Table 4
INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES
Percent change
Capacity indexes
| Annual rate | December to December | Percent of 1992 output
| 1967- 1967- 1975-| | |
| 1998 1975 1998 | | 1997 | 1998
Item | Ave. Ave. Ave. | 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 | Aug. | Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.
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Total industry | 3.0 3.8 2.7 | 3.9 5.0 4.5 4.7 4.3 | 151.3 | 155.4 155.9 156.5 157.0 157.5 158.1
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Manufacturing | 3.4 4.0 3.1 | 4.2 5.6 5.1 5.3 4.9 | 156.3 | 161.1 161.7 162.4 163.0 163.6 164.2
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Primary processing | 2.3 4.1 1.6 | 2.4 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.1 | 138.0 | 140.7 141.1 141.4 141.8 142.1 142.5
Advanced processing | 3.9 4.0 3.9 | 5.2 6.9 5.9 6.3 5.7 | 165.7 | 171.5 172.3 173.1 174.0 174.7 175.5
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Durable | 3.9 3.7 3.9 | 6.1 8.5 7.4 8.0 7.5 | 177.2 | 185.3 186.4 187.6 188.8 189.8 190.9
Lumber and products 24 | 2.0 2.9 1.6 | 3.0 3.9 4.5 4.0 1.3 | 140.0 | 142.4 142.5 142.6 142.8 142.9 143.1
Furniture and fixtures 25 | 3.2 4.5 2.6 | 2.5 4.0 6.0 4.8 2.3 | 152.9 | 156.3 156.6 156.9 157.2 157.5 157.7
Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 1.6 2.5 1.2 | .9 2.4 3.4 3.7 3.3 | 147.5 | 150.7 151.1 151.5 151.9 152.3 152.7
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Primary metals 33 | .5 1.7 .0 | 2.7 2.4 3.7 3.7 5.0 | 137.2 | 140.7 141.2 141.8 142.3 142.9 143.5
Iron and steel 331,2 | -.2 .7 -.6 | 3.1 1.4 4.5 3.8 5.3 | 136.6 | 140.0 140.6 141.3 141.9 142.5 143.1
Raw steel | -.5 .3 -.9 | 1.4 3.3 2.7 6.1 5.5 | 130.7 | 135.2 135.8 136.4 137.0 137.6 138.2
Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 1.8 3.8 1.0 | 2.2 3.5 2.8 3.7 4.6 | 137.7 | 141.2 141.7 142.1 142.6 143.1 143.6
Primary copper 3331 | .7 1.8 .3 | 3.2 8.3 -1.8 1.2 1.6 | 144.0 | 145.1 145.3 145.5 145.7 145.9 146.1
Primary aluminum 3334 | 1.2 5.2 -.3 | .5 .0 .2 .2 .0 | 104.1 | 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2
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Fabricated metal products 34 | 2.0 3.1 1.6 | 2.5 4.1 4.7 5.1 4.6 | 155.5 | 160.0 160.6 161.2 161.8 162.4 162.9
Industrial machinery | | | |
and equipment 35 | 5.6 4.7 5.9 | 8.6 11.0 11.4 11.6 10.4 | 204.4 | 217.7 219.5 221.4 223.3 225.0 226.7
Computer and office equip. 357 | 21.3 12.0 25.1 | 21.9 32.0 40.6 41.0 41.7 | 491.3 | 601.0 618.7 637.0 655.8 675.1 695.0
Electrical machinery 36 | 8.5 5.9 9.6 | 19.1 26.5 18.6 19.3 17.6 | 289.0 | 319.8 324.1 328.6 333.1 337.4 341.8
Semiconductors 3672-9 | 19.4 13.1 21.9 | 43.0 57.1 29.6 37.6 34.8 | 590.2 | 711.2 728.8 746.8 765.2 784.1 803.5
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Transportation equipment 37 | 2.7 3.0 2.6 | 3.4 3.8 2.3 3.5 3.7 | 153.9 | 157.1 157.5 158.0 158.5 159.0 159.5
Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 3.4 4.4 3.0 | 7.5 8.1 4.5 4.6 4.3 | 184.7 | 189.5 190.1 190.8 191.5 192.2 192.8
Autos and light trucks <1> | | 5.9 5.7 .8 2.4 2.6 | 161.7 | 164.1 164.5 164.9 165.3 165.6 165.9
Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 1.6 1.1 1.8 | -1.1 -1.2 -.7 2.1 2.8 | 124.1 | 125.7 126.0 126.3 126.6 126.9 127.2
Instruments 38 | 4.6 7.6 3.4 | .0 .5 .8 1.9 3.4 | 135.1 | 137.1 137.5 137.9 138.2 138.6 139.0
Miscellaneous 39 | 2.4 4.4 1.6 | 1.9 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.6 | 156.8 | 159.9 160.3 160.8 161.3 161.7 162.2
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Nondurable | 2.7 4.3 2.1 | 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.2 1.7 | 135.0 | 136.6 136.8 137.0 137.2 137.4 137.6
Foods 20 | 2.4 3.0 2.2 | 2.1 2.9 2.5 2.4 1.9 | 136.3 | 138.1 138.3 138.5 138.7 138.9 139.1
Textile mill products 22 | 2.2 4.4 1.3 | 3.9 3.1 2.0 1.8 1.0 | 131.7 | 133.0 133.1 133.2 133.2 133.3 133.4
Apparel products 23 | 1.1 2.3 .7 | 1.6 2.2 .1 .0 -.8 | 131.4 | 131.3 131.2 131.1 131.0 130.9 130.8
Paper and products 26 | 2.7 3.9 2.3 | 1.3 2.5 2.3 1.8 2.1 | 126.0 | 127.6 127.8 128.1 128.3 128.5 128.7
Pulp and paper 261-3 | 2.4 2.9 2.2 | 2.0 2.9 2.0 1.8 1.6 | 120.9 | 122.2 122.4 122.5 122.7 122.8 123.0
Printing and publishing 27 | 2.7 3.0 2.5 | .8 .7 1.0 .7 .9 | 127.2 | 127.8 127.9 128.0 128.0 128.1 128.2
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Chemicals and products 28 | 3.8 6.8 2.6 | 2.7 2.8 3.6 3.3 2.2 | 146.3 | 148.9 149.2 149.4 149.7 149.9 150.2
Plastics materials 2821 | 6.5 12.7 4.1 | 6.2 5.3 6.6 5.5 3.9 | 140.0 | 144.1 144.5 145.0 145.4 145.8 146.3
Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | 3.7 9.7 1.5 | .4 .4 -.4 3.9 1.7 | 122.6 | 124.9 125.1 125.2 125.4 125.6 125.7
Petroleum products 29 | 1.5 4.2 .5 | 2.1 -.5 .4 1.8 3.1 | 115.2 | 116.5 116.8 117.2 117.5 117.8 118.2
Rubber and plastics products 30 | 5.3 8.4 4.1 | 4.4 5.1 4.4 4.2 3.2 | 145.5 | 148.7 149.1 149.4 149.8 150.2 150.6
Leather and products 31 | -3.3 -1.5 -4.0 | -2.1 -2.6 -2.3 -2.8 -5.2 | 106.1 | 104.0 103.6 103.1 102.6 102.1 101.6
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Mining | .2 -.1 .3 | 1.1 -.7 .4 .7 1.1 | 118.1 | 118.4 118.5 118.6 118.7 118.8 119.0
Metal mining 10 | 1.3 .5 1.6 | -1.8 1.2 .5 .8 1.4 | 118.1 | 119.1 119.2 119.4 119.5 119.7 119.8
Coal mining 12 | 2.3 2.4 2.3 | 4.3 -.7 1.2 1.7 1.7 | 126.5 | 127.8 128.0 128.2 128.3 128.5 128.7
Oil and gas extraction 13 | -.5 -1.0 -.2 | .3 -1.2 -.1 .1 .6 | 113.7 | 113.6 113.7 113.7 113.8 113.8 113.9
Oil and gas well drilling 138 | .7 .8 .7 | -.6 -1.6 -1.2 1.1 1.4 | 175.2 | 176.5 176.7 176.9 177.1 177.3 177.6
Stone and earth minerals 14 | 1.4 2.6 1.0 | 2.3 2.4 3.5 4.0 3.6 | 139.8 | 142.8 143.2 143.6 144.0 144.4 144.9
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Utilities | 2.7 6.1 1.4 | 1.2 2.1 1.5 1.3 1.0 | 126.7 | 127.5 127.6 127.7 127.8 127.9 128.0
Electric 491,3pt | 3.7 7.8 2.2 | 1.0 2.8 1.5 1.3 1.0 | 125.0 | 125.8 126.0 126.1 126.2 126.3 126.4
Gas 492,3pt | .4 2.3 -.3 | .4 .5 2.2 1.9 1.6 | 135.6 | 137.0 137.1 137.3 137.5 137.7 137.9
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SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | |
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Computers, communications eq, and | | | |
semiconductors | 15.6 9.5 18.1 | 28.3 38.7 29.3 30.5 29.6 | 442.5 | 516.8 528.0 539.6 551.5 563.2 575.1
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Manufacturing ex. computers, | | | |
communications eq., and | | | |
semiconductors | 2.4 3.7 1.9 | 2.4 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.7 | 142.2 | 144.7 145.0 145.3 145.6 145.9 146.2
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<1> Series begins in 1977.