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Release Date: March 23, 2018
Table 7B Capacity and Utilization: Manufacturing [1]
Seasonally adjusted                                                        
  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Annual
       
Capacity
(percent of
2012 output)
     
1988 73.7 73.8 73.8 73.8 73.9 73.9 73.9 73.9 74.0 74.0 74.1 74.2 73.8 73.9 73.9 74.1 73.9
1989 74.3 74.4 74.5 74.7 74.8 75.0 75.2 75.4 75.6 75.8 76.0 76.2 74.4 74.8 75.4 76.0 75.2
       
1990 76.4 76.6 76.8 77.0 77.1 77.3 77.5 77.6 77.7 77.9 78.0 78.1 76.6 77.1 77.6 78.0 77.3
1991 78.2 78.3 78.4 78.5 78.6 78.7 78.9 79.0 79.1 79.2 79.3 79.5 78.3 78.6 79.0 79.3 78.8
1992 79.7 79.8 80.0 80.2 80.4 80.6 80.9 81.1 81.3 81.4 81.6 81.8 79.8 80.4 81.1 81.6 80.7
1993 82.0 82.1 82.2 82.4 82.5 82.6 82.7 82.9 83.0 83.2 83.3 83.5 82.1 82.5 82.9 83.3 82.7
1994 83.7 83.9 84.1 84.4 84.6 84.9 85.2 85.4 85.7 86.0 86.4 86.7 83.9 84.6 85.4 86.4 85.1
       
1995 87.0 87.3 87.7 88.0 88.4 88.7 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.4 90.8 91.3 87.3 88.4 89.5 90.8 89.0
1996 91.8 92.2 92.7 93.3 93.8 94.3 94.8 95.3 95.8 96.4 96.9 97.5 92.3 93.8 95.3 96.9 94.6
1997 98.0 98.6 99.2 99.7 100.4 101.0 101.6 102.3 103.0 103.8 104.5 105.3 98.6 100.4 102.3 104.6 101.5
1998 106.1 106.9 107.7 108.5 109.2 110.0 110.7 111.4 112.0 112.7 113.3 113.9 106.9 109.2 111.4 113.3 110.2
1999 114.5 115.0 115.6 116.1 116.6 117.1 117.6 118.1 118.6 119.1 119.6 120.1 115.0 116.6 118.1 119.6 117.4
       
2000 120.6 121.1 121.6 122.1 122.6 123.1 123.6 124.1 124.5 125.0 125.5 125.9 121.1 122.6 124.1 125.5 123.3
2001 126.4 126.8 127.2 127.6 128.0 128.3 128.6 128.9 129.1 129.4 129.6 129.7 126.8 128.0 128.9 129.6 128.3
2002 129.9 130.0 130.2 130.3 130.3 130.4 130.4 130.5 130.5 130.5 130.5 130.5 130.0 130.3 130.4 130.5 130.3
2003 130.5 130.5 130.5 130.4 130.4 130.4 130.3 130.3 130.3 130.2 130.2 130.2 130.5 130.4 130.3 130.2 130.3
2004 130.1 130.1 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.1 130.2 130.3 130.5 130.1 130.0 130.1 130.3 130.1
       
2005 130.7 130.9 131.1 131.3 131.6 131.9 132.1 132.4 132.7 132.9 133.2 133.4 130.9 131.6 132.4 133.2 132.0
2006 133.6 133.8 134.0 134.3 134.5 134.7 134.9 135.1 135.4 135.7 135.9 136.2 133.8 134.5 135.1 135.9 134.8
2007 136.6 136.9 137.2 137.6 137.9 138.3 138.6 138.9 139.1 139.3 139.5 139.6 136.9 137.9 138.9 139.5 138.3
2008 139.7 139.7 139.6 139.5 139.4 139.2 139.1 138.9 138.7 138.5 138.3 138.1 139.6 139.4 138.9 138.3 139.0
2009 137.8 137.6 137.4 137.2 137.0 136.7 136.5 136.3 136.1 135.9 135.7 135.5 137.6 137.0 136.3 135.7 136.6
       
2010 135.3 135.0 134.8 134.6 134.4 134.1 133.9 133.7 133.5 133.3 133.1 132.9 135.0 134.4 133.7 133.1 134.0
2011 132.7 132.6 132.5 132.4 132.3 132.3 132.3 132.3 132.4 132.4 132.5 132.6 132.6 132.3 132.3 132.5 132.5
2012 132.8 132.9 133.0 133.2 133.3 133.4 133.6 133.7 133.8 134.0 134.1 134.2 132.9 133.3 133.7 134.1 133.5
2013 134.3 134.4 134.5 134.5 134.6 134.6 134.7 134.7 134.7 134.7 134.7 134.7 134.4 134.6 134.7 134.7 134.6
2014 134.8 134.8 134.8 134.7 134.7 134.7 134.7 134.6 134.5 134.5 134.4 134.3 134.8 134.7 134.6 134.4 134.6
       
2015 134.2 134.1 134.0 133.9 133.9 133.8 133.8 133.8 133.8 133.9 133.9 134.0 134.1 133.9 133.8 133.9 133.9
2016 134.2 134.3 134.4 134.6 134.8 135.0 135.1 135.3 135.4 135.6 135.7 135.8 134.3 134.8 135.3 135.7 135.0
2017 135.9 136.0 136.0 136.1 136.2 136.2 136.3 136.4 136.5 136.6 136.7 136.8 136.0 136.2 136.4 136.7 136.3
2018 136.9 137.0                              
       
Utilization
(percent)
     
1988 83.1 83.2 83.4 84.1 83.9 84.0 84.0 84.0 84.3 84.6 84.8 85.1 83.2 84.0 84.1 84.8 84.0
1989 85.6 84.7 84.4 84.5 83.5 83.5 82.4 82.9 82.4 82.1 82.0 81.9 84.9 83.8 82.5 82.0 83.3
       
1990 81.5 82.5 82.7 82.2 82.2 82.2 81.9 82.0 81.8 81.0 80.0 79.3 82.2 82.2 81.9 80.1 81.6
1991 78.6 78.0 77.3 77.5 77.9 78.7 78.8 78.9 79.6 79.3 79.0 78.8 78.0 78.0 79.1 79.1 78.5
1992 78.1 78.6 79.3 79.5 79.7 79.8 80.3 79.7 79.6 79.9 80.1 79.8 78.7 79.7 79.9 79.9 79.5
1993 80.4 80.5 80.1 80.5 80.3 80.0 80.1 79.8 80.2 80.8 80.9 81.2 80.3 80.2 80.0 81.0 80.4
1994 81.2 81.1 81.9 82.4 82.7 82.6 82.7 83.0 83.2 83.7 84.0 84.6 81.4 82.6 83.0 84.1 82.8
       
1995 84.5 83.9 83.8 83.3 83.1 83.2 82.3 82.8 83.2 82.7 82.4 82.3 84.1 83.2 82.8 82.5 83.1
1996 81.2 82.1 81.5 82.0 82.1 82.5 82.3 82.3 82.5 82.0 82.2 82.5 81.6 82.2 82.4 82.2 82.1
1997 82.1 82.8 83.1 82.5 82.6 82.7 82.7 83.1 83.3 83.4 83.7 83.4 82.7 82.6 83.0 83.5 83.0
1998 83.5 83.0 82.3 82.0 81.9 80.7 79.9 81.3 80.7 81.0 80.7 80.7 82.9 81.6 80.6 80.8 81.5
1999 80.6 80.8 80.4 80.4 80.7 80.1 80.1 80.3 79.6 80.4 80.6 80.8 80.6 80.4 80.0 80.6 80.4
       
2000 80.6 80.4 80.6 80.8 80.4 80.2 80.0 79.2 79.2 78.7 78.2 77.5 80.5 80.5 79.5 78.1 79.6
2001 76.7 76.0 75.6 75.1 74.4 73.7 73.2 72.7 72.4 71.9 71.6 71.7 76.1 74.4 72.8 71.7 73.8
2002 72.0 71.9 72.4 72.5 72.8 73.6 73.3 73.5 73.5 73.3 73.6 73.2 72.1 73.0 73.4 73.4 73.0
2003 73.6 73.7 73.8 73.2 73.3 73.7 73.9 73.6 74.2 74.3 75.0 74.9 73.7 73.4 73.9 74.7 73.9
2004 74.9 75.5 75.4 75.7 76.4 75.8 76.5 76.8 76.8 77.5 77.4 77.8 75.3 76.0 76.7 77.5 76.4
       
2005 78.3 78.8 78.3 78.4 78.5 78.5 78.0 78.2 77.3 78.3 78.8 78.8 78.5 78.5 77.9 78.6 78.4
2006 79.3 78.9 78.7 79.0 78.6 78.7 78.4 78.7 78.6 78.2 78.0 79.0 79.0 78.8 78.6 78.4 78.7
2007 78.4 78.5 79.0 79.3 79.0 79.1 79.0 78.6 78.8 78.5 78.8 78.9 78.6 79.2 78.8 78.7 78.8
2008 78.5 78.0 77.8 77.0 76.6 76.2 75.4 74.6 72.1 71.7 70.1 67.8 78.1 76.6 74.0 69.9 74.6
2009 65.8 65.8 64.7 64.4 63.8 63.7 64.8 65.6 66.3 66.5 67.3 67.2 65.5 64.0 65.5 67.0 65.5
       
2010 68.1 68.2 69.1 69.8 70.9 70.9 71.4 71.6 71.7 71.9 72.0 72.5 68.5 70.5 71.6 72.1 70.7
2011 72.7 72.8 73.3 73.0 73.1 73.2 73.6 73.9 74.1 74.5 74.2 74.7 73.0 73.1 73.9 74.5 73.6
2012 75.3 75.5 75.0 75.3 74.9 75.0 74.8 74.6 74.5 74.2 74.6 75.2 75.2 75.1 74.6 74.7 74.9
2013 74.9 75.2 75.1 74.7 74.9 75.1 74.3 75.0 75.1 75.1 75.1 75.1 75.0 74.9 74.8 75.1 75.0
2014 74.2 75.0 75.7 75.6 75.8 76.0 76.3 76.0 76.0 76.0 76.6 76.4 75.0 75.8 76.1 76.3 75.8
       
2015 76.1 75.7 76.0 76.0 75.9 75.7 76.2 76.0 75.6 75.6 75.4 75.2 75.9 75.9 75.9 75.4 75.8
2016 75.5 75.2 74.9 74.5 74.4 74.5 74.5 74.1 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.5 75.2 74.4 74.3 74.4 74.6
2017 74.7 74.7 74.3 75.1 74.8 74.8 74.6 74.4 74.2 75.2 75.3 75.2 74.6 74.9 74.4 75.2 74.8
2018 75.0 75.9                              

Note: Estimates from October 2017 through February 2018 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases.
[1] See footnote 2 to table 2.


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