Table 4
INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES
Percent change
Capacity indexes
| Annual rate | Fourth quarter to fourth quarter | Percent of 1992 output
| 1967- 1967- 1975-| | |
| 2000 1975 2000 | | 1999 | 1999 2000
Item | Ave. Ave. Ave. | 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 | Apr. | Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
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Total industry | 3.2 3.8 3.0 | 5.4 5.4 6.3 4.2 3.7 | 168.6 | 172.3 172.8 173.3 173.8 174.4 174.9
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Manufacturing | 3.5 4.0 3.4 | 6.1 6.1 7.0 4.7 4.2 | 176.2 | 180.5 181.2 181.8 182.4 183.0 183.7
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Primary processing | 2.3 4.1 1.7 | 3.5 3.9 3.8 2.4 1.4 | 147.9 | 149.8 150.1 150.3 150.5 150.6 150.8
Advanced processing | 4.1 4.0 4.2 | 7.2 7.0 8.5 5.6 5.5 | 190.5 | 196.1 196.9 197.8 198.6 199.5 200.5
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Durable | 4.2 3.7 4.4 | 9.3 8.7 10.7 7.3 7.2 | 212.9 | 221.0 222.2 223.4 224.7 226.0 227.4
Lumber and products 24 | 2.0 2.9 1.7 | 3.6 3.4 3.1 2.9 1.0 | 146.0 | 148.4 148.8 148.9 149.1 149.3 149.4
Furniture and fixtures 25 | 3.0 4.5 2.5 | 4.3 3.8 3.2 2.0 .9 | 158.8 | 160.4 160.7 160.8 161.0 161.1 161.2
Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 1.6 2.5 1.3 | 3.3 3.1 2.8 3.5 3.3 | 154.3 | 157.6 158.0 158.5 158.9 159.4 159.8
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Primary metals 33 | .6 1.7 .2 | 5.7 3.5 3.5 2.5 1.0 | 148.2 | 150.1 150.3 150.5 150.7 150.8 150.9
Iron and steel 331,2 | .0 .7 -.3 | 5.2 3.8 5.2 3.9 .8 | 149.5 | 152.5 153.0 153.2 153.3 153.5 153.6
Raw steel | -.4 .3 -.7 | 2.7 6.0 6.2 1.5 .7 | 142.7 | 143.4 143.5 143.5 143.6 143.7 143.8
Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 1.7 3.8 1.0 | 6.4 3.1 1.5 .8 1.5 | 146.7 | 147.2 147.3 147.4 147.5 147.7 147.9
Primary copper 3331 | .0 1.8 -.6 | -5.1 .7 -.5 -2.2 -1.6 | 121.7 | 120.1 119.8 119.7 119.5 119.3 119.1
Primary aluminum 3334 | 1.1 5.2 -.3 | .4 .0 .0 .0 .0 | 104.2 | 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2
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Fabricated metal products 34 | 2.0 3.1 1.6 | 5.1 6.1 5.8 .3 .0 | 171.8 | 171.3 171.2 171.2 171.1 171.1 171.1
Industrial machinery | | | |
and equipment 35 | 6.4 4.7 7.1 | 12.3 14.2 15.8 15.3 14.6 | 272.1 | 295.7 299.5 303.0 306.4 310.0 313.6
Computer and office equip. 357 | 23.9 12.0 28.5 | 42.5 50.9 58.8 61.9 50.6 | 1152.3 | 1526.5 1589.0 1648.2 1708.2 1769.2 1831.1
Electrical machinery 36 | 9.8 5.9 11.2 | 30.9 22.9 30.5 17.3 20.4 | 475.7 | 514.5 520.3 527.6 535.5 544.0 553.0
Semiconductors and related | | | |
electronic components 3672-9 | 21.5 13.1 24.7 | 59.1 43.0 61.1 31.6 41.0 | 1385.0 | 1583.4 1614.1 1655.8 1700.8 1750.2 1803.4
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Transportation equipment 37 | 2.4 3.0 2.2 | .5 2.4 2.7 -.1 .2 | 155.6 | 155.1 155.1 155.1 155.1 155.2 155.2
Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 3.1 4.4 2.7 | 1.5 3.6 2.8 .2 1.9 | 184.8 | 185.0 185.1 185.4 185.7 186.0 186.3
Autos and light trucks 1 | | -4.5 4.2 2.6 -1.7 1.2 | 157.5 | 156.1 156.0 156.1 156.3 156.5 156.6
Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 1.4 1.1 1.5 | -1.0 .7 2.7 -.7 -1.8 | 126.7 | 125.8 125.6 125.4 125.2 125.0 124.8
Instruments 38 | 4.5 7.6 3.4 | .3 .8 2.2 4.0 2.6 | 143.1 | 146.6 147.1 147.5 147.9 148.2 148.5
Miscellaneous 39 | 2.1 4.4 1.3 | 2.4 .5 1.4 1.1 1.3 | 152.8 | 153.6 153.8 153.9 154.1 154.2 154.4
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Nondurable | 2.6 4.3 2.0 | 2.2 2.6 2.4 1.3 .5 | 139.4 | 140.3 140.4 140.5 140.5 140.6 140.7
Foods 20 | 2.3 3.0 2.1 | 2.2 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.5 | 138.7 | 140.2 140.4 140.6 140.8 141.0 141.2
Textile mill products 22 | 2.0 4.4 1.2 | 1.9 2.1 .3 .3 .7 | 131.4 | 131.8 131.8 131.9 132.0 132.1 132.1
Apparel products 23 | .9 2.3 .5 | .3 .6 .6 -.8 -3.7 | 131.7 | 130.9 130.8 130.5 130.1 129.7 129.3
Paper and products 26 | 2.7 3.9 2.3 | 1.4 3.3 3.1 2.4 .6 | 134.3 | 136.1 136.4 136.5 136.6 136.7 136.8
Pulp and paper 261-3 | 2.3 2.9 2.1 | 1.2 2.3 1.4 1.2 .5 | 123.5 | 124.4 124.5 124.6 124.7 124.8 124.8
Printing and publishing 27 | 2.5 3.0 2.3 | .7 1.9 1.6 -.2 .1 | 129.7 | 129.4 129.3 129.3 129.3 129.3 129.3
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Chemicals and products 28 | 3.6 6.8 2.4 | 3.4 2.8 2.9 1.0 1.1 | 150.3 | 151.0 151.1 151.3 151.4 151.5 151.6
Plastics materials 2821 | 6.0 12.7 3.7 | 3.3 1.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 | 136.8 | 139.6 140.0 140.4 140.8 141.2 141.6
Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | 3.3 9.7 1.1 | -2.0 1.1 .5 1.6 -1.3 | 118.8 | 120.1 120.3 120.3 120.2 120.2 120.0
Petroleum products 29 | 1.6 4.2 .7 | 1.4 2.3 2.9 1.6 1.5 | 122.1 | 123.1 123.2 123.3 123.5 123.6 123.8
Rubber and plastics products 30 | 5.4 8.4 4.3 | 4.2 5.3 5.1 5.4 4.2 | 161.8 | 166.9 167.7 168.3 168.9 169.5 170.1
Leather and products 31 | -3.2 -1.5 -3.9 | -1.5 -1.9 -2.8 -4.9 -4.5 | 103.2 | 100.1 99.6 99.2 98.8 98.4 98.0
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Mining | .2 -.1 .2 | .4 1.6 .9 -.2 -1.4 | 120.4 | 120.2 120.1 120.0 119.8 119.7 119.5
Metal mining 10 | 1.2 .5 1.4 | 1.6 3.2 1.1 -1.5 -.5 | 121.9 | 120.7 120.5 120.4 120.3 120.2 120.2
Coal mining 12 | 2.2 2.4 2.1 | 1.8 .2 .4 .4 .4 | 126.6 | 126.9 126.9 127.0 127.0 127.1 127.1
Oil and gas extraction 13 | -.5 -1.0 -.3 | -.3 1.2 .6 -.6 -2.4 | 115.3 | 114.9 114.8 114.5 114.3 114.0 113.8
Oil and gas well drilling 138 | .6 .8 .5 | -1.2 1.0 1.9 -3.1 -.2 | 177.7 | 173.6 173.1 172.8 172.6 172.5 172.5
Stone and earth minerals 14 | 1.4 2.6 1.0 | 3.6 4.3 2.9 1.6 1.2 | 147.1 | 148.3 148.5 148.6 148.7 148.9 149.0
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Utilities | 2.6 6.1 1.4 | 1.8 .2 .7 1.4 1.1 | 127.2 | 128.2 128.4 128.5 128.6 128.7 128.8
Electric 491,3pt | 3.5 7.8 2.1 | 1.9 -.2 .7 1.4 1.6 | 125.0 | 126.1 126.2 126.4 126.6 126.7 126.9
Gas 492,3pt | .4 2.3 -.2 | 1.9 1.5 1.1 1.0 .9 | 137.5 | 138.3 138.4 138.5 138.6 138.7 138.8
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SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | |
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Computers, communications eq, and | | | |
semiconductors 2 | 17.8 9.5 20.8 | 45.6 37.9 48.2 35.7 37.1 | 931.8 | 1101.3 1128.6 1157.9 1188.4 1220.4 1253.8
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Manufacturing ex. computers, | | | |
communications eq., and | | | |
semiconductors 2 | 2.3 3.7 1.8 | 2.6 3.0 3.0 1.3 .6 | 148.5 | 149.4 149.6 149.7 149.7 149.8 149.9
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<1> Series begins in 1977.
<2> Semiconductors include related electronic components.