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Table 7
REVISED AND EARLIER CAPACITY UTILIZATION RATES, BY INDUSTRY GROUPS
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
    Difference between
  Revised rate revised and earlier rates
    (percentage points)
  1967- 1988- 1990-        
Item 2000 1989 1991 1999 2000 2001  1999 2000 2001
  Ave. High Low Q4 Q4 Q3  Q4 Q4 Q3
Total industry   82.1   85.4   78.1   81.8   80.7   76.2     .2    -.6    -.2
                   
Manufacturing   81.1   85.7   76.6   81.0   79.1   74.4     .1   -1.2    -.5
                   
   Durable   79.6   84.6   73.1   81.2   78.6   72.0     .2   -2.0   -1.1
      Lumber and products   24   82.6   93.6   75.5   84.7   77.3   77.3    1.4    1.1     .2
      Furniture and fixtures   25   81.4   86.6   72.5   80.5   78.7   74.0    1.7   -1.4    -.3
      Stone, clay, and glass products   32   78.9   83.5   69.7   85.2   82.3   79.9    -.1   -1.7   -1.0
      Primary metals   33   81.7   92.7   73.7   88.5   83.6   78.2    -.1     .6    -.7
      Fabricated metals   34   78.0   82.0   71.9   76.7   76.3   72.3    -.2     .6    1.9
      Industrial machinery and equipment   35   81.3   85.4   72.3   79.1   78.4   69.8    -.7   -4.1   -1.7
      Electrical machinery   36   81.4   84.0   75.0   85.0   82.8   64.9    1.6   -4.3   -3.1
      Motor vehicles and parts   371   77.1   89.1   55.9   84.8   76.3   76.5    1.9     .3     .0
      Aerospace and miscellaneous 
            transportation equipment   372,6-9
  75.2   87.3   79.2   74.7   74.0   70.7    1.9    1.2    1.1
      Instruments   38   81.3   81.4   77.2   76.4   76.6   74.1   -4.0   -3.9   -3.9
      Miscellaneous   39   76.0   79.0   71.7   79.7   78.4   74.4   -1.9   -2.2   -2.1
                   
   Nondurable   83.2   87.3   80.7   80.7   79.8   77.6    -.3     .0     .7
      Food and tobacco products   20,21   83.2   85.9   81.6   80.2   80.4   79.8    -.3    -.9    -.5
      Textile mill products   22   85.6   90.4   77.7   84.6   77.4   73.6    2.2     .3    2.5
      Apparel products   23   80.9   85.1   75.5   77.3   72.2   68.5    5.6    2.8    2.9
      Paper and products   26   88.6   93.5   85.0   84.9   81.5   77.7   -1.8   -1.8   -1.2
      Printing and publishing   27   85.2   91.7   79.6   77.8   78.5   73.9   -2.9   -3.5   -2.0
      Chemicals and products   28   79.3   86.2   79.3   77.6   77.7   76.5    -.8    2.1    3.0
      Petroleum products   29   87.3   88.5   85.1   93.0   94.5   92.5    -.1     .2    -.2
      Rubber and plastics products   30   84.7   89.6   77.4   87.1   82.0   78.4    1.8    1.1    1.1
                   
Mining   87.6   88.0   87.0   87.1   90.3   90.8    2.5    3.8    1.3
Utilities   87.7   92.6   83.4   90.1   93.6   86.1     .9    1.6     .2
                   
Selected high-technology industries   80.5   81.9   72.4   83.2   81.2   61.2    2.4   -3.9   -2.4
   Computers and office equipment   357   81.1   86.9   66.9   77.4   75.0   63.4     .9   -3.2    -.6
   Communications equipment   366   80.5   84.8   73.4   81.6   81.6   62.7    6.4   -5.6   -4.1
   Semiconductors and related 
         electronic components   3672-9
  80.0   81.1   75.6   86.7   83.6   59.4     .7   -4.3   -1.7
                   
Measures excluding selected high-technology 
      industries
                 
Total industry   82.2   85.7   78.4   81.7   80.7   77.8     .0     .0     .3
   Manufacturing   81.1   86.1   76.8   80.7   78.9   76.1    -.2    -.6     .1
      Industrial machinery   351-6,8,9   81.2   85.5   74.0   79.5   79.6   72.4   -1.3   -4.6   -1.7
      Electrical machinery   361-5,9,71   83.4   87.5   74.3   85.1   81.8   76.0    -.3   -1.0   -2.4
                   
Primary processing   82.2   88.3   76.7   84.2   81.1   74.6    -.4   -1.7    -.7
Advanced processing   80.5   84.2   76.6   79.0   77.9   74.3    -.3   -1.7    -.9

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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