Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17
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Release Date: April 17, 2018
Table 2 Capacity Utilization: Manufacturing, Mining, and Utilities
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
r Revised. p Preliminary.
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| Item | NAICS | 2017 Proportion |
1972- 2017 Ave. |
1982 Low |
1988- 1989 High |
1990- 1991 Low |
1994- 1995 High |
2009 Low |
2017 Mar. |
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| 2017 | 2018 | ||||||||||||||
| Oct.[r] | Nov.[r] | Dec.[r] | Jan.[r] | Feb.[r] | Mar.[p] | ||||||||||
| Total industry | 100.00 | 79.8 | 70.8 | 85.2 | 78.8 | 85.0 | 66.7 | 75.5 | 76.8 | 77.1 | 77.3 | 77.1 | 77.7 | 78.0 | |
| Stage-of-process groups | |||||||||||||||
| Crude | 16.40 | 86.0 | 78.2 | 87.8 | 84.7 | 90.0 | 76.4 | 82.1 | 85.4 | 86.6 | 86.8 | 85.8 | 87.7 | 88.2 | |
| Primary and semifinished | 44.89 | 80.4 | 68.1 | 86.5 | 78.1 | 87.7 | 63.8 | 74.8 | 75.5 | 75.9 | 76.4 | 76.3 | 76.2 | 76.7 | |
| Finished | 38.71 | 76.9 | 70.7 | 83.4 | 77.3 | 80.7 | 66.6 | 73.6 | 74.6 | 74.3 | 74.3 | 74.2 | 75.2 | 75.2 | |
| Industry Groups | |||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing | 77.37 | 78.3 | 68.5 | 85.6 | 77.3 | 84.6 | 63.7 | 74.3 | 75.2 | 75.3 | 75.3 | 74.9 | 76.0 | 75.9 | |
| Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 74.76 | 78.2 | 67.9 | 85.6 | 77.2 | 84.7 | 63.5 | 74.8 | 75.6 | 75.8 | 75.8 | 75.4 | 76.5 | 76.4 |
| Durable manufacturing | 39.10 | 76.9 | 63.0 | 84.8 | 73.9 | 83.8 | 58.3 | 73.9 | 74.4 | 74.6 | 74.7 | 74.4 | 75.7 | 75.9 | |
| Wood products | 321 | 1.39 | 76.5 | 59.6 | 86.4 | 72.1 | 86.6 | 47.7 | 77.6 | 77.9 | 79.0 | 78.5 | 78.4 | 80.3 | 80.1 |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.60 | 73.8 | 64.2 | 83.2 | 71.4 | 82.4 | 45.6 | 65.4 | 65.0 | 65.5 | 66.4 | 65.2 | 67.8 | 68.0 |
| Primary metals | 331 | 2.93 | 78.3 | 48.3 | 94.4 | 75.8 | 94.1 | 49.7 | 68.3 | 68.5 | 69.6 | 68.6 | 68.6 | 70.1 | 70.4 |
| Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | 1.30 | 79.8 | 38.0 | 97.9 | 71.1 | 97.9 | 40.3 | 73.8 | 73.7 | 76.8 | 74.9 | 73.9 | 76.5 | 77.4 |
| Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.42 | 77.5 | 61.6 | 81.7 | 72.5 | 84.9 | 61.9 | 76.5 | 78.5 | 78.7 | 78.8 | 79.2 | 80.6 | 80.4 |
| Machinery | 333 | 5.64 | 77.5 | 57.7 | 85.5 | 73.8 | 87.2 | 59.0 | 70.3 | 74.6 | 75.2 | 76.1 | 75.0 | 75.2 | 75.0 |
| Computer and electronic products | 334 | 5.47 | 77.5 | 78.0 | 82.1 | 77.6 | 84.4 | 70.3 | 70.0 | 70.4 | 70.8 | 70.7 | 71.0 | 71.5 | 72.0 |
| Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | .30 | 78.0 | 66.7 | 79.3 | 69.4 | 88.0 | 83.0 | 91.2 | 96.8 | 94.8 | 97.5 | 98.4 | 95.9 | 97.2 |
| Communications equipment | 3342 | .63 | 76.4 | 84.5 | 85.4 | 77.1 | 86.0 | 77.2 | 64.6 | 65.4 | 65.3 | 65.3 | 65.3 | 65.2 | 65.2 |
| Semiconductor and related electronic components |
3344 | 1.39 | 78.6 | 78.1 | 82.6 | 78.4 | 91.8 | 62.9 | 69.7 | 70.9 | 72.7 | 73.8 | 73.1 | 73.9 | 74.7 |
| Electrical equipment, appliances, and components |
335 | 1.82 | 82.2 | 64.6 | 89.3 | 77.3 | 92.7 | 66.8 | 76.6 | 76.5 | 76.4 | 75.9 | 77.4 | 78.0 | 76.4 |
| Transportation equipment | 336 | 9.95 | 74.8 | 55.8 | 87.4 | 68.1 | 79.4 | 50.0 | 77.3 | 76.5 | 76.3 | 76.5 | 76.0 | 78.0 | 79.2 |
| Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.59 | 75.2 | 44.2 | 91.0 | 56.8 | 87.7 | 33.7 | 77.6 | 77.3 | 76.9 | 77.3 | 76.8 | 79.6 | 81.7 |
| Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 2.42 | 76.5 | 39.7 | 93.8 | 53.1 | 89.3 | 26.5 | 80.4 | 77.3 | 76.1 | 77.4 | 76.2 | 80.8 | 84.7 |
| Aerospace and miscellaneous transportation equipment |
3364-9 | 4.36 | 74.2 | 68.3 | 89.0 | 81.9 | 70.4 | 73.0 | 76.9 | 75.4 | 75.5 | 75.3 | 74.9 | 75.7 | 75.8 |
| Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.20 | 76.7 | 64.8 | 82.2 | 68.7 | 82.7 | 55.8 | 77.8 | 75.7 | 75.7 | 75.7 | 75.3 | 75.9 | 76.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 339 | 2.67 | 76.6 | 69.0 | 82.6 | 77.4 | 81.3 | 68.4 | 80.4 | 78.7 | 77.7 | 76.9 | 76.0 | 77.4 | 76.5 |
| Nondurable manufacturing | 35.66 | 80.1 | 75.3 | 86.8 | 81.4 | 86.0 | 69.0 | 75.7 | 76.9 | 77.1 | 77.0 | 76.5 | 77.3 | 77.0 | |
| Food | 311 | 8.46 | 82.2 | 79.6 | 86.2 | 83.1 | 86.4 | 77.9 | 80.4 | 82.2 | 81.8 | 82.3 | 82.3 | 84.2 | 82.7 |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 3.34 | 76.2 | 78.6 | 87.0 | 75.2 | 85.1 | 66.1 | 64.4 | 63.7 | 63.5 | 62.6 | 62.6 | 62.9 | 62.6 |
| Textile mills | 313 | .37 | 78.7 | 72.4 | 92.1 | 77.4 | 93.7 | 52.1 | 67.1 | 68.2 | 66.4 | 68.3 | 69.2 | 71.5 | 70.7 |
| Textile product mills | 314 | .36 | 79.1 | 71.8 | 90.8 | 76.8 | 88.7 | 56.6 | 70.1 | 69.6 | 69.8 | 69.9 | 70.0 | 70.2 | 69.5 |
| Apparel | 315 | .17 | 77.7 | 74.8 | 84.7 | 77.5 | 88.5 | 61.8 | 69.1 | 67.3 | 67.6 | 69.2 | 70.0 | 71.4 | 71.4 |
| Leather and allied products | 316 | .08 | 70.9 | 72.9 | 80.8 | 72.0 | 79.8 | 44.3 | 56.6 | 59.6 | 57.0 | 58.6 | 58.9 | 59.1 | 58.5 |
| Paper | 322 | 2.21 | 86.7 | 81.4 | 92.6 | 85.6 | 92.7 | 72.9 | 87.6 | 85.4 | 86.4 | 87.1 | 85.3 | 86.4 | 86.6 |
| Printing and support | 323 | 1.48 | 79.6 | 80.3 | 91.8 | 83.1 | 84.9 | 58.8 | 73.7 | 73.3 | 73.5 | 74.3 | 73.9 | 74.3 | 73.5 |
| Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 3.05 | 85.1 | 68.5 | 85.8 | 81.4 | 91.0 | 76.3 | 77.0 | 79.6 | 79.4 | 79.6 | 79.6 | 77.2 | 78.4 |
| Chemicals | 325 | 12.79 | 76.8 | 68.0 | 85.3 | 80.2 | 82.0 | 65.4 | 72.4 | 74.7 | 74.8 | 74.5 | 73.7 | 74.6 | 74.8 |
| Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .83 | 88.5 | 66.1 | 96.9 | 81.6 | 102.1 | 75.6 | 89.7 | 87.2 | 91.0 | 89.4 | 83.7 | 83.0 | |
| Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .11 | 75.1 | 54.6 | 94.4 | 72.5 | 87.4 | 56.9 | 64.1 | 67.5 | 67.9 | 69.1 | 70.6 | 73.0 | 71.7 |
| Artificial and synthetic fibers and filaments |
32522 | .08 | 81.0 | 63.3 | 93.5 | 75.5 | 91.7 | 58.3 | 79.1 | 77.8 | 78.3 | 79.3 | |||
| Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.35 | 82.1 | 72.5 | 89.9 | 77.0 | 93.2 | 57.5 | 82.0 | 81.6 | 83.0 | 82.0 | 81.1 | 82.3 | 81.4 |
| Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 2.61 | 80.0 | 86.7 | 91.2 | 80.1 | 83.2 | 68.3 | 62.1 | 61.6 | 60.6 | 60.7 | 60.1 | 61.0 | 61.3 |
| Mining | 21 | 12.26 | 87.0 | 79.6 | 86.3 | 84.3 | 88.6 | 78.2 | 82.3 | 86.4 | 87.9 | 88.3 | 87.3 | 89.6 | 90.1 |
| Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 7.75 | 92.9 | 89.6 | 91.5 | 89.5 | 94.8 | 93.3 | 94.2 | 97.2 | 99.3 | 99.6 | 98.8 | 99.9 | 100.0 |
| Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 2.15 | 82.9 | 67.9 | 91.2 | 80.3 | 87.7 | 68.5 | 79.0 | 78.7 | 79.7 | 80.9 | 76.5 | 80.8 | 81.0 |
| Coal mining | 2121 | .76 | 84.8 | 76.3 | 92.5 | 79.8 | 87.3 | 75.3 | 74.3 | 76.0 | 76.0 | 82.3 | 76.1 | 84.8 | 85.5 |
| Metal mining | 2122 | .62 | 77.7 | 32.3 | 93.4 | 81.3 | 90.1 | 64.0 | 74.1 | 71.5 | 73.2 | 69.6 | 70.1 | 68.2 | 69.8 |
| Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .77 | 83.1 | 63.5 | 89.4 | 76.3 | 91.8 | 61.9 | 87.6 | 87.4 | 88.6 | 88.9 | 82.1 | 87.2 | 86.0 |
| Support activities for mining | 213 | 2.37 | 71.9 | 52.6 | 62.6 | 56.1 | 74.8 | 48.8 | 49.4 | 54.9 | 54.8 | 54.6 | 55.6 | 60.3 | 62.7 |
| Utilities | 2211,2 | 10.37 | 85.3 | 76.8 | 92.9 | 84.4 | 92.9 | 78.3 | 76.4 | 77.4 | 77.6 | 79.6 | 81.1 | 76.8 | 79.0 |
| Electric | 2211 | 9.03 | 86.4 | 77.4 | 94.3 | 87.3 | 95.3 | 78.2 | 76.6 | 77.4 | 77.3 | 78.0 | 80.5 | 77.3 | 78.1 |
| Natural gas | 2212 | 1.33 | 80.1 | 72.9 | 86.3 | 67.4 | 87.5 | 71.9 | 75.6 | 78.9 | 81.1 | 91.6 | 86.0 | 74.9 | 86.5 |
| Special Aggregates | |||||||||||||||
| Selected high-technology industries | 2.32 | 77.4 | 75.6 | 81.4 | 75.7 | 86.6 | 71.1 | 71.1 | 72.8 | 73.6 | 74.6 | 74.3 | 74.4 | 75.1 | |
| Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech industries |
75.05 | 78.4 | 68.1 | 86.1 | 77.3 | 84.5 | 63.3 | 74.4 | 75.2 | 75.3 | 75.3 | 74.9 | 76.0 | 76.0 | |
| Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech and motor vehicles and pts. |
69.46 | 78.7 | 69.5 | 85.7 | 79.2 | 84.2 | 65.9 | 74.2 | 75.1 | 75.2 | 75.1 | 74.8 | 75.7 | 75.5 | |
r Revised. p Preliminary.
Last Update: April 17, 2018