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Table 8
RATES OF CHANGE IN CAPACITY, BY INDUSTRY GROUPS, 1997-2001 [1]
    Difference between
  Revised change revised and earlier changes
  (percent) (percentage points)
Item 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total industry    6.4    6.4    3.9    4.0    1.7     .4    -.1    -.7    -.5    -.7
                     
Manufacturing    7.1    7.2    4.5    4.7    1.6     .5    -.1    -.6    -.3   -1.0
                     
   Durable   10.2   10.4    6.6    8.1    3.0     .9     .2   -1.7    -.7   -1.9
   Nondurable    3.3    3.2    1.7     .4    -.2    -.1    -.9     .4    -.5    -.1
                     
Mining    1.3    -.6   -2.4   -1.9     .4    -.6    -.5    -.9   -1.1    1.8
Utilities     .6     .1    2.4    2.9    5.2    -.4   -1.0     .1    -.5    1.1
                     
                     
Selected high-technology industries   44.4   36.6   28.6   42.9   12.9    4.1   -2.8   -9.2   -4.7   -8.6
Manufacturing ex. selected 
      high-technology industries
   3.6    4.4    2.0    1.0     .3     .0    -.1     .0    -.3    -.3
                     
Primary processing    9.4    9.8    5.0    7.8    2.7    1.0     .4     .1    -.3   -1.4
Advanced processing    5.6    5.5    4.2    2.9     .9     .7    -.2   -1.0    -.1    -.9

[1] Rates of change are calculated as the percent change in the seasonally adjusted index from the fourth quarter of the
previous year to the fourth quarter of the year specified in the column heading. Return to table
Note- Primary processing manufacturing includes textile mill products, paper and products, industrial chemicals,
synthetic materials, and fertilizers, petroleum products, rubber and plastics products, lumber and products,
primary metals, fabricated metals, stone, clay, and glass products, semiconductors and related electronic components,
and motor vehicle parts.
Advanced processing manufacturing includes foods, tobacco products, apparel products, printing and publishing,
chemical products and other agricultural chemicals, leather and products, furniture and fixtures, industrial and
commercial machinery and computer equipment, electrical machinery except semiconductors and related electronic
components, transportation equipment except motor vehicle parts, instruments, and miscellaneous manufactures.



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