |                              |                              |
  Manufacturing<1>                                |             |       79.68 |     79.6      84.5      71.4 |     74.6      71.0      66.7 |     72.7      71.1      69.2      67.3      66.9      65.8 
     Manufacturing (NAICS)                        |       31-33 |       76.08 |     79.4      84.6      70.9 |     74.6      70.9      66.6 |     72.7      71.1      69.1      67.2      66.9      65.8 
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        Durable manufacturing                     |             |       39.36 |     77.8      83.7      67.8 |     72.6      67.2      61.2 |     68.8      67.2      65.5      62.2      61.4      60.0 
           Wood products                          |         321 |        1.27 |     79.2      87.5      70.4 |     61.8      54.8      48.2 |     57.4      56.0      50.9      49.4      48.4      46.8 
           Nonmetallic mineral products           |         327 |        2.42 |     77.7      82.5      70.4 |     67.0      63.1      56.3 |     65.8      62.5      60.8      57.5      56.6      54.8 
           Primary metal                          |         331 |        2.69 |     80.5      94.7      68.0 |     79.9      61.5      48.8 |     69.7      61.0      53.9      50.5      48.9      47.0 
           Fabricated metal products              |         332 |        5.61 |     77.5      85.5      69.4 |     77.2      74.1      67.3 |     75.5      74.6      72.2      69.3      67.6      65.0 
           Machinery                              |         333 |        4.80 |     78.6      87.9      62.8 |     74.2      70.3      63.3 |     72.2      70.8      67.9      65.4      63.5      60.9 
           Computer and electronic products       |         334 |        7.11 |     78.3      84.4      58.8 |     75.6      69.4      64.5 |     72.2      69.0      67.1      66.3      64.5      62.7 
          Electrical equip., appliances,          |             |             |                              |                              |
              and components                      |         335 |        1.83 |     83.2      93.1      72.1 |     81.2      78.4      73.5 |     79.8      79.1      76.3      75.6      73.8      71.2 
           Motor vehicles and parts               |      3361-3 |        5.52 |     76.7      88.7      69.2 |     60.2      53.8      41.0 |     56.0      54.3      50.9      38.3      42.0      42.8 
          Aerospace and miscellaneous             |             |             |                              |                              |
              transportation equipment            |      3364-9 |        3.32 |     73.2      68.6      64.4 |     75.9      72.2      77.9 |     65.0      71.0      80.7      78.3      78.0      77.5 
           Furniture and related products         |         337 |        1.39 |     78.4      83.1      68.3 |     70.4      65.1      61.6 |     67.2      64.6      63.5      63.1      61.3      60.5 
           Miscellaneous                          |         339 |        3.40 |     76.5      81.3      71.0 |     71.4      69.4      67.2 |     70.4      69.6      68.3      68.3      67.0      66.2 
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        Nondurable manufacturing                  |             |       36.72 |     81.5      85.7      75.0 |     76.8      74.9      72.5 |     76.8      75.2      72.8      72.6      72.8      72.1 
           Food, beverage, and tobacco products   |       311,2 |       10.86 |     81.5      85.0      75.6 |     77.8      77.2      75.7 |     78.1      77.7      75.7      75.5      76.0      75.6 
           Textile and product mills              |       313,4 |         .96 |     81.6      91.7      68.7 |     68.9      65.5      61.5 |     67.9      66.0      62.7      63.2      61.4      60.0 
           Apparel and leather                    |       315,6 |         .56 |     79.5      88.1      63.6 |     76.7      72.2      67.9 |     74.5      71.7      70.5      68.6      67.2      68.0 
           Paper                                  |         322 |        2.41 |     87.6      92.7      78.8 |     80.6      74.4      69.7 |     77.8      74.6      70.7      69.7      70.5      69.0 
           Printing and support                   |         323 |        1.79 |     83.4      87.0      72.7 |     73.9      72.8      68.4 |     74.0      73.2      71.0      69.7      68.0      67.7 
           Petroleum and coal products            |         324 |        5.00 |     86.1      91.1      86.0 |     83.6      85.7      83.4 |     87.5      85.2      84.5      83.3      83.9      83.0 
           Chemical                               |         325 |       12.17 |     78.2      81.1      69.5 |     73.0      70.3      68.5 |     72.6      70.4      67.8      68.3      68.9      68.4 
           Plastics and rubber products           |         326 |        2.97 |     83.6      92.2      74.6 |     77.9      72.7      67.3 |     75.0      73.2      70.0      69.1      67.0      65.7 
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     Other manufacturing (non-NAICS)              |   1133,5111 |        3.61 |     84.2      83.0      79.8 |     74.9      72.5      67.5 |     73.3      72.9      71.4      68.9      67.7      65.8 
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  Mining                                          |          21 |       11.14 |     87.6      89.1      84.9 |     89.1      89.5      85.9 |     89.2      90.7      88.6      87.4      86.5      83.8 
  Utilities                                       |      2211,2 |        9.17 |     86.8      93.3      84.2 |     81.5      83.6      81.9 |     82.1      83.5      85.1      85.9      79.2      80.5 
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  Selected high-technology industries             |             |        4.24 |     78.2      86.5      56.5 |     79.3      69.8      63.1 |     74.1      69.4      66.1      65.5      63.1      60.8 
     Computers and peripheral equipment           |        3341 |         .98 |     78.1      87.3      66.8 |     80.3      74.5      67.0 |     76.6      74.6      72.2      69.5      66.9      64.6 
     Communications equipment                     |        3342 |        1.33 |     76.2      82.9      41.6 |     75.2      74.5      73.1 |     74.6      74.5      74.5      75.2      72.6      71.4 
     Semiconductors and related                   |             |             |                              |                              |
        electronic components                     |    334412-9 |        1.92 |     80.6      91.7      58.0 |     82.0      64.3      54.1 |     72.6      63.2      57.2      56.5      54.5      51.4 
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  Measures excluding selected high-technology     |             |             |                              |                              |
        industries                                |             |             |                              |                              |
  Total industry                                  |             |       95.76 |     81.0      84.9      74.7 |     76.8      74.4      70.6 |     75.5      74.7      73.1      71.5      70.6      69.6 
     Manufacturing<1>                             |             |       75.44 |     79.7      84.4      72.7 |     74.4      71.1      66.9 |     72.6      71.2      69.3      67.4      67.1      66.1 
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  Stage-of-process groups                         |             |             |                              |                              |
  Crude                                           |             |       15.83 |     86.6      89.9      81.7 |     85.2      83.9      80.7 |     84.7      84.8      82.2      81.4      81.3      79.5 
  Primary and semifinished                        |             |       46.62 |     82.0      87.9      74.3 |     76.8      73.5      68.2 |     75.4      73.6      71.4      70.0      67.9      66.8 
  Finished                                        |             |       37.55 |     77.7      80.3      70.0 |     73.5      71.1      68.3 |     71.5      71.2      70.5      68.5      68.5      67.9 
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 [r]  Revised.  [p]  Preliminary.
      <1>  See note on cover page
      Note.  See notes to table 2.