Table 4
INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES
Percent change
Capacity indexes
| Annual rate | December to December | Percent of 1992 output
| 1967- 1967- 1975-| | |
| 1998 1975 1998 | | 1997 | 1997 1998
Item | Ave. Ave. Ave. | 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 | Apr. | Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
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Total industry | 3.1 3.8 2.8 | 3.9 5.0 4.5 4.7 4.8 | 149.0 | 153.0 153.6 154.2 154.8 155.4 156.0
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Manufacturing | 3.4 4.0 3.1 | 4.2 5.6 5.1 5.3 5.4 | 153.6 | 158.3 159.0 159.7 160.4 161.2 161.9
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Primary processing | 2.3 4.1 1.6 | 2.4 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.4 | 136.5 | 139.2 139.6 140.0 140.4 140.8 141.2
Advanced processing | 3.9 4.0 3.9 | 5.2 6.9 5.9 6.3 6.3 | 162.3 | 168.1 169.0 169.9 170.7 171.6 172.5
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Durable | 3.9 3.7 4.0 | 6.1 8.5 7.4 8.0 8.3 | 172.7 | 180.6 181.8 182.9 184.2 185.4 186.7
Lumber and products 24 | 2.0 2.9 1.6 | 3.0 3.9 4.5 4.0 1.5 | 138.2 | 141.3 141.8 142.1 142.2 142.4 142.6
Furniture and fixtures 25 | 3.2 4.5 2.6 | 2.5 4.0 6.0 4.8 2.5 | 150.6 | 154.7 155.3 155.7 156.1 156.4 156.7
Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 1.6 2.5 1.2 | .9 2.4 3.4 3.7 4.1 | 145.7 | 148.9 149.3 149.8 150.3 150.8 151.4
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Primary metals 33 | .5 1.7 .1 | 2.7 2.4 3.7 3.7 6.1 | 135.5 | 138.5 138.9 139.4 140.1 140.8 141.5
Iron and steel 331,2 | -.2 .7 -.6 | 3.1 1.4 4.5 3.8 5.3 | 134.9 | 137.9 138.3 138.8 139.4 140.0 140.6
Raw steel | -.5 .3 -.9 | 1.4 3.3 2.7 6.1 5.5 | 128.0 | 132.7 133.3 134.0 134.6 135.2 135.8
Nonferrous 333-6,9 | 1.8 3.8 1.1 | 2.2 3.5 2.8 3.7 7.1 | 136.0 | 138.9 139.3 139.9 140.7 141.5 142.3
Primary copper 3331 | .7 1.8 .3 | 3.2 8.3 -1.8 1.2 1.1 | 143.3 | 144.5 144.6 144.8 144.9 145.0 145.2
Primary aluminum 3334 | 1.2 5.2 -.3 | .5 .0 .2 .2 .0 | 104.0 | 104.1 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2 104.2
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Fabricated metal products 34 | 2.0 3.1 1.6 | 2.5 4.1 4.7 5.1 5.1 | 152.9 | 157.5 158.1 158.8 159.4 160.1 160.8
Industrial machinery | | | |
and equipment 35 | 5.6 4.7 6.0 | 8.6 11.0 11.4 11.6 11.7 | 197.0 | 210.0 211.9 213.8 215.9 217.9 220.0
Computer and office equip. 357 | 21.3 12.0 25.1 | 21.9 32.0 40.6 41.0 41.7 | 438.2 | 535.4 551.0 567.1 583.8 601.0 618.7
Electrical machinery 36 | 8.6 5.9 9.6 | 19.1 26.5 18.6 19.3 19.6 | 272.4 | 301.8 306.3 310.8 315.5 320.3 325.2
Semiconductors 3672-9 | 19.5 13.1 22.1 | 43.0 57.1 29.6 37.6 39.1 | 530.1 | 639.7 657.1 675.2 694.0 713.4 733.3
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Transportation equipment 37 | 2.7 3.0 2.6 | 3.4 3.8 2.3 3.5 3.5 | 152.1 | 155.2 155.7 156.1 156.6 157.0 157.5
Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 3.4 4.4 3.1 | 7.5 8.1 4.5 4.6 4.4 | 181.9 | 186.7 187.4 188.1 188.8 189.5 190.2
Autos and light trucks <1> | | 5.9 5.7 .8 2.4 2.6 | 160.4 | 162.7 163.0 163.4 163.7 164.1 164.5
Aerospace and misc. 372-6,9 | 1.6 1.1 1.7 | -1.1 -1.2 -.7 2.1 2.2 | 123.2 | 124.8 125.0 125.2 125.4 125.6 125.9
Instruments 38 | 4.6 7.6 3.4 | .0 .5 .8 1.9 3.7 | 134.2 | 135.7 136.0 136.3 136.7 137.1 137.5
Miscellaneous 39 | 2.4 4.4 1.6 | 1.9 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.9 | 155.1 | 158.0 158.4 158.9 159.4 159.9 160.4
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Nondurable | 2.8 4.3 2.1 | 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.1 | 134.0 | 135.7 136.0 136.2 136.5 136.7 136.9
Foods 20 | 2.4 3.0 2.2 | 2.1 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.0 | 135.3 | 137.1 137.4 137.7 137.9 138.1 138.3
Textile mill products 22 | 2.2 4.4 1.4 | 3.9 3.1 2.0 1.8 1.9 | 130.9 | 132.3 132.5 132.7 132.9 133.1 133.3
Apparel products 23 | 1.1 2.3 .7 | 1.6 2.2 .1 .0 .0 | 131.4 | 131.4 131.4 131.4 131.4 131.4 131.4
Paper and products 26 | 2.7 3.9 2.3 | 1.3 2.5 2.3 1.8 2.5 | 125.3 | 126.7 126.9 127.1 127.4 127.7 127.9
Pulp and paper 261-3 | 2.4 2.9 2.2 | 2.0 2.9 2.0 1.8 1.7 | 120.2 | 121.5 121.7 121.9 122.0 122.2 122.4
Printing and publishing 27 | 2.7 3.0 2.5 | .8 .7 1.0 .7 1.2 | 126.9 | 127.4 127.5 127.6 127.7 127.8 127.9
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Chemicals and products 28 | 3.8 6.8 2.6 | 2.7 2.8 3.6 3.3 2.7 | 144.7 | 147.5 148.0 148.3 148.7 149.0 149.3
Plastics materials 2821 | 6.5 12.7 4.2 | 6.2 5.3 6.6 5.5 5.1 | 137.5 | 141.9 142.5 143.1 143.7 144.3 144.9
Synthetic fibers 2823,4 | 3.7 9.7 1.5 | .4 .4 -.4 3.9 1.7 | 121.0 | 123.9 124.3 124.6 124.8 124.9 125.1
Petroleum products 29 | 1.5 4.2 .4 | 2.1 -.5 .4 1.8 1.2 | 114.5 | 115.7 115.9 116.1 116.2 116.3 116.4
Rubber and plastics products 30 | 5.3 8.4 4.1 | 4.4 5.1 4.4 4.2 3.4 | 143.6 | 147.0 147.5 147.9 148.3 148.7 149.1
Leather and products 31 | -3.3 -1.5 -3.9 | -2.1 -2.6 -2.3 -2.8 -3.5 | 107.1 | 105.4 105.1 104.9 104.5 104.2 103.9
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Mining | .2 -.1 .3 | 1.1 -.7 .4 .7 .8 | 117.8 | 118.2 118.3 118.3 118.4 118.4 118.5
Metal mining 10 | 1.3 .5 1.6 | -1.8 1.2 .5 .8 1.4 | 117.8 | 118.5 118.6 118.8 118.9 119.1 119.2
Coal mining 12 | 2.3 2.4 2.3 | 4.3 -.7 1.2 1.7 1.7 | 125.8 | 127.1 127.2 127.4 127.6 127.8 128.0
Oil and gas extraction 13 | -.5 -1.0 -.3 | .3 -1.2 -.1 .1 .2 | 113.6 | 113.6 113.6 113.6 113.6 113.6 113.6
Oil and gas well drilling 138 | .7 .8 .7 | -.6 -1.6 -1.2 1.1 1.4 | 174.6 | 175.7 175.9 176.1 176.3 176.5 176.7
Stone and earth minerals 14 | 1.4 2.6 1.0 | 2.3 2.4 3.5 4.0 3.6 | 138.0 | 141.2 141.6 142.0 142.4 142.8 143.2
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Utilities | 2.7 6.1 1.4 | 1.2 2.1 1.5 1.3 1.0 | 126.1 | 127.1 127.2 127.3 127.4 127.5 127.6
Electric 491,3pt | 3.7 7.8 2.2 | 1.0 2.8 1.5 1.3 1.0 | 124.4 | 125.4 125.5 125.6 125.7 125.8 126.0
Gas 492,3pt | .4 2.3 -.3 | .4 .5 2.2 1.9 1.6 | 134.7 | 136.2 136.4 136.6 136.8 137.0 137.1
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SPECIAL AGGREGATES | | | |
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Computers, communications eq, and | | | |
semiconductors | 15.7 9.5 18.2 | 28.3 38.7 29.3 30.5 31.5 | 404.8 | 472.7 483.2 494.3 505.8 517.5 529.6
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Manufacturing ex. computers, | | | |
communications eq., and | | | |
semiconductors | 2.4 3.7 1.9 | 2.4 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.1 | 140.8 | 143.3 143.7 144.0 144.4 144.8 145.1
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<1> Series begins in 1977.