Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17
Monthly Supplement (125 KB PDF) (ASCII)
Release Date: May 16, 2012
Table 2 Capacity Utilization: Manufacturing, Mining, and Utilities
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
Item | NAICS | 2011 Proportion |
1972- 2011 Ave. |
1982 Low |
1988- 1989 High |
1990- 1991 Low |
1994- 1995 High |
2009 Low |
2011 Apr. |
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2011 | 2012 | ||||||||||||||
Nov.[r] | Dec.[r] | Jan.[r] | Feb.[r] | Mar.[r] | Apr.[p] | ||||||||||
Total industry | 100.00 | 80.3 | 70.9 | 85.2 | 78.8 | 85.0 | 66.8 | 76.1 | 77.7 | 78.2 | 78.7 | 78.9 | 78.4 | 79.2 | |
Stage-of-process groups | |||||||||||||||
Crude | 16.85 | 86.3 | 78.2 | 87.7 | 84.4 | 89.7 | 76.4 | 84.9 | 87.7 | 88.4 | 88.8 | 87.2 | 86.2 | 87.2 | |
Primary and semifinished | 45.82 | 81.1 | 68.2 | 86.5 | 78.0 | 87.9 | 64.2 | 73.6 | 74.7 | 75.1 | 75.0 | 75.9 | 75.6 | 76.5 | |
Finished | 37.33 | 77.2 | 70.7 | 83.4 | 77.3 | 80.6 | 66.8 | 75.3 | 76.8 | 77.5 | 78.5 | 78.8 | 78.2 | 78.8 | |
Industry Groups | |||||||||||||||
Manufacturing | 76.96 | 78.8 | 68.5 | 85.6 | 77.3 | 84.6 | 63.8 | 74.3 | 75.7 | 76.7 | 77.5 | 78.0 | 77.6 | 77.9 | |
Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 73.67 | 78.7 | 67.8 | 85.5 | 77.1 | 84.7 | 63.6 | 74.8 | 76.2 | 77.2 | 78.0 | 78.5 | 78.0 | 78.4 |
Durable manufacturing | 39.73 | 77.1 | 63.0 | 84.8 | 73.8 | 83.7 | 58.2 | 72.5 | 74.8 | 75.8 | 77.0 | 77.8 | 77.4 | 78.3 | |
Wood products | 321 | 1.10 | 77.6 | 59.5 | 86.3 | 72.1 | 86.6 | 51.7 | 62.3 | 64.0 | 65.0 | 67.1 | 66.6 | 66.4 | 65.6 |
Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.21 | 75.2 | 64.1 | 83.5 | 71.5 | 82.7 | 44.2 | 53.1 | 54.7 | 55.0 | 55.5 | 57.3 | 56.4 | 56.9 |
Primary metals | 331 | 3.08 | 79.2 | 48.1 | 94.4 | 75.6 | 94.1 | 48.6 | 72.7 | 75.5 | 77.4 | 77.5 | 78.4 | 76.4 | 76.6 |
Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | 1.41 | 80.6 | 38.0 | 97.8 | 71.2 | 97.9 | 39.9 | 73.6 | 78.6 | 83.7 | 82.7 | 83.3 | 80.3 | 79.7 |
Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.28 | 77.3 | 61.3 | 81.8 | 73.0 | 85.9 | 60.9 | 77.2 | 80.1 | 80.9 | 81.7 | 83.1 | 82.9 | 83.5 |
Machinery | 333 | 5.18 | 78.1 | 57.7 | 85.6 | 74.2 | 87.7 | 60.3 | 78.2 | 80.6 | 82.7 | 83.8 | 84.8 | 85.3 | 85.1 |
Computer and electronic products | 334 | 6.22 | 78.2 | 78.0 | 82.4 | 76.6 | 84.5 | 68.7 | 80.6 | 77.7 | 78.2 | 78.3 | 77.4 | 76.7 | 77.4 |
Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | .44 | 78.4 | 66.6 | 79.0 | 69.8 | 86.8 | 75.8 | 88.1 | 80.5 | 79.8 | 79.9 | 80.2 | 80.7 | 81.3 |
Communications equipment | 3342 | .66 | 76.6 | 84.2 | 86.4 | 76.9 | 84.1 | 75.8 | 75.6 | 76.7 | 76.2 | 76.3 | 76.6 | 76.6 | 76.6 |
Semiconductor and related electronic components |
334412-9 | 2.36 | 80.2 | 77.5 | 81.7 | 76.6 | 92.1 | 62.7 | 82.5 | 73.8 | 74.1 | 72.2 | 69.8 | 69.1 | 70.8 |
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components |
335 | 1.71 | 82.6 | 64.6 | 89.2 | 77.3 | 92.7 | 66.3 | 78.1 | 79.5 | 79.4 | 80.6 | 82.7 | 82.4 | 83.0 |
Transportation equipment | 336 | 10.73 | 74.2 | 55.7 | 87.2 | 68.1 | 78.9 | 50.3 | 66.2 | 72.0 | 73.0 | 75.3 | 76.5 | 76.5 | 78.4 |
Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 6.24 | 75.0 | 44.2 | 90.4 | 56.8 | 87.4 | 34.7 | 62.4 | 68.3 | 70.5 | 74.8 | 75.2 | 76.0 | 78.8 |
Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 2.80 | 75.7 | 39.7 | 93.7 | 53.1 | 88.3 | 26.0 | 65.3 | 71.7 | 74.5 | 81.2 | 80.1 | 80.2 | 83.5 |
Aerospace and miscellaneous transportation equipment |
3364-9 | 4.49 | 73.1 | 68.4 | 89.2 | 81.4 | 69.1 | 69.7 | 71.4 | 77.1 | 76.5 | 76.3 | 78.4 | 77.5 | 78.2 |
Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.12 | 77.1 | 64.9 | 82.1 | 68.3 | 82.4 | 57.5 | 66.5 | 67.8 | 68.3 | 70.4 | 71.8 | 70.5 | 72.3 |
Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.09 | 76.1 | 68.8 | 82.5 | 77.5 | 80.6 | 68.2 | 77.3 | 77.3 | 77.1 | 78.7 | 78.6 | 78.4 | 79.3 |
Nondurable manufacturing | 33.94 | 80.9 | 75.3 | 86.7 | 81.4 | 86.1 | 69.3 | 77.5 | 77.7 | 78.9 | 79.1 | 79.4 | 78.7 | 78.6 | |
Food | 311 | 8.33 | 82.3 | 79.6 | 86.1 | 83.1 | 86.4 | 77.6 | 81.4 | 81.5 | 81.9 | 82.6 | 83.0 | 82.5 | 82.1 |
Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 2.72 | 77.6 | 78.6 | 87.0 | 74.3 | 86.8 | 67.7 | 69.3 | 70.0 | 70.3 | 71.9 | 71.8 | 70.2 | 70.6 |
Textile mills | 313 | .46 | 80.1 | 72.3 | 92.0 | 77.5 | 94.1 | 53.3 | 71.1 | 73.3 | 74.6 | 77.5 | 78.5 | 76.3 | 77.0 |
Textile product mills | 314 | .39 | 80.6 | 71.7 | 90.7 | 76.6 | 88.4 | 54.4 | 62.0 | 61.5 | 62.4 | 60.8 | 61.2 | 61.3 | 61.6 |
Apparel | 315 | .23 | 79.0 | 75.7 | 84.6 | 77.5 | 89.1 | 61.7 | 68.0 | 66.7 | 66.0 | 69.3 | 68.8 | 68.2 | 68.9 |
Leather and allied products | 316 | .09 | 73.4 | 72.5 | 81.0 | 72.2 | 80.3 | 52.2 | 73.5 | 75.7 | 76.3 | 77.9 | 77.8 | 76.3 | 76.6 |
Paper | 322 | 2.27 | 86.9 | 81.3 | 92.7 | 85.9 | 92.6 | 71.8 | 82.4 | 81.4 | 82.3 | 81.6 | 82.3 | 81.9 | 82.5 |
Printing and support | 323 | 1.70 | 81.6 | 80.3 | 91.9 | 83.2 | 84.7 | 60.4 | 65.8 | 63.7 | 64.8 | 65.8 | 66.1 | 65.3 | 65.9 |
Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 3.32 | 85.7 | 68.5 | 85.9 | 81.3 | 90.9 | 76.0 | 82.3 | 86.1 | 86.9 | 85.0 | 87.4 | 86.1 | 84.0 |
Chemicals | 325 | 11.33 | 77.7 | 67.9 | 85.1 | 80.2 | 81.9 | 65.0 | 77.5 | 76.6 | 78.8 | 79.0 | 78.3 | 77.9 | 78.1 |
Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .84 | 88.2 | 66.1 | 96.9 | 81.4 | 102.1 | 76.0 | 86.2 | 87.2 | 94.3 | 95.2 | 95.0 | 90.4 | |
Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .10 | 76.7 | 54.6 | 94.4 | 72.5 | 87.4 | 57.3 | 74.6 | 69.4 | 67.4 | 70.0 | 71.3 | 70.8 | 71.1 |
Artificial and synthetic fibers and filaments |
32522 | .06 | 81.0 | 63.3 | 93.7 | 75.7 | 91.6 | 57.8 | 79.0 | 71.7 | 71.2 | 78.7 | 83.5 | 84.0 | |
Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.11 | 82.2 | 72.4 | 89.6 | 76.8 | 92.5 | 58.0 | 75.6 | 77.0 | 77.8 | 78.2 | 79.1 | 78.6 | 78.2 |
Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.29 | 82.7 | 86.6 | 91.1 | 80.1 | 83.3 | 68.4 | 62.9 | 64.8 | 65.6 | 65.3 | 66.0 | 66.5 | 66.6 |
Mining | 21 | 12.77 | 87.3 | 79.6 | 86.3 | 83.9 | 88.6 | 78.5 | 86.3 | 90.4 | 90.8 | 90.9 | 89.1 | 87.5 | 88.8 |
Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 7.82 | 92.3 | 89.6 | 91.6 | 89.4 | 94.7 | 93.9 | 95.1 | 99.8 | 99.4 | 99.8 | 98.1 | 96.2 | 98.4 |
Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 2.68 | 83.5 | 67.9 | 91.3 | 80.3 | 87.4 | 69.5 | 77.4 | 79.5 | 81.4 | 80.6 | 76.6 | 74.1 | 74.6 |
Coal mining | 2121 | 1.12 | 85.8 | 76.3 | 92.5 | 79.5 | 87.3 | 75.7 | 83.9 | 86.3 | 87.8 | 85.8 | 79.4 | 74.9 | 75.3 |
Metal mining | 2122 | .81 | 78.5 | 32.3 | 93.3 | 81.2 | 90.1 | 65.6 | 76.6 | 74.3 | 73.2 | 77.8 | 76.6 | 74.7 | 75.6 |
Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .75 | 82.8 | 65.5 | 89.7 | 76.3 | 93.0 | 62.8 | 68.6 | 75.1 | 80.7 | 75.6 | 72.5 | 72.3 | 72.6 |
Support activities for mining | 213 | 2.27 | 73.8 | 52.8 | 62.1 | 54.6 | 75.9 | 45.8 | 66.0 | 71.4 | 72.2 | 72.4 | 72.6 | 72.8 | 71.8 |
Utilities | 2211,2 | 10.27 | 86.3 | 77.4 | 92.9 | 84.3 | 93.3 | 79.1 | 77.4 | 76.6 | 73.7 | 72.3 | 72.9 | 73.3 | 76.4 |
Electric | 2211 | 8.96 | 87.7 | 78.1 | 94.3 | 87.7 | 95.9 | 79.0 | 77.3 | 76.0 | 73.4 | 72.3 | 72.8 | 73.8 | 75.8 |
Natural gas | 2212 | 1.31 | 80.1 | 72.9 | 86.4 | 67.5 | 87.4 | 73.2 | 77.2 | 80.7 | 76.2 | 71.6 | 73.5 | 69.1 | 80.8 |
Special Aggregates | |||||||||||||||
Selected high-technology industries | 3.45 | 78.2 | 75.2 | 81.0 | 74.6 | 86.5 | 69.1 | 81.9 | 75.1 | 75.2 | 73.9 | 72.2 | 71.8 | 73.0 | |
Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech industries |
73.50 | 78.9 | 68.1 | 86.0 | 77.4 | 84.5 | 63.5 | 73.9 | 75.7 | 76.8 | 77.6 | 78.3 | 77.8 | 78.2 | |
Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech and motor vehicles and pts. |
67.27 | 79.2 | 69.5 | 85.7 | 79.2 | 84.3 | 66.0 | 75.0 | 76.4 | 77.4 | 77.9 | 78.6 | 78.0 | 78.2 |
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Last update: May 16, 2012