Federal Reserve Statistical Release, G.17, Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization; title with eagle logo links to Statistical Release home page

Release Date: December 11, 2006
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Table 6
REVISED AND EARLIER CAPACITY UTILIZATION RATES, BY INDUSTRY GROUPS
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
 
 
 
 
Item
 
 
 
 
 
NAICS
 
 
Revised rate
 
1972-
Difference between
revised and earlier rates
(percentage points)
 
2005
Ave.
2003
Q4
2004
Q4
2005
Q4
2006 
Q3 
2003
Q4
2004
Q4
2005
Q4
2006
Q3
Total industry     81.0   76.8   79.0   80.7   82.3     .3    -.4     .2    -.2
       
Manufacturing     79.8   75.0   77.6   79.6   80.9     .3    -.6    -.2    -.3
   Manufacturing (NAICS)     79.5   74.6   77.2   79.3   80.8     .2    -.6    -.2    -.2
       
      Durable manufacturing     78.0   72.4   74.8   78.1   79.6     .2   -1.5    -.9    -.9
         Wood products 321   80.2   80.3   81.3   88.5   80.8    1.8     .3    1.4    1.7
         Nonmetallic mineral products 327   79.4   79.2   81.1   83.8   82.3    -.2   -1.3     .6    1.0
         Primary metal 331   80.6   80.4   86.8   83.7   88.6    -.2    1.8     .2    2.1
         Fabricated metal products 332   77.2   72.2   73.6   78.0   80.7    2.1    -.3    1.9    2.1
         Machinery 333   78.6   70.2   73.5   78.8   82.1     .8   -4.8   -4.7   -5.4
         Computer and electronic products 334   78.4   67.1   71.7   75.1   77.2     .1   -1.2   -3.1   -3.7
         Electrical equip., appliances, 
            and components
335   83.2   75.9   79.1   83.4   85.4     .1   -2.0   -4.3   -8.1
         Motor vehicles and parts 3361-3   77.6   79.9   79.0   78.6   75.6    -.4   -1.5   -1.0    -.4
         Aerospace and miscellaneous 
            transportation equipment
3364-9   72.4   60.4   61.5   70.3   78.0   -1.9   -3.7   -1.4     .0
         Furniture and related products 337   78.5   72.4   76.5   78.6   79.3   -1.3    1.3    5.3    5.5
         Miscellaneous 339   76.7   75.3   75.0   78.2   78.1     .6   -1.7    -.2    -.7
       
      Nondurable manufacturing     81.7   77.4   80.1   80.6   82.4     .2     .2     .5     .6
         Food, beverage, and tobacco products 311,2   81.6   77.8   78.2   81.4   80.9    -.5   -1.2    -.5   -1.0
         Textile and product mills 313,4   82.4   73.3   75.6   79.8   78.3   -1.3     .6    2.6    2.7
         Apparel and leather 315,6   78.9   66.2   67.9   71.5   74.0    -.5   -5.0   -8.8  -11.4
         Paper 322   87.9   81.7   84.5   85.0   85.4     .4   -1.0    -.1     .4
         Printing and support 323   83.8   72.9   76.0   78.0   79.2    1.3    1.1     .7   -1.2
         Petroleum and coal products 324   86.1   89.0   94.4   87.9   92.9     .6    1.0     .6     .2
         Chemical 325   78.3   75.2   78.5   75.7   79.6     .7    1.2    1.6    2.3
         Plastics and rubber products 326   83.8   81.6   85.0   87.3   87.9     .4     .1   -1.7   -2.1
       
   Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) 1133,5111   84.8   82.9   85.2   85.2   83.2     .8     .2    -.9   -2.1
       
Mining 21   87.3   88.8   88.4   85.0   91.1     .7     .1    2.3     .1
Utilities 2211,2   86.8   85.5   84.7   86.5   86.0    -.1     .2    -.4   -1.5
       
Selected high-technology industries     78.0   66.8   70.7   76.5   78.5    1.1   -2.1     .8   -1.7
   Computers and peripheral equipment 3341   78.2   74.5   79.8   76.2   73.1    -.4    3.5   -4.2  -10.0
   Communications equipment 3342   75.6   49.0   54.4   63.8   71.9    1.9   -4.3  -10.4  -12.7
   Semiconductors and related 
      electronic components
334412-9   80.5   75.6   76.8   83.2   83.8    1.4   -2.6    8.0    6.0
       
Measures excluding selected high-technology 
      industries
     
Total industry     81.1   77.5   79.5   80.9   82.6     .2    -.3     .0    -.3
   Manufacturing[1]     79.9   75.7   78.1   79.8   81.3     .2    -.5    -.5    -.4
       
Stage-of-process groups      
Crude     86.4   85.2   88.0   83.0   89.5     .2     .2    1.6     .4
Primary and semifinished     82.2   79.3   81.3   83.5   84.1     .7     .0     .9     .6
Finished     77.8   72.2   73.9   76.5   77.9    -.2   -1.4   -1.8   -2.0

Note: Estimates for the third quarter of 2006 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases.
1. See footnote 2 to table 3. Return to table


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