Table 6
Capacity Utilization
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
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| | 1967- 1988- 1990- 1994-| |
| 2001 | 2001 89 91 95| 2001 | 2001 2002
Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 r | Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.
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Total industry | 100.00 | 81.9 85.4 78.1 84.5 | 78.9 77.4 76.2 74.7 | 75.0 74.7 74.4 74.2
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Manufacturing | 87.62 | 80.9 85.7 76.6 84.1 | 77.2 75.6 74.5 73.1 | 73.3 73.1 72.8 72.7
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Durable | 49.11 | 79.4 84.6 73.1 83.7 | 75.7 73.8 72.0 69.9 | 70.1 70.0 69.7 69.7
Lumber and products 24 | 2.14 | 82.4 93.6 75.5 89.4 | 74.4 76.2 77.6 76.0 | 75.7 76.2 76.2 75.8
Furniture and fixtures 25 | 1.57 | 81.3 86.6 72.5 84.3 | 77.1 75.3 73.8 72.6 | 71.7 72.7 73.3 74.0
Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 2.47 | 78.9 83.5 69.7 86.3 | 82.0 81.2 79.8 78.2 | 79.6 78.3 76.6 77.2
Primary metals 33 | 2.88 | 81.6 92.7 73.7 95.4 | 80.0 79.9 78.2 72.1 | 75.5 72.6 68.2 72.0
Fabricated metals 34 | 6.06 | 77.8 82.0 71.9 85.2 | 74.5 72.5 72.3 70.8 | 70.7 70.5 71.2 70.7
Industrial machinery and equipment 35 | 8.29 | 81.0 85.4 72.1 87.2 | 76.8 73.0 69.9 67.3 | 67.7 67.6 66.5 67.1
Electrical machinery 36 | 9.17 | 81.1 84.0 75.0 90.6 | 75.9 69.2 65.1 64.3 | 64.6 64.2 64.0 63.3
Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 6.47 | 77.0 89.1 55.9 85.2 | 71.0 75.8 76.5 74.1 | 70.7 74.4 77.1 76.1
Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | |
transportation equipment 372,6-9 | 4.29 | 75.1 87.3 59.8 84.6 | 74.0 73.2 71.0 67.5 | 69.4 67.4 65.5 65.1
Instruments 38 | 4.57 | 81.1 81.4 74.5 80.9 | 76.5 74.9 73.4 72.9 | 73.3 73.0 72.5 72.8
Miscellaneous 39 | 1.19 | 76.0 79.0 71.7 81.5 | 76.6 75.8 74.2 71.1 | 71.8 69.9 71.5 71.5
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Nondurable | 38.51 | 83.0 87.3 79.1 85.6 | 79.1 77.9 77.7 77.2 | 77.5 77.2 76.8 76.7
Food and tobacco products 20,21 | 10.86 | 83.1 85.9 78.4 85.7 | 80.4 79.9 79.8 79.8 | 79.5 79.8 80.2 79.8
Textile mill products 22 | 1.20 | 85.2 90.4 77.7 92.5 | 77.2 74.9 73.3 71.4 | 71.7 70.8 71.8 71.2
Apparel products 23 | 1.60 | 80.6 85.1 75.5 85.9 | 71.8 70.9 68.4 65.6 | 65.6 65.3 65.9 66.1
Paper and products 26 | 3.19 | 88.3 93.5 82.9 92.0 | 78.9 78.5 78.1 76.1 | 77.8 76.4 74.2 74.1
Printing and publishing 27 | 6.61 | 84.9 91.7 76.3 87.7 | 77.5 74.9 73.9 72.7 | 73.5 72.8 71.7 71.0
Chemicals and products 28 | 9.60 | 79.2 86.2 74.8 84.2 | 76.9 75.6 76.4 77.4 | 77.7 77.5 77.1 77.3
Petroleum products 29 | 1.63 | 87.5 88.5 85.1 97.4 | 94.1 94.5 92.5 92.7 | 93.7 92.9 91.4 92.8
Rubber and plastics products 30 | 3.64 | 84.5 89.6 77.4 91.4 | 80.4 78.9 78.4 76.2 | 76.5 75.8 76.4 76.1
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Mining | 6.14 | 87.6 88.0 83.7 91.0 | 91.1 91.8 90.7 87.5 | 88.4 87.7 86.3 85.9
Utilities | 6.24 | 87.6 92.6 83.1 94.6 | 91.8 88.1 86.3 84.0 | 85.7 82.9 83.4 82.6
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Selected high-technology industries | 8.52 | 80.0 81.9 72.4 88.2 | 74.0 66.4 61.3 60.5 | 61.0 60.5 60.2 60.2
Computers and office equipment 357 | 2.05 | 80.7 86.9 66.9 91.4 | 71.5 66.8 63.2 62.8 | 62.0 62.8 63.6 64.0
Communications equipment 366 | 1.92 | 80.1 84.8 73.4 88.7 | 75.5 68.8 62.8 57.9 | 59.6 58.0 56.2 54.8
Semiconductors and related | | | |
electronic components 3672-9 | 4.55 | 79.6 81.1 75.6 91.0 | 74.2 65.0 59.7 60.5 | 60.9 60.4 60.2 60.6
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Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | |
industries | | | |
Total industry | 91.48 | 82.0 85.7 78.4 84.2 | 79.4 78.5 77.8 76.2 | 76.6 76.2 75.9 75.8
Manufacturing | 79.10 | 81.0 86.1 76.8 83.8 | 77.5 76.7 76.1 74.6 | 74.8 74.7 74.4 74.3
Industrial machinery 351-6,8,9 | 6.24 | 81.0 85.5 72.4 88.2 | 78.9 75.5 72.6 69.3 | 70.1 69.8 68.1 68.7
Electrical machinery 361-5,9,71 | 2.71 | 83.2 87.5 74.3 93.6 | 79.0 76.7 76.1 75.7 | 75.1 75.7 76.2 74.4
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Primary processing | 33.80 | 82.0 88.3 76.7 88.8 | 77.7 75.8 74.7 73.2 | 73.9 73.1 72.6 72.9
Advanced processing | 53.82 | 80.3 84.2 76.6 82.0 | 76.8 75.5 74.3 72.9 | 72.9 73.0 72.9 72.6
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Note. See notes to table 2.
Estimates for the month of January are preliminary. Estimates from October to December are revised.