Table 6
Capacity Utilization
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
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| | 1967- 1988- 1990- 1994-| |
| 2001 | 2001 89 91 95| 2001 2002 | 2001 2002
Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q2 Q3 Q4 r Q1 | Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.
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Total industry | 100.00 | 81.9 85.4 78.1 84.5 | 77.4 76.2 74.7 75.0 | 74.4 74.7 74.9 75.4
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Manufacturing | 87.62 | 80.9 85.7 76.6 84.1 | 75.6 74.5 73.1 73.6 | 72.9 73.3 73.4 73.9
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Durable | 49.11 | 79.4 84.6 73.1 83.7 | 73.8 72.0 70.1 70.6 | 70.0 70.4 70.5 71.1
Lumber and products 24 | 2.14 | 82.4 93.6 75.5 89.4 | 76.2 77.6 75.6 76.6 | 75.7 75.4 76.4 78.0
Furniture and fixtures 25 | 1.57 | 81.2 86.6 72.5 84.3 | 75.3 73.8 72.3 73.4 | 72.7 72.2 73.3 74.8
Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 2.47 | 78.9 83.5 69.7 86.3 | 81.2 79.8 78.4 77.8 | 76.9 77.3 77.4 78.9
Primary metals 33 | 2.88 | 81.6 92.7 73.7 95.4 | 79.9 78.2 72.6 75.5 | 68.9 74.6 75.4 76.4
Fabricated metals 34 | 6.06 | 77.8 82.0 71.9 85.2 | 72.5 72.3 71.0 71.5 | 71.6 71.2 71.2 72.1
Industrial machinery and equipment 35 | 8.29 | 81.0 85.4 72.1 87.2 | 73.0 69.9 67.5 67.9 | 66.8 68.0 67.6 68.2
Electrical machinery 36 | 9.17 | 81.1 84.0 75.0 90.6 | 69.2 65.1 64.6 65.4 | 64.5 64.9 65.3 65.9
Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 6.47 | 77.0 89.1 55.9 85.2 | 75.8 76.5 74.1 77.0 | 77.0 76.8 77.1 77.1
Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | |
transportation equipment 372-6,9 | 4.29 | 75.1 87.3 59.8 84.6 | 73.2 71.0 67.5 63.7 | 65.8 64.6 63.8 62.8
Instruments 38 | 4.57 | 81.1 81.4 74.5 80.9 | 74.9 73.4 73.1 73.1 | 72.7 73.2 72.8 73.5
Miscellaneous 39 | 1.19 | 76.0 79.0 71.7 81.5 | 75.8 74.2 71.3 73.5 | 72.1 72.3 73.0 75.2
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Nondurable | 38.51 | 83.0 87.3 79.1 85.6 | 77.9 77.7 77.1 77.4 | 76.8 77.2 77.3 77.7
Food and tobacco products 20,21 | 10.86 | 83.1 85.9 78.4 85.7 | 79.9 79.8 79.9 81.0 | 80.2 80.5 81.0 81.5
Textile mill products 22 | 1.20 | 85.2 90.4 77.7 92.5 | 74.9 73.3 71.5 74.8 | 71.7 72.4 74.9 77.0
Apparel products 23 | 1.60 | 80.6 85.1 75.5 85.9 | 70.9 68.4 65.9 67.9 | 66.6 67.1 67.3 69.2
Paper and products 26 | 3.19 | 88.3 93.5 82.9 92.0 | 78.5 78.1 76.1 75.4 | 74.1 75.3 75.0 75.8
Printing and publishing 27 | 6.61 | 84.9 91.7 76.3 87.7 | 74.9 73.9 72.7 70.6 | 71.7 71.3 70.3 70.3
Chemicals and products 28 | 9.60 | 79.2 86.2 74.8 84.2 | 75.6 76.4 77.2 77.4 | 76.6 77.3 77.4 77.7
Petroleum products 29 | 1.63 | 87.5 88.5 85.1 97.4 | 94.5 92.5 92.7 93.9 | 91.4 93.7 94.1 93.8
Rubber and plastics products 30 | 3.64 | 84.5 89.6 77.4 91.4 | 78.9 78.4 76.3 76.8 | 76.6 76.4 76.7 77.2
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Mining | 6.14 | 87.6 88.0 83.7 91.0 | 91.8 90.7 87.6 85.4 | 86.4 86.2 85.6 84.3
Utilities | 6.24 | 87.6 92.6 83.1 94.6 | 88.1 86.3 83.6 83.2 | 82.0 81.4 83.6 84.6
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Selected high-technology industries | 8.52 | 80.0 81.9 72.4 88.2 | 66.4 61.3 60.7 62.0 | 60.6 61.4 62.1 62.4
Computers and office equipment 357 | 2.05 | 80.7 86.9 66.9 91.4 | 66.8 63.2 62.8 64.5 | 63.6 64.1 64.6 64.9
Communications equipment 366 | 1.92 | 80.1 84.8 73.4 88.7 | 68.8 62.8 57.9 54.8 | 56.0 54.6 54.4 55.2
Semiconductors and related | | | |
electronic components 3672-9 | 4.55 | 79.6 81.1 75.6 91.0 | 65.0 59.7 60.9 63.6 | 61.0 62.9 63.9 64.0
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Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | |
industries | | | |
Total industry | 91.48 | 82.0 85.7 78.4 84.2 | 78.5 77.8 76.2 76.5 | 75.9 76.2 76.4 76.9
Manufacturing | 79.10 | 81.0 86.1 76.8 83.8 | 76.7 76.1 74.7 75.1 | 74.5 74.9 74.9 75.5
Industrial machinery 351-6,8,9 | 6.24 | 81.0 85.5 72.4 88.2 | 75.5 72.6 69.5 69.6 | 68.4 69.9 69.2 69.9
Electrical machinery 361-5,9,71 | 2.71 | 83.2 87.5 74.3 93.6 | 76.7 76.1 76.0 76.5 | 76.9 76.2 76.0 77.3
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Primary processing | 33.80 | 82.0 88.3 76.7 88.8 | 75.8 74.7 73.3 74.5 | 72.7 73.9 74.4 75.1
Advanced processing | 53.82 | 80.3 84.2 76.6 82.0 | 75.5 74.3 73.0 72.9 | 73.0 72.9 72.8 73.1
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Note. See notes to table 2.
Estimates for the month of March are preliminary. Estimates from December to February are revised.