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 | Dec. | July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
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Total industry | 3.1 3.8 2.8 | 3.8 5.5 5.7 5.1 5.0 | 156.3 | 160.9 161.5 162.2 162.8 163.5 164.1
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Manufacturing | 3.4 4.0 3.2 | 4.1 6.2 6.4 5.7 5.6 | 162.1 | 167.3 168.1 168.8 169.5 170.3 171.1
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Primary processing | 2.3 4.1 1.7 | 2.5 3.4 3.9 4.0 2.9 | 142.3 | 144.7 145.1 145.4 145.7 146.1 146.4
Advanced processing | 4.0 4.0 4.0 | 5.0 7.6 7.4 6.3 6.6 | 171.6 | 178.3 179.2 180.1 181.1 182.0 183.0
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Durable | 4.0 3.7 4.1 | 6.1 9.7 9.6 8.5 7.8 | 187.8 | 196.4 197.5 198.7 199.9 201.2 202.4
Lumber and products 24 | 2.0 2.9 1.7 | 3.2 3.0 4.0 4.2 2.8 | 141.3 | 143.6 143.9 144.3 144.6 144.9 145.3
Furniture and fixtures 25 | 3.1 4.5 2.6 | 1.9 2.6 6.2 4.9 1.6 | 154.0 | 155.6 155.8 156.0 156.2 156.4 156.6
Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 1.6 2.5 1.2 | .0 6.2 4.7 2.7 .4 | 154.0 | 154.4 154.5 154.5 154.6 154.6 154.6
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Primary metals 33 | .5 1.7 .0 | 3.4 2.6 3.8 3.4 3.4 | 140.0 | 142.8 143.2 143.6 144.0 144.4 144.8
Iron and steel 331,2 | -.2 .7 -.5 | 3.1 1.8 5.3 3.8 5.3 | 139.8 | 144.0 144.6 145.3 145.9 146.5 147.2
Raw steel | -.5 .3 -.8 | 1.4 3.3 2.7 6.1 6.9 | 133.3 | 138.6 139.4 140.1 140.9 141.7 142.5
Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 1.7 3.8 .8 | 3.6 3.4 2.0 2.8 1.3 | 140.1 | 141.1 141.3 141.4 141.6 141.7 141.9
Primary copper 3331 | .2 1.8 -.5 | -1.6 2.3 -5.4 -.1 .9 | 122.1 | 122.7 122.8 122.9 123.0 123.1 123.2
Primary aluminum 3334 | 1.2 5.2 -.3 | .5 .0 .4 .0 .0 | 104.2 | 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2
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Fabricated metal products 34 | 2.1 3.1 1.7 | 3.0 5.5 5.5 6.6 4.0 | 162.1 | 166.0 166.5 167.1 167.6 168.2 168.7
Industrial machinery | | | |
and equipment 35 | 5.9 4.7 6.3 | 9.6 11.6 13.2 12.0 14.9 | 221.6 | 240.2 242.9 245.7 248.6 251.6 254.7
Computer and office equip. 357 | 22.1 12.0 26.2 | 21.6 36.0 47.0 42.8 61.1 | 598.0 | 788.0 820.3 853.9 889.0 925.4 963.3
Electrical machinery 36 | 8.9 5.9 10.1 | 17.1 30.0 30.1 23.1 17.9 | 340.9 | 376.7 381.6 386.5 391.5 396.6 401.9
Semiconductors and related | | | |
electronic components 3672-9 | 19.9 13.1 22.6 | 32.9 61.3 55.8 46.0 32.2 | 761.2 | 900.6 920.9 941.6 962.8 984.4 1007
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Transportation equipment 37 | 2.6 3.0 2.5 | 2.8 4.3 2.3 2.0 2.1 | 154.2 | 156.1 156.4 156.6 156.9 157.2 157.4
Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 3.3 4.4 2.8 | 5.9 8.4 3.5 3.2 2.4 | 182.0 | 184.6 184.9 185.3 185.6 186.0 186.3
Autos and light trucks 1 | | 4.3 4.3 -.9 1.1 2.8 | 154.4 | 157.1 157.4 157.8 158.1 158.4 158.7
Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 1.6 1.1 1.8 | -.5 -.3 .6 .2 1.5 | 126.7 | 127.8 128.0 128.2 128.3 128.5 128.7
Instruments 38 | 4.6 7.6 3.5 | 1.8 2.7 -.1 1.5 2.5 | 138.9 | 140.8 141.1 141.4 141.7 142.0 142.3
Miscellaneous 39 | 2.1 4.4 1.3 | 1.5 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.9 | 149.7 | 151.4 151.6 151.8 152.1 152.3 152.6
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Nondurable | 2.8 4.3 2.1 | 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.6 | 135.2 | 137.2 137.5 137.8 138.1 138.4 138.7
Foods 20 | 2.3 3.0 2.1 | 1.7 2.2 2.0 1.2 3.0 | 132.3 | 134.6 134.9 135.3 135.6 135.9 136.3
Textile mill products 22 | 2.2 4.4 1.4 | 3.5 1.8 2.3 4.8 .6 | 134.5 | 135.0 135.1 135.1 135.1 135.2 135.2
Apparel products 23 | 1.2 2.3 .8 | 1.4 2.3 .6 1.9 -.9 | 134.5 | 133.8 133.7 133.6 133.5 133.4 133.2
Paper and products 26 | 2.8 3.9 2.4 | 1.6 2.7 2.8 2.5 3.0 | 129.9 | 132.2 132.5 132.8 133.1 133.4 133.7
Pulp and paper 261-3 | 2.4 2.9 2.2 | 1.9 3.0 1.5 1.6 1.7 | 120.8 | 122.1 122.3 122.4 122.6 122.8 122.9
Printing and publishing 27 | 2.7 3.0 2.6 | .6 .7 .3 .1 3.3 | 125.6 | 128.0 128.3 128.7 129.1 129.4 129.8
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Chemicals and products 28 | 3.7 6.8 2.6 | 2.5 2.9 3.5 2.7 2.4 | 146.5 | 148.6 148.9 149.2 149.4 149.7 150.0
Plastics materials 2821 | 6.3 12.7 4.0 | 6.2 4.8 5.8 3.9 3.6 | 138.6 | 141.5 141.9 142.3 142.7 143.2 143.6
Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | 3.7 9.7 1.5 | .4 .4 -.4 2.7 2.9 | 122.9 | 125.0 125.3 125.5 125.8 126.1 126.4
Petroleum products 29 | 1.5 4.2 .4 | 2.1 -.5 1.0 1.3 1.1 | 115.9 | 116.7 116.8 116.9 117.0 117.1 117.2
Rubber and plastics products 30 | 5.5 8.4 4.3 | 4.6 4.4 5.0 5.1 4.8 | 153.1 | 157.2 157.8 158.5 159.1 159.7 160.3
Leather and products 31 | -2.8 -1.5 -3.3 | -1.4 3.8 3.5 -4.0 .0 | 117.9 | 117.8 117.8 117.8 117.8 117.8 117.9
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Mining | .2 -.1 .3 | 1.0 -.6 .7 1.5 .9 | 119.5 | 120.0 120.1 120.2 120.4 120.5 120.6
Metal mining 10 | 1.3 .5 1.7 | -1.8 1.0 1.5 3.1 .5 | 122.1 | 122.6 122.6 122.6 122.7 122.7 122.7
Coal mining 12 | 2.4 2.4 2.3 | 3.4 .3 1.8 1.7 1.7 | 128.0 | 129.3 129.5 129.6 129.8 130.0 130.2
Oil and gas extraction 13 | -.4 -1.0 -.2 | .4 -1.2 .1 .9 .4 | 114.7 | 114.9 114.9 115.0 115.1 115.1 115.2
Oil and gas well drilling 138 | .7 .8 .7 | -.6 -1.6 -1.2 1.1 2.0 | 175.9 | 177.9 178.2 178.5 178.8 179.1 179.4
Stone and earth minerals 14 | 1.5 2.6 1.0 | 2.3 2.3 3.8 4.3 4.1 | 142.3 | 145.5 146.0 146.5 147.0 147.5 148.1
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Utilities | 2.7 6.1 1.4 | 1.1 1.8 1.9 .1 .8 | 125.8 | 126.4 126.5 126.6 126.6 126.7 126.8
Electric 491,3pt | 3.7 7.8 2.1 | 1.0 2.4 1.9 -.3 .7 | 123.4 | 123.9 124.0 124.1 124.2 124.3 124.3
Gas 492,3pt | .4 2.3 -.3 | .4 .5 2.2 1.9 1.5 | 136.4 | 137.6 137.7 137.9 138.1 138.2 138.4
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SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | |
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Computers, communications eq, and | | | |
semiconductors 2 | 16.3 9.5 19.0 | 23.8 42.7 46.4 36.6 34.7 | 554.9 | 661.0 677.3 694.1 711.3 729.1 747.4
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Manufacturing ex. computers, | | | |
communications eq., and | | | |
semiconductors 2 | 2.4 3.7 1.9 | 2.6 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.6 | 143.8 | 146.0 146.3 146.6 147.0 147.3 147.6
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<1> Series begins in 1977.
<2> Semiconductors include related electronic components.