Table 2A
 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: INDUSTRY GROUPS
                                                     |             |                                   Index, 1992=100
                                                     |    1998     |           Seasonally adjusted            |         Not seasonally adjusted
                                                     |    IP       |  1999                                    |  1999                                    
 Item                                                |Proportion<1>|  Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May   June   July |  Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May   June   July 
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  Total index                                        |   100.00    | 132.5  133.3  133.7  134.0  134.2  135.1 | 132.0  133.6  132.2  132.3  137.1  133.3 
                                                     |             |                                          |
  Manufacturing                                      |    88.55    | 136.9  137.5  138.0  138.4  138.6  139.4 | 136.0  137.9  137.4  137.6  142.4  136.9 
                                                     |             |                                          |
     Primary processing                              |    27.97    | 121.6  121.7  121.7  121.7  122.0  122.9 | 120.7  121.3  122.2  121.5  124.3  121.5 
     Advanced processing                             |    60.59    | 144.6  145.4  146.2  146.8  146.9  147.7 | 143.3  146.1  144.7  145.4  151.3  144.3 
                                                     |             |                                          |
     Durable                                         |    49.28    | 161.7  163.1  164.1  165.0  165.4  166.6 | 162.7  166.7  164.2  164.8  170.3  159.2 
        Lumber and products   24                     |     2.12    | 122.1  120.7  120.4  122.7  121.1  121.4 | 119.3  119.7  120.8  121.5  125.8  119.9 
        Furniture and fixtures   25                  |     1.41    | 124.5  126.1  123.6  125.0  124.7  125.9 | 123.6  122.6  122.0  122.5  126.5  125.3 
        Stone, clay, and glass products   32         |     2.43    | 132.2  131.1  128.8  128.4  128.3  129.6 | 125.9  127.2  128.6  129.0  132.8  131.5 
                                                     |             |                                          |
        Primary metals   33                          |     3.60    | 118.5  122.0  122.4  122.5  124.2  124.9 | 121.7  125.5  125.1  123.2  125.1  119.6 
           Iron and steel   331,2                    |     1.91    | 112.6  117.1  118.9  119.3  122.7  123.5 | 116.3  120.4  122.4  120.0  123.8  119.0 
              Raw steel                              |      .09    | 106.6  109.1  110.5  113.4  110.9  114.9 | 111.1  113.4  113.2  114.0  111.1  109.1 
           Nonferrous   333-6,9                      |     1.69    | 125.6  127.9  126.6  126.4  126.0  126.6 | 128.1  131.7  128.5  127.1  126.7  120.4 
        Fabricated metal products   34               |     5.55    | 126.7  127.5  127.6  126.6  127.5  128.9 | 124.7  125.9  125.1  125.3  129.5  128.4 
       Industrial machinery                          |             |                                          |
            and equipment   35                       |     9.98    | 213.9  217.6  219.5  219.6  219.4  221.7 | 214.6  218.7  220.4  220.1  224.9  221.2 
           Computer and office equip.   357          |     2.25    | 789.3  828.3  859.3  883.8  907.2  929.9 | 755.5  769.8  833.4  858.2  939.6   1001 
        Electrical machinery   36                    |     8.56    | 309.2  313.1  322.2  328.1  331.9  341.2 | 309.4  329.8  312.3  318.3  349.3  329.4 
          Semiconductors and related                 |             |                                          |
              electronic components   3672-9         |     3.46    | 800.2  822.7  852.1  879.6  903.3  928.4 | 797.4  921.2  800.7  835.1  994.3  853.9 
                                                     |             |                                          |
        Transportation equipment   37                |     9.43    | 125.6  125.5  124.9  124.7  125.5  123.9 | 132.0  134.8  129.6  129.7  130.0   99.8 
           Motor vehicles and parts   371            |     5.14    | 147.9  149.2  149.4  150.7  153.5  150.4 | 161.2  167.7  158.7  161.0  162.4  101.7 
              Autos and light trucks                 |     2.55    | 137.3  136.3  138.7  141.1  145.4  135.0 | 152.3  155.6  144.9  152.1  150.5   82.2 
           Aerospace and misc.   372-6,9             |     4.30    | 103.7  102.4  101.1   99.7   98.5   98.3 | 104.0  103.4  101.8   99.7   99.2   96.1 
        Instruments   38                             |     4.88    | 113.8  114.6  115.6  117.5  115.7  116.6 | 112.3  113.2  113.9  115.0  117.5  118.5 
        Miscellaneous   39                           |     1.32    | 115.8  116.7  118.2  119.4  118.4  118.4 | 114.3  116.8  117.9  118.5  118.9  115.1 
                                                     |             |                                          |
     Nondurable                                      |    39.28    | 111.9  111.7  111.8  111.7  111.7  112.1 | 108.9  109.0  110.2  110.1  114.1  113.6 
        Foods   20                                   |     9.00    | 112.3  111.4  111.4  110.9  110.6  110.4 | 106.5  106.6  107.5  108.7  113.0  113.3 
        Tobacco products   21                        |     1.29    |  97.4   97.3   96.0   97.2   96.3   97.0 | 102.0  104.5   92.2   91.0  106.4   83.5 
        Textile mill products   22                   |     1.56    | 110.6  109.0  111.4  110.8  111.1  111.6 | 108.5  108.4  115.2  113.3  116.5  108.9 
        Apparel products   23                        |     1.73    |  93.6   93.3   94.0   92.8   92.4   93.0 |  92.0   92.0   92.1   92.6   94.2   91.4 
        Paper and products   26                      |     3.50    | 116.4  116.5  114.6  114.2  115.0  114.1 | 118.5  116.8  115.7  112.4  116.0  114.0 
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        Printing and publishing   27                 |     6.79    | 103.8  103.7  104.3  104.1  104.0  104.1 | 100.0   99.4  103.5  101.5  104.4  107.2 
        Chemicals and products   28                  |     9.78    | 114.4  115.1  115.1  115.5  116.3  116.8 | 111.5  112.6  113.3  113.8  119.1  121.5 
        Petroleum products   29                      |     1.59    | 116.4  113.1  114.3  113.0  111.2  114.5 | 107.4  105.6  112.5  115.0  116.1  119.6 
        Rubber and plastics products   30            |     3.83    | 135.2  135.4  136.2  137.4  136.6  138.7 | 135.5  136.1  136.1  137.1  138.8  133.8 
        Leather and products   31                    |      .21    |  70.5   70.7   70.3   70.6   70.4   68.8 |  69.9   71.0   70.9   71.4   72.4   66.2 
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  Mining                                             |     5.19    |  98.9   98.9   98.3   98.4   98.3   99.0 |  96.3   96.4   97.6   98.6  100.1   99.5 
     Metal mining   10                               |      .36    | 108.4  104.1  105.2   98.8   93.5   93.1 | 106.9  103.5  103.5   98.7   96.8   93.6 
     Coal mining   12                                |      .82    | 109.1  103.4  106.8  106.1  106.5  109.6 | 114.8  107.5  106.3  103.4  107.0  102.6 
     Oil and gas extraction   13                     |     3.38    |  91.7   93.3   91.8   92.4   92.7   93.2 |  92.4   92.7   91.8   91.9   92.2   92.5 
     Stone and earth minerals   14                   |      .64    | 127.7  129.1  126.7  128.7  128.9  129.1 |  93.7  105.7  124.7  141.2  150.4  151.4 
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  Utilities                                          |     6.25    | 111.3  116.7  115.8  115.4  115.8  118.7 | 119.3  118.9  104.9  103.1  110.6  123.2 
     Electric   491,3pt                              |     5.28    | 114.1  118.9  118.2  117.8  118.0  121.8 | 113.3  113.3  105.5  109.2  121.9  137.9 
     Gas         492,3pt                             |      .97    |  98.6  106.9  104.5  104.3  105.7  104.2 | 152.8  150.0  106.5   78.0   61.2   58.3 
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 SPECIAL AGGREGATES                                  |             |                                          |
                                                     |             |                                          |
 Computers, communications eq, and                   |             |                                          |
     semiconductors      2                           |     7.81    | 580.0  597.8  620.1  640.2  655.0  673.2 | 572.1  617.7  598.6  618.2  692.7  667.2 
                                                     |             |                                          |
 Manufacturing excluding:                            |             |                                          |
     Motor vehicles and parts                        |    83.41    | 136.3  136.8  137.4  137.7  137.7  138.8 | 134.4  136.1  136.1  136.1  141.2  138.9 
     Computer and office equipment                   |    86.30    | 131.2  131.5  131.9  132.1  132.2  132.9 | 130.4  132.3  131.4  131.4  135.8  130.1 
     Computers and semiconductors      2             |    82.84    | 120.5  120.7  120.8  120.8  120.7  121.3 | 119.6  120.5  120.5  120.3  123.4  118.8 
    Computers, communications eq, and                |             |                                          |
     semiconductors      2                           |    80.74    | 118.9  119.0  119.0  118.9  118.8  119.2 | 118.0  118.9  118.8  118.5  121.5  116.8 
 Memo:  Motor vehicle assemblies [3]                 |             |                                          |
  Total                                              |             |  12.7   12.6   12.9   13.0   13.4   12.6 |  13.0   15.3   13.6   13.6   14.1    7.9 
     Autos                                           |             |   5.5    5.6    5.7    5.5    5.6    5.4 |   5.5    6.7    5.9    5.7    6.2    3.4 
     Trucks                                          |             |   7.2    7.1    7.2    7.6    7.8    7.2 |   7.5    8.6    7.7    7.9    7.9    4.4 
        Light                                        |             |   6.8    6.6    6.7    7.1    7.3    6.7 |   7.1    8.1    7.2    7.4    7.5    4.0 
        Heavy and medium                             |             |   0.4    0.4    0.4    0.4    0.4    0.6 |   0.4    0.5    0.5    0.4    0.5    0.4 
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 <1> The IP proportion data are estimates of the industries' relative contributions to overall IP growth in the following year.
 <2> Semiconductors include related electronic components.
 [3] Millions of units at an annual rate.
 Notes:  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, and stone, clay, and
         glass products.  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, transportation equipment, instruments, and miscellaneous manufactures.
         Estimates for the month of July are preliminary.  Estimates from April to June are revised.