Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17
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Release Date: April 17, 2012
Table 7 Capacity Utilization
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
Item | NAICS | 2011 proportion |
1972- 2011 ave. |
1994- 95 high |
2009 low |
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2011 | 2012 Q1[p] |
2011 | 2012 | |||||||||||
Q3 | Q4[r] | Oct.[r] | Nov.[r] | Dec.[r] | Jan.[r] | Feb.[r] | Mar.[p] | |||||||
Total industry | 100.00 | 80.3 | 85.0 | 66.8 | 77.1 | 77.8 | 78.7 | 77.6 | 77.7 | 78.3 | 78.7 | 78.7 | 78.6 | |
Manufacturing[1] | 76.96 | 78.8 | 84.6 | 63.8 | 75.2 | 76.1 | 77.8 | 75.8 | 75.7 | 76.7 | 77.5 | 78.0 | 77.8 | |
Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 73.67 | 78.7 | 84.7 | 63.6 | 75.7 | 76.6 | 78.3 | 76.3 | 76.2 | 77.2 | 78.0 | 78.6 | 78.3 |
Durable manufacturing | 39.73 | 77.1 | 83.7 | 58.2 | 73.8 | 75.1 | 77.4 | 74.6 | 74.8 | 75.8 | 77.0 | 77.8 | 77.5 | |
Wood products | 321 | 1.10 | 77.6 | 86.6 | 51.7 | 62.1 | 64.3 | 67.0 | 63.7 | 64.0 | 65.0 | 67.0 | 66.8 | 67.2 |
Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.21 | 75.2 | 82.7 | 44.2 | 55.2 | 54.9 | 56.4 | 54.9 | 54.6 | 55.1 | 55.7 | 57.4 | 56.1 |
Primary metals | 331 | 3.08 | 79.2 | 94.1 | 48.6 | 72.3 | 75.3 | 78.2 | 73.1 | 75.5 | 77.4 | 78.2 | 78.8 | 77.5 |
Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.28 | 77.3 | 85.9 | 60.9 | 79.2 | 80.1 | 82.6 | 79.3 | 80.1 | 80.9 | 81.6 | 83.1 | 83.0 |
Machinery | 333 | 5.18 | 78.1 | 87.7 | 60.3 | 79.6 | 81.1 | 84.4 | 80.0 | 80.7 | 82.7 | 83.9 | 84.5 | 84.8 |
Computer and electronic products | 334 | 6.22 | 78.2 | 84.5 | 68.7 | 79.8 | 77.9 | 77.7 | 77.9 | 77.7 | 78.2 | 78.3 | 77.7 | 77.2 |
Electrical equip., appliances, and components |
335 | 1.71 | 82.6 | 92.7 | 66.3 | 77.6 | 79.8 | 81.6 | 80.5 | 79.5 | 79.4 | 80.6 | 82.6 | 81.7 |
Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 6.24 | 75.0 | 87.4 | 34.7 | 65.8 | 69.4 | 75.2 | 69.4 | 68.3 | 70.5 | 74.7 | 75.2 | 75.6 |
Aerospace and miscellaneous transportation equipment |
3364-9 | 4.49 | 73.1 | 69.1 | 69.7 | 74.0 | 76.6 | 77.3 | 76.1 | 77.2 | 76.6 | 76.2 | 78.2 | 77.4 |
Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.12 | 77.1 | 82.4 | 57.5 | 67.9 | 67.9 | 71.0 | 67.7 | 67.8 | 68.3 | 70.4 | 71.9 | 70.8 |
Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.09 | 76.1 | 80.6 | 68.2 | 77.5 | 77.4 | 78.6 | 77.7 | 77.3 | 77.1 | 78.7 | 78.5 | 78.6 |
Nondurable manufacturing | 33.94 | 80.9 | 86.1 | 69.3 | 78.0 | 78.3 | 79.3 | 78.2 | 77.7 | 78.9 | 79.2 | 79.5 | 79.3 | |
Food, beverage, and tobacco products | 311,2 | 11.05 | 81.1 | 86.1 | 75.7 | 78.6 | 79.1 | 80.0 | 79.2 | 78.8 | 79.2 | 80.0 | 80.2 | 80.0 |
Textile and product mills | 313,4 | .85 | 80.3 | 91.9 | 53.8 | 66.7 | 67.9 | 70.3 | 67.2 | 67.7 | 68.9 | 69.7 | 70.4 | 70.6 |
Apparel and leather | 315,6 | .31 | 78.0 | 87.5 | 59.0 | 68.6 | 69.0 | 71.2 | 68.8 | 69.3 | 68.9 | 71.8 | 71.4 | 70.4 |
Paper | 322 | 2.27 | 86.9 | 92.6 | 71.8 | 81.0 | 81.5 | 81.8 | 80.9 | 81.4 | 82.3 | 81.6 | 82.1 | 81.8 |
Printing and support | 323 | 1.70 | 81.6 | 84.7 | 60.4 | 65.1 | 64.2 | 65.7 | 64.2 | 63.7 | 64.8 | 65.8 | 66.3 | 65.0 |
Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 3.32 | 85.7 | 90.9 | 76.0 | 86.1 | 86.3 | 86.1 | 86.1 | 86.1 | 86.9 | 85.0 | 87.0 | 86.2 |
Chemicals | 325 | 11.33 | 77.7 | 81.9 | 65.0 | 77.5 | 77.6 | 79.0 | 77.6 | 76.6 | 78.8 | 79.1 | 78.9 | 79.1 |
Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.11 | 82.2 | 92.5 | 58.0 | 77.2 | 77.5 | 78.9 | 77.6 | 77.0 | 77.8 | 78.2 | 79.4 | 79.1 |
Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.29 | 82.7 | 83.3 | 68.4 | 63.3 | 65.0 | 65.2 | 64.7 | 64.8 | 65.6 | 65.4 | 65.0 | 65.1 |
Mining | 21 | 12.77 | 87.3 | 88.6 | 78.5 | 87.4 | 90.2 | 88.7 | 89.3 | 90.3 | 91.0 | 91.1 | 87.4 | 87.5 |
Utilities | 2211,2 | 10.27 | 86.3 | 93.3 | 79.1 | 78.5 | 75.6 | 72.5 | 76.6 | 76.6 | 73.7 | 72.3 | 72.2 | 73.1 |
Selected high-technology industries | 3.45 | 78.2 | 86.5 | 69.1 | 79.8 | 75.3 | 73.3 | 75.7 | 75.1 | 75.1 | 73.9 | 72.9 | 73.3 | |
Computers and peripheral equipment | 3341 | .44 | 78.4 | 86.8 | 75.8 | 86.4 | 80.6 | 80.9 | 82.0 | 80.3 | 79.6 | 80.5 | 80.8 | 81.3 |
Communications equipment | 3342 | .66 | 76.6 | 84.1 | 75.8 | 76.0 | 76.5 | 76.5 | 76.7 | 76.7 | 76.2 | 76.3 | 76.6 | 76.5 |
Semiconductors and related electronic components |
334412-9 | 2.36 | 80.2 | 92.1 | 62.7 | 79.6 | 74.1 | 71.3 | 74.3 | 73.8 | 74.1 | 72.1 | 70.6 | 71.1 |
Measures excluding selected high-technology industries |
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Total industry | 96.55 | 80.4 | 84.9 | 66.6 | 77.0 | 77.9 | 78.9 | 77.7 | 77.8 | 78.4 | 78.9 | 78.9 | 78.8 | |
Manufacturing[1] | 73.50 | 78.9 | 84.5 | 63.5 | 75.0 | 76.1 | 78.0 | 75.8 | 75.7 | 76.8 | 77.7 | 78.3 | 78.0 | |
Stage-of-process groups | ||||||||||||||
Crude | 16.85 | 86.3 | 89.7 | 76.4 | 85.7 | 87.8 | 87.3 | 87.3 | 87.7 | 88.4 | 89.2 | 86.2 | 86.5 | |
Primary and semifinished | 45.82 | 81.1 | 87.9 | 64.2 | 74.6 | 74.7 | 75.5 | 74.3 | 74.6 | 75.1 | 75.1 | 75.7 | 75.7 | |
Finished | 37.33 | 77.2 | 80.6 | 66.8 | 76.3 | 77.1 | 78.6 | 77.2 | 76.7 | 77.5 | 78.4 | 78.8 | 78.5 |
[r] Revised. [p] Preliminary.
[1] See note on cover page
Note. See notes to table 2. Return to table
Last update: April 17, 2012