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Release Date: May 28, 2021
Table 9 Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization: SUMMARY
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Industrial production 2017=100 Percent change
2020 2021 2020 2021 Apr. '20 to
Apr. '21
Nov.[r] Dec.[r] Jan.[r] Feb.[r] Mar.[r] Apr.[r] Nov.[r] Dec.[r] Jan.[r] Feb.[r] Mar.[r] Apr.[r]
       
Total index 97.2 98.3 99.3 96.4 98.5 99.0 .5 1.2 1.0 -2.9 2.2 .5 17.6
Previous estimates 104.8 105.9 106.8 103.1 105.6 106.3 .9 1.1 .9 -3.5 2.4 .7 16.5
       
Major market groups      
Final Products 97.2 98.7 99.7 97.8 99.1 99.5 .5 1.5 1.0 -2.0 1.4 .4 23.8
Consumer goods 98.3 100.4 100.8 98.3 99.0 99.5 .1 2.2 .4 -2.5 .7 .5 18.5
Business equipment 91.2 91.6 93.4 91.5 94.1 94.1 1.1 .4 2.0 -2.0 2.9 .0 44.2
Nonindustrial supplies 95.0 96.1 96.5 94.6 96.2 96.1 .1 1.2 .4 -2.0 1.6 -.1 14.4
Construction 98.7 100.3 101.0 97.5 101.8 100.5 .5 1.7 .7 -3.4 4.4 -1.3 15.0
Materials 97.7 98.6 99.8 95.5 98.5 99.5 .8 .9 1.2 -4.2 3.1 .9 13.0
       
Major industry groups      
Manufacturing (see note below) 96.2 96.8 98.0 94.5 97.3 97.5 .6 .7 1.2 -3.6 3.0 .2 22.9
Previous estimates 101.8 102.6 103.8 99.7 102.8 103.2 .9 .7 1.2 -4.0 3.1 .4 23.0
       
Mining 100.3 100.4 103.6 95.0 103.2 104.2 3.5 .1 3.2 -8.3 8.6 .9 1.2
Utilities 97.8 103.5 100.8 107.7 98.1 100.6 -2.5 5.8 -2.6 6.9 -8.9 2.5 1.3

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Capacity utilization Percent of capacity Capacity
growth
Average
1972-
2020
1988-
89
high
1990-
91
low
1994-
95
high
2008-
09
low
 
2020
Apr.
   
2020 2021 Apr. '20 to
Apr. '21
Nov.[r] Dec.[r] Jan.[r] Feb.[r] Mar.[r] Apr.[r]
       
Total industry 79.6 85.2 78.8 85.1 66.6 63.4 73.3 74.2 74.9 72.7 74.2 74.6 -.1
Previous estimates 79.6 85.1 78.8 85.0 66.7 64.2 73.9 74.7 75.3 72.7 74.4 74.9 -.1
       
Manufacturing (see note below) 78.2 85.6 77.3 84.7 63.5 60.8 74.0 74.5 75.4 72.7 74.9 75.1 -.5
Previous estimates 78.1 85.5 77.3 84.6 63.7 60.1 73.1 73.7 74.6 71.6 73.8 74.1 -.2
Mining 86.2 86.0 83.8 88.3 78.3 71.7 70.3 70.6 73.0 67.0 72.9 73.7 -1.6
Utilities 85.0 93.1 84.6 93.2 78.0 73.8 71.4 75.4 73.2 78.1 71.0 72.6 2.8
       
Stage-of-process groups      
Crude 85.4 87.7 84.6 89.7 76.5 72.1 73.0 73.2 74.7 67.0 72.4 73.9 -1.0
Primary and semifinished 80.2 86.5 78.1 87.9 63.5 64.7 72.8 74.2 74.3 73.8 73.7 74.0 .2
Finished 76.8 83.4 77.5 80.7 66.5 59.1 73.9 74.5 75.7 73.7 75.6 75.6 -.4
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Note. The statistics in this release cover output, capacity, and capacity utilization in the U.S. industrial sector, which is defined by the Federal Reserve to comprise manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities. Mining is defined as all industries in sector 21 of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS); electric and gas utilities are those in NAICS sectors 2211 and 2212. Manufacturing comprises NAICS manufacturing industries (sector 31-33) plus the logging industry and the newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishing industries. Logging and publishing are classified elsewhere in NAICS (under agriculture and information respectively), but historically they were considered to be manufacturing and were included in the industrial sector under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. In December 2002 the Federal Reserve reclassified all of its industrial output data from the SIC system to NAICS.
Last Update: May 28, 2021