Table 6
Capacity Utilization
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
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| | 1967- 1988- 1990- 1994-| |
| 2001 | 2001 89 91 95| 2001 2002 | 2002
Item | Proportion| Ave. High Low High| Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 r | Feb. Mar. Apr. May
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Total industry | 100.00 | 81.9 85.4 78.1 84.5 | 77.4 76.2 74.7 75.1 | 75.0 75.3 75.4 75.5
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Manufacturing | 87.62 | 80.9 85.7 76.6 84.1 | 75.6 74.5 73.1 73.5 | 73.5 73.8 73.8 73.9
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Durable | 49.11 | 79.4 84.6 73.1 83.7 | 73.8 72.0 70.1 70.6 | 70.6 70.8 70.9 71.0
Lumber and products 24 | 2.14 | 82.4 93.6 75.5 88.3 | 76.2 77.6 75.6 75.1 | 74.4 75.2 75.0 75.3
Furniture and fixtures 25 | 1.57 | 81.2 86.6 72.5 84.3 | 75.3 73.8 72.3 72.3 | 72.5 72.6 73.6 73.6
Stone, clay, and glass products 32 | 2.47 | 78.9 83.5 69.7 82.2 | 81.2 79.8 78.4 77.6 | 77.7 77.5 77.6 77.5
Primary metals 33 | 2.88 | 81.6 92.7 73.7 95.4 | 79.9 78.2 72.6 74.9 | 74.8 75.6 75.8 76.2
Fabricated metals 34 | 6.06 | 77.8 82.0 71.9 85.2 | 72.5 72.3 71.0 71.1 | 70.8 71.1 71.4 71.7
Industrial machinery and equipment 35 | 8.29 | 81.0 85.4 72.3 87.2 | 73.0 69.9 67.5 68.4 | 68.4 68.9 68.9 69.9
Electrical machinery 36 | 9.17 | 81.1 84.0 75.0 90.6 | 69.2 65.1 64.6 65.6 | 65.7 66.0 66.0 66.5
Motor vehicles and parts 371 | 6.47 | 77.0 89.1 55.9 85.1 | 75.8 76.5 74.1 77.5 | 77.8 78.0 79.6 78.7
Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | |
transportation equipment 372-6,9 | 4.29 | 75.1 87.3 79.2 69.0 | 73.2 71.0 67.5 63.8 | 63.9 62.8 61.9 60.6
Instruments 38 | 4.57 | 81.1 81.4 77.2 78.3 | 74.9 73.4 73.1 72.9 | 72.5 72.6 72.3 72.3
Miscellaneous 39 | 1.19 | 76.0 79.0 71.7 80.7 | 75.8 74.2 71.3 72.7 | 72.3 73.4 72.9 73.3
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Nondurable | 38.51 | 83.0 87.3 80.7 84.6 | 77.9 77.7 77.1 77.4 | 77.3 77.7 77.6 77.8
Food and tobacco products 20,21 | 10.86 | 83.1 85.9 81.6 85.7 | 79.9 79.8 79.9 80.6 | 80.6 81.0 80.9 80.7
Textile mill products 22 | 1.20 | 85.2 90.4 77.7 92.5 | 74.9 73.3 71.5 74.3 | 74.4 76.4 76.4 76.9
Apparel products 23 | 1.60 | 80.6 85.1 75.5 85.9 | 70.9 68.4 65.9 67.1 | 66.6 67.4 66.7 66.9
Paper and products 26 | 3.19 | 88.3 93.5 85.0 92.0 | 78.5 78.1 76.1 75.0 | 74.4 75.0 75.7 76.1
Printing and publishing 27 | 6.61 | 84.9 91.7 79.6 82.2 | 74.9 73.9 72.7 71.0 | 70.9 71.1 70.8 71.1
Chemicals and products 28 | 9.60 | 79.2 86.2 79.3 79.9 | 75.6 76.4 77.2 77.5 | 77.4 77.5 77.2 77.3
Petroleum products 29 | 1.63 | 87.5 88.5 85.1 92.9 | 94.5 92.5 92.7 94.7 | 95.4 95.1 94.9 94.4
Rubber and plastics products 30 | 3.64 | 84.5 89.6 77.4 91.4 | 78.9 78.4 76.3 77.5 | 77.4 78.7 79.1 79.9
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Mining | 6.14 | 87.6 88.0 87.0 89.3 | 91.8 90.7 87.6 85.3 | 85.6 84.5 85.3 86.0
Utilities | 6.24 | 87.6 92.6 83.4 92.5 | 88.1 86.3 83.6 84.3 | 84.9 85.9 86.4 85.3
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Selected high-technology industries | 8.52 | 80.0 81.9 72.4 88.2 | 66.4 61.3 60.7 63.0 | 63.4 63.9 64.0 64.2
Computers and office equipment 357 | 2.05 | 80.7 86.9 66.9 85.3 | 66.8 63.2 62.8 66.6 | 66.8 67.9 68.4 68.2
Communications equipment 366 | 1.92 | 80.1 84.8 73.4 88.7 | 68.8 62.8 57.9 54.7 | 54.7 54.8 53.4 52.8
Semiconductors and related | | | |
electronic components 3672-9 | 4.55 | 79.6 81.1 75.6 91.0 | 65.0 59.7 60.9 64.7 | 65.3 65.8 66.2 66.9
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Measures excluding selected high-technology | | | |
industries | | | |
Total industry | 91.48 | 82.0 85.7 78.4 84.2 | 78.5 77.8 76.2 76.4 | 76.4 76.6 76.8 76.9
Manufacturing | 79.10 | 81.0 86.1 76.8 83.8 | 76.7 76.1 74.7 75.0 | 74.8 75.1 75.2 75.3
Industrial machinery 351-6,8,9 | 6.24 | 81.0 85.5 74.0 88.2 | 75.5 72.6 69.5 69.7 | 69.5 69.8 69.8 71.1
Electrical machinery 361-5,9,71 | 2.71 | 83.2 87.5 74.3 93.6 | 76.7 76.1 76.0 75.6 | 75.1 75.3 75.5 76.4
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Primary processing | 33.80 | 82.0 88.3 76.7 88.8 | 75.8 74.7 73.3 74.6 | 74.6 75.1 75.4 75.6
Advanced processing | 53.82 | 80.3 84.2 76.6 81.3 | 75.5 74.3 73.0 72.8 | 72.7 72.9 72.8 72.8
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Note. See notes to table 2.
Estimates for the month of May are preliminary. Estimates from February to April are revised.