Table 6
Capacity Utilization
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
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| | 1967- 1988- 1990- 1994-| |
| 2000 | 2000 89 91 95| 2001 | 2001
Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q1 Q2 Q3 r Q4 | Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
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Total industry | 100.00 | 82.1 85.4 78.1 84.5 | 78.9 77.4 76.2 74.6 | 75.5 74.9 74.5 74.4
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Manufacturing | 88.05 | 81.1 85.7 76.6 84.1 | 77.2 75.6 74.5 72.9 | 73.7 73.1 72.9 72.8
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Durable | 49.56 | 79.6 84.6 73.1 83.7 | 75.7 73.8 72.0 69.8 | 71.0 69.9 69.8 69.7
Lumber and products 24 | 2.20 | 82.6 93.6 75.5 89.4 | 74.4 76.2 77.6 76.3 | 78.2 76.1 76.5 76.4
Furniture and fixtures 25 | 1.57 | 81.4 86.6 72.5 84.3 | 77.1 75.3 73.8 72.5 | 72.6 72.4 72.4 72.8
Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 2.44 | 78.9 83.5 69.7 86.3 | 82.0 81.2 79.8 77.8 | 79.5 78.8 77.8 76.8
Primary metals 33 | 3.02 | 81.7 92.7 73.7 95.4 | 80.0 79.9 78.2 73.0 | 77.4 75.6 72.7 70.6
Fabricated metals 34 | 6.04 | 78.0 82.0 71.9 85.2 | 74.5 72.5 72.3 70.3 | 71.4 70.4 70.0 70.4
Industrial machinery and equipment 35 | 8.55 | 81.3 85.4 72.1 87.2 | 76.8 73.0 69.9 67.2 | 68.6 67.5 67.5 66.6
Electrical machinery 36 | 9.23 | 81.4 84.0 75.0 90.6 | 75.9 69.2 65.1 64.1 | 64.8 64.4 64.1 63.9
Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 6.40 | 77.1 89.1 55.9 85.2 | 71.0 75.8 76.5 74.1 | 74.0 70.7 74.4 77.3
Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | |
transportation equipment 372,6-9 | 4.25 | 75.2 87.3 59.8 84.6 | 74.0 73.2 71.0 67.3 | 70.3 69.4 67.2 65.3
Instruments 38 | 4.66 | 81.3 81.4 74.5 80.9 | 76.5 74.9 73.4 72.7 | 72.7 72.8 72.6 72.6
Miscellaneous 39 | 1.21 | 76.0 79.0 71.7 81.5 | 76.6 75.8 74.2 71.1 | 72.4 71.8 70.2 71.3
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Nondurable | 38.49 | 83.2 87.3 79.1 85.6 | 79.1 77.9 77.7 77.1 | 77.3 77.4 77.0 76.8
Food and tobacco products 20,21 | 10.59 | 83.2 85.9 78.4 85.7 | 80.4 79.9 79.8 79.3 | 79.1 79.3 79.5 79.1
Textile mill products 22 | 1.27 | 85.6 90.4 77.7 92.5 | 77.2 74.9 73.3 71.6 | 74.1 71.9 71.4 71.5
Apparel products 23 | 1.67 | 80.9 85.1 75.5 85.9 | 71.8 70.9 68.4 65.6 | 66.6 65.9 65.5 65.3
Paper and products 26 | 3.24 | 88.6 93.5 82.9 92.0 | 78.9 78.5 78.1 77.5 | 78.9 77.9 77.6 77.1
Printing and publishing 27 | 6.63 | 85.2 91.7 76.3 87.7 | 77.5 74.9 73.9 72.9 | 73.4 73.4 72.6 72.7
Chemicals and products 28 | 9.60 | 79.3 86.2 74.8 84.2 | 76.9 75.6 76.4 76.9 | 76.3 77.4 76.8 76.5
Petroleum products 29 | 1.69 | 87.3 88.5 85.1 97.4 | 94.1 94.5 92.5 92.1 | 91.5 93.6 92.1 90.5
Rubber and plastics products 30 | 3.61 | 84.7 89.6 77.4 91.4 | 80.4 78.9 78.4 76.5 | 77.8 76.6 76.2 76.6
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Mining | 6.17 | 87.6 88.0 83.7 91.0 | 91.1 91.8 90.7 88.4 | 90.9 89.1 88.4 87.7
Utilities | 5.79 | 87.7 92.6 83.1 94.6 | 91.8 88.1 86.3 83.7 | 85.1 85.2 83.0 82.9
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Selected high-technology industries | 8.68 | 80.5 81.9 72.4 88.2 | 74.0 66.4 61.3 60.5 | 60.7 60.8 60.4 60.2
Computers and office equipment 357 | 2.18 | 81.1 86.9 66.9 91.4 | 71.5 66.8 63.2 61.3 | 61.6 61.2 61.2 61.4
Communications equipment 366 | 1.95 | 80.5 84.8 73.4 88.7 | 75.5 68.8 62.8 57.9 | 61.3 59.6 58.0 56.1
Semiconductors and related | | | |
electronic components 3672-9 | 4.55 | 80.0 81.1 75.6 91.0 | 74.2 65.0 59.7 61.1 | 60.0 61.0 60.9 61.3
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Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | |
industries | | | |
Total industry | 91.32 | 82.2 85.7 78.4 84.2 | 79.4 78.5 77.8 76.2 | 77.1 76.4 76.1 76.0
Manufacturing | 79.37 | 81.1 86.1 76.8 83.8 | 77.5 76.7 76.1 74.5 | 75.3 74.7 74.5 74.4
Industrial machinery 351-6,8,9 | 6.37 | 81.2 85.5 72.4 88.2 | 78.9 75.5 72.6 69.7 | 71.4 70.1 70.1 68.9
Electrical machinery 361-5,9,71 | 2.73 | 83.4 87.5 74.3 93.6 | 79.0 76.7 76.1 74.3 | 75.8 74.3 74.2 74.3
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Primary processing | 34.18 | 82.2 88.3 76.7 88.8 | 77.7 75.8 74.7 73.3 | 74.4 73.7 73.1 73.0
Advanced processing | 53.87 | 80.5 84.2 76.6 82.0 | 76.8 75.5 74.3 72.7 | 73.3 72.7 72.8 72.6
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Note. See notes to table 2.
Estimates for the month of December are preliminary. Estimates from September to November are revised.