Table 4
INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES
Percent change
Capacity indexes
| Annual rate | Fourth quarter to fourth quarter | Percent of 1992 output
| 1967- 1967- 1975-| | |
| 1999 1975 1999 | | 1998 | 1998 1999
Item | Ave. Ave. Ave. | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 | Mar. | Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.
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Total industry | 3.1 3.8 2.9 | 5.4 5.7 5.1 5.0 3.2 | 158.3 | 162.8 163.5 164.1 164.6 165.2 165.7
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Manufacturing | 3.4 4.0 3.2 | 6.0 6.4 5.8 5.6 3.6 | 164.3 | 169.6 170.3 171.0 171.6 172.2 172.8
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Primary processing | 2.3 4.1 1.7 | 3.3 3.8 3.9 3.0 1.8 | 143.3 | 145.8 146.1 146.4 146.7 146.9 147.2
Advanced processing | 4.0 4.0 4.0 | 7.4 7.4 6.4 6.6 4.3 | 174.4 | 181.1 182.0 182.9 183.7 184.5 185.2
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Durable | 4.0 3.7 4.1 | 9.5 9.7 8.6 7.9 5.2 | 191.4 | 200.0 201.2 202.3 203.4 204.4 205.4
Lumber and products 24 | 2.0 2.9 1.7 | 3.0 3.9 4.2 2.9 2.3 | 142.3 | 144.6 144.9 145.2 145.5 145.8 146.1
Furniture and fixtures 25 | 3.1 4.5 2.5 | 2.5 5.9 5.1 1.9 2.2 | 154.8 | 156.2 156.4 156.6 156.8 157.1 157.3
Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 1.6 2.5 1.2 | 5.7 4.9 2.9 .6 1.7 | 154.2 | 154.5 154.6 154.7 154.8 154.9 155.1
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Primary metals 33 | .5 1.7 .0 | 2.7 3.6 3.4 3.4 1.6 | 141.2 | 144.0 144.4 144.8 145.1 145.4 145.6
Iron and steel 331,2 | -.1 .7 -.4 | 1.9 5.0 3.9 5.1 2.1 | 141.5 | 145.9 146.6 147.1 147.6 147.9 148.3
Raw steel | -.4 .3 -.7 | 3.1 2.8 5.8 6.8 2.1 | 135.6 | 141.0 141.8 142.4 142.9 143.3 143.7
Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 1.7 3.8 .8 | 3.5 2.0 2.8 1.4 1.0 | 140.6 | 141.6 141.7 141.9 142.0 142.1 142.3
Primary copper 3331 | .2 1.8 -.4 | 2.0 -4.8 -.6 .8 .4 | 122.3 | 123.0 123.1 123.1 123.2 123.3 123.3
Primary aluminum 3334 | 1.2 5.2 -.3 | .1 .4 .1 .0 .0 | 104.2 | 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2
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Fabricated metal products 34 | 2.0 3.1 1.6 | 5.2 5.5 6.5 4.3 .1 | 163.9 | 167.7 168.2 168.6 168.8 169.0 169.1
Industrial machinery | | | |
and equipment 35 | 6.0 4.7 6.5 | 11.5 13.0 12.1 14.6 10.4 | 229.1 | 248.7 251.7 254.5 257.2 259.7 262.1
Computer and office equip. 357 | 22.5 12.0 26.7 | 34.7 46.1 43.2 59.4 40.3 | 671.0 | 890.0 926.2 961.5 995.6 1029 1061
Electrical machinery 36 | 9.0 5.9 10.2 | 28.8 30.3 23.6 18.3 13.2 | 356.2 | 391.6 396.7 401.6 406.3 411.0 415.6
Semiconductors and related | | | |
electronic components 3672-9 | 20.1 13.1 22.8 | 58.7 56.6 46.7 33.4 26.8 | 820.4 | 963.0 984.5 1006 1027 1048 1070
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Transportation equipment 37 | 2.6 3.0 2.4 | 4.3 2.5 2.0 2.1 .4 | 155.0 | 157.0 157.2 157.4 157.6 157.7 157.8
Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 3.2 4.4 2.8 | 8.4 3.9 3.2 2.5 .9 | 183.2 | 185.7 186.1 186.4 186.6 186.7 186.9
Autos and light trucks 1 | | 4.5 -.5 .8 2.8 -.7 | 155.6 | 158.2 158.5 158.7 158.8 158.8 158.7
Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 1.5 1.1 1.7 | -.4 .5 .2 1.4 -.2 | 127.1 | 128.4 128.5 128.6 128.7 128.8 128.8
Instruments 38 | 4.5 7.6 3.4 | 2.6 .1 1.3 2.4 2.8 | 139.7 | 141.7 142.0 142.3 142.6 142.9 143.2
Miscellaneous 39 | 2.1 4.4 1.3 | 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 | 150.4 | 152.1 152.3 152.6 152.8 153.0 153.3
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Nondurable | 2.7 4.3 2.1 | 2.1 2.3 2.0 2.6 1.3 | 136.1 | 138.1 138.4 138.7 138.9 139.1 139.3
Foods 20 | 2.3 3.0 2.0 | 2.2 2.0 1.2 2.8 1.5 | 133.2 | 135.6 135.9 136.2 136.5 136.7 136.9
Textile mill products 22 | 2.1 4.4 1.3 | 2.0 2.2 4.6 .9 -.1 | 134.9 | 135.2 135.2 135.2 135.2 135.2 135.2
Apparel products 23 | 1.1 2.3 .7 | 2.3 .7 1.8 -.7 -1.3 | 134.3 | 133.5 133.4 133.2 133.1 132.9 132.8
Paper and products 26 | 2.8 3.9 2.4 | 2.4 2.9 2.4 3.0 2.1 | 130.9 | 133.1 133.4 133.7 133.9 134.2 134.4
Pulp and paper 261-3 | 2.3 2.9 2.1 | 2.9 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.0 | 121.4 | 122.6 122.8 122.9 123.0 123.2 123.3
Printing and publishing 27 | 2.6 3.0 2.5 | .7 .3 .1 3.1 .8 | 126.5 | 129.1 129.5 129.8 130.0 130.2 130.3
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Chemicals and products 28 | 3.6 6.8 2.5 | 2.8 3.5 2.7 2.4 1.2 | 147.4 | 149.4 149.7 149.9 150.1 150.3 150.5
Plastics materials 2821 | 6.3 12.7 4.0 | 5.0 5.7 4.1 3.6 3.3 | 139.8 | 142.7 143.2 143.6 144.0 144.4 144.8
Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | 3.7 9.7 1.5 | .4 -.3 2.5 2.9 3.4 | 123.8 | 125.8 126.1 126.5 126.8 127.1 127.5
Petroleum products 29 | 1.5 4.2 .5 | -.2 .8 1.3 1.1 1.1 | 116.3 | 117.0 117.1 117.2 117.3 117.4 117.5
Rubber and plastics products 30 | 5.5 8.4 4.4 | 4.4 4.9 5.1 4.8 5.4 | 154.8 | 159.1 159.7 160.4 161.0 161.7 162.4
Leather and products 31 | -2.9 -1.5 -3.5 | 3.4 3.5 -3.3 -.4 -6.1 | 117.7 | 117.9 117.9 117.7 117.4 117.0 116.5
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Mining | .2 -.1 .4 | -.4 .4 1.5 1.0 .9 | 119.7 | 120.4 120.6 120.7 120.8 120.9 121.0
Metal mining 10 | 1.3 .5 1.6 | .7 1.6 2.9 .8 .5 | 122.4 | 122.7 122.7 122.7 122.7 122.7 122.8
Coal mining 12 | 2.4 2.4 2.3 | .6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.9 | 128.5 | 129.8 130.0 130.2 130.4 130.6 130.8
Oil and gas extraction 13 | -.4 -1.0 -.2 | -1.0 -.2 1.0 .4 .1 | 114.8 | 115.1 115.2 115.3 115.3 115.4 115.4
Oil and gas well drilling 138 | .6 .8 .6 | -1.5 -1.2 .9 1.9 -1.0 | 176.7 | 178.8 179.1 179.3 179.3 179.3 179.2
Stone and earth minerals 14 | 1.5 2.6 1.2 | 2.4 3.5 4.4 4.1 4.1 | 143.6 | 147.1 147.6 148.1 148.6 149.2 149.7
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Utilities | 2.6 6.1 1.3 | 1.7 1.9 .3 .7 .4 | 126.0 | 126.6 126.7 126.8 126.8 126.9 127.0
Electric 491,3pt | 3.6 7.8 2.0 | 2.2 1.9 -.1 .6 .6 | 123.6 | 124.2 124.3 124.3 124.4 124.5 124.5
Gas 492,3pt | .5 2.3 -.2 | .5 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.4 | 136.9 | 138.1 138.2 138.4 138.6 138.7 138.9
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SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | |
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Computers, communications eq, and | | | |
semiconductors 2 | 16.5 9.5 19.3 | 41.0 46.3 37.4 34.8 25.8 | 598.2 | 711.7 729.4 746.6 763.3 779.7 795.8
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Manufacturing ex. computers, | | | |
communications eq., and | | | |
semiconductors 2 | 2.4 3.7 1.9 | 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.6 1.2 | 144.8 | 147.0 147.3 147.5 147.8 148.0 148.1
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<1> Series begins in 1977.
<2> Semiconductors include related electronic components.