# Record for the Final Section 316(b) Existing Facilities Rule

Author: Abt Associates Inc. Date Created: Date Modified: 2/21/2012 Purpose: This file contains capacity utilization rates for selected industries by NAICS codes. This data was used to create capacity utilization profiles for the 316(b) manufacturing industries.

File Contents: Worksheet Contents Introduction Contains source information. Utilization Rates Contains capacity utilization data, by quarter, for 2008 and 2009 for a select group of industries. Appendix Contains information on the survey methodology and reliability of the data.

2009_qtr_combined_tables_final_q4.xlsx FileInfo 1

# Record for the Final Section 316(b) Existing Facilities Rule 

# Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization: 2009

Address inquiries concerning this report to U. S. Census Bureau, Manufacturing and Construction Division, HQ-7K145, 4600 Silver Hill Rd., Washington DC 20233, or call survey staff at 800-201-4647 and choose option 5. The U.S. Census Bureau reports U.S. domestic manufacturing plants used an estimated 64.1 percent (+/- 1.6 percent) of their full production capacity for the fourth quarter 2009, compared with 65.5 percent (+/- 3.0 percent) for the third quarter 2009 and 63.9 percent (+/- 1.6 percent) for the fourth quarter 2008, not adjusted for seasonal variation, holiday or trading-day differences.

Data are obtained from a sample of manufacturing and publishing establishments by means of a mailed questionnaire or an electronic instrument. Selected establishments are asked to report actual production and an estimate of their full production capability. We derive utilization rates from these reported dollar values that are not adjusted for price change. The industry classifications for this report are based on the 2002 edition of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) manual published by the Office of Management and Budget. The Federal Reserve Board (FRB), who funds the survey, developed the industry groups shown.

The fourth quarter 2009 rates in this release are based on unit response from approximately75% of the survey sample. The Census Bureau also tracks and measures item response for each component used to calculate the utilization rates and the average plant hours per week in operation. These items are reported at an approximately 73% response rate. The item response rates are available upon request.

2009_qtr_combined_tables_final_q4.xlsx Introduction 2Record for the Final Section 316(b) Existing Facilities Rule



### TABLE 1. Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization : 2009 and 2008

NAICS Code(s) Description Utilization RateStandard

ErrorAverage Plant hours per week in operationStandard

Error Utilization RateStandard

ErrorAverage Plant hours per week in operationStandard

Error 1/ Utilization RateStandard

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31-33All manufacturing 2/ 64.1 0.8 59.2 0.9 65.5 1.5 59.2 0.9 59.6 1.0 57.9 0.8 58.5 0.9 58.3 0.8 3111, 7, 8Animal food, bakery and tortilla mfg,

seafood product preparation and packaging 68.2 6.0 71.3 7.8 61.1 8.1 74.0 7.6 54.8 9.4 68.7 7.1 c 57.8 8.6 68.6 6.8 3112, 5, 6Grain and oilseed milling, dairy, and animal

slaughtering and processing 80.4 2.9 87.8 9.6 80.6 2.7 84.3 9.0 83.8 3.3 82.2 9.2 80.5 3.4 79.6 8.4 3113, 4Sugar and confectionary product, fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food mfg. 73.2 3.6 100.5 12.2 74.1 4.8 99.4 12.9 61.2 3.5 90.7 12.2 64.4 3.0 83.2 11.7 31191Snack food mfg. 67.5 2.9 99.3 9.8 67.6 2.5 119.2 4.6 67.7 2.8 99.8 10.0 66.2 2.6 94.6 7.7 31192Coffee and tea mfg. 69.6 0.5 73.0 3.1 67.3 0.5 70.4 2.7 61.0 0.4 70.7 2.9 61.1 0.4 73.5 2.7 31193, 4, 9Other food mfg. 63.4 1.0 84.1 8.3 65.9 1.1 87.4 8.3 67.7 0.7 85.1 6.8 65.9 1.0 84.3 7.8 3121Beverage mfg. 63.9 7.8 80.0 15.3 71.5 6.6 85.5 15.0 68.9 7.8 76.2 14.7 68.0 6.4 74.413.4 3122Tobacco mfg. 65.0 0.2 98.4 2.0 64.4 0.3 95.4 2.2 62.8 0.1 96.6 1.9 63.4 0.4 97.7 2.0 3131Fiber, yarn, and thread mills 74.6 2.6 127.6 11.4 75.2 2.7 134.2 11.0 76.5 2.0 132.1 10.7 69.6 2.4 130.010.0 3132Fabric mills 59.5 2.2 82.5 11.2 61.5 2.4 74.4 13.8 57.9 2.0 79.7 12.8 c 57.4 2.0 92.6 5.0 3133Textile and fabric finishing, and fabric coating mills c 56.3 7.8 55.9 10.8 c 55.3 7.2 51.1 6.4 c 44.9 5.2 55.6 9.7 c 49.4 6.1 48.5 4.5 3141Textile furnishings mills 51.7 4.1 52.0 7.7 48.8 5.7 52.3 8.1 47.6 7.9 51.3 7.7 c 45.3 7.1 51.4 7.6 3149Other textile product mills 68.5 2.5 53.3 6.5 65.7 2.4 48.6 3.4 62.9 2.1 50.9 6.2 63.7 4.0 48.5 5.6 31511Hosiery and sock mills 41.8 4.5 91.9 10.8 42.5 3.6 79.9 9.9 42.8 3.6 86.5 10.0 49.6 4.3 83.6 8.3 31519Other apparel knitting mills c 76.5 0.4 60.9 8.3 c 73.3 1.3 47.3 3.5 c 62.8 1.7 58.9 10.8 c 56.6 1.8 44.2 7.0 31521Cut and sew apparel contractors c 67.3 4.5 38.6 1.2 c 61.6 3.8 39.4 1.8 c 65.5 4.2 36.7 1.9 c 74.3 0.5 35.7 2.2 31522Men's and boy's cut and sew apparel mfg. c 79.2 3.1 42.3 1.9 c 80.2 2.6 44.9 3.5 c 79.9 2.5 39.8 2.5 c 81.2 3.0 44.1 2.8 31523Women's and girl's cut and sew apparel c 76.6 3.8 36.5 2.6 c 81.5 3.5 36.4 2.7 c 82.8 4.5 36.5 2.7 c 86.3 3.4 35.8 2.1 31529Other cut and sew apparel mfg. c 63.1 0.4 40.0 0.3 c 65.4 0.4 40.5 0.4 c 62.8 0.5 39.1 0.5 c 64.9 0.6 41.3 0.5 3159Apparel accessories and other apparel mfg. 60.3 5.4 40.1 1.4 64.6 5.1 44.0 3.2 71.2 3.6 45.6 2.8 c 75.2 4.3 43.6 3.0 3161Leather and hide tanning and finishing 72.8 0.6 50.6 1.4 63.4 0.4 48.9 1.2 62.9 0.4 51.2 1.4 c 44.8 0.5 47.8 1.2 3162Footwear mfg. 62.8 2.3 52.1 2.7 60.8 2.3 52.4 3.0 64.1 1.9 47.7 3.5 62.8 2.0 47.4 3.4 3169Other leather and allied product mfg. c 53.5 4.4 40.6 0.4 c 48.8 4.1 40.3 0.4 c 46.3 2.9 40.2 1.0 c 46.3 3.3 40.2 1.8 3211Sawmills and wood preservation 52.6 4.5 51.2 5.4 49.7 6.8 51.1 5.5 54.9 6.5 46.5 5.9 55.5 7.5 50.5 5.0 3212Veneer, plywood, and engineered wood product mfg. 42.3 7.3 53.0 7.9 51.4 7.2 48.9 7.0 47.9 6.7 48.9 7.8 36.6 4.8 46.9 6.5 3219Other wood product mfg. 52.4 3.2 43.8 1.8 52.3 3.6 41.2 1.5 48.5 3.7 39.7 1.2 40.9 4.1 41.8 1.7 32211Pulp mills 90.8 0.3 156.3 2.2 89.7 0.5 156.3 2.2 84.2 1.9 155.1 2.7 c 83.8 0.3 162.4 1.2 32212Paper mills 83.5 2.1 140.6 9.9 86.9 1.8 141.2 9.9 82.1 2.1 141.2 9.9 82.5 2.4 140.011.0 32213Paperboard mills 86.5 2.5 91.5 32.7 84.5 1.9 91.9 32.7 83.1 2.5 89.2 31.2 76.5 2.1 73.627.2 3222Converted paper product mfg. 68.1 2.6 83.5 6.4 70.1 2.7 82.1 6.9 66.6 3.4 81.2 6.6 67.2 2.7 76.1 6.0 3231Printing and related support activities c 56.3 2.9 55.2 3.6 c 49.2 5.2 53.5 3.2 55.3 6.4 53.8 3.3 c 55.5 5.0 55.6 3.5 32411Petroleum refineries 80.0 3.1 163.1 3.6 85.4 3.1 164.2 3.5 87.4 3.0 168.0 0.0 77.7 4.6 163.3 4.3 32412, 9Paving, roofing, and all other petroleum and

coal products mfg. 46.3 4.8 58.1 6.5 59.8 5.0 62.7 7.6 47.4 4.0 61.2 7.3 34.6 5.6 68.310.5 32511Petrochemical mfg. 77.5 2.2 156.0 4.1 79.8 2.2 156.9 3.7 77.3 3.1 156.0 4.1 62.1 3.4 162.2 1.8 325193Ethyl Alcohol mfg. 97.3 1.2 157.9 5.6 94.8 1.6 152.2 6.6 76.2 12.3 163.9 1.0 80.3 10.4 157.3 5.4 325191, 2, 9Gum, wood chemical, cyclic crude and

intermediate, and all other basic organic chemical mfg. 70.1 5.6 125.0 29.6 74.1 5.2 117.2 27.2 61.6 4.5 107.8 21.4 56.6 4.6 112.026.3 32512, 3,8Industrial gas, synthetic organic dye and

pigment, and other basic inorganic chemical mfg. 68.7 1.3 98.8 11.8 67.6 1.2 105.4 13.1 64.2 0.9 94.1 11.6 65.9 1.3 101.5 14.0 2009 Quarter 3 2009 2009 Quarter 2 Quarter 1 2009 Quarter 4

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### TABLE 1. Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization : 2009 and 2008

NAICS Code(s) Description Utilization RateStandard

ErrorAverage Plant hours per week in operationStandard

Error Utilization RateStandard

ErrorAverage Plant hours per week in operationStandard

Error 1/ Utilization RateStandard

ErrorAverage Plant hours per week in operationStandard

Error 1/ Utilization RateStandard

ErrorAverage Plant hours per week in operationStandard

Error 1/ 2009 Quarter 3 2009 2009 Quarter 2 Quarter 1 2009 Quarter 4

325211Plastics material and resin mfg. 75.3 4.7 112.9 7.8 76.8 3.7 111.2 7.7 70.9 4.0 115.8 6.7 c 66.8 4.4 116.4 9.4 325212Synthetic rubber mfg. 69.8 2.1 63.6 18.4 66.5 1.1 64.4 18.8 63.0 1.9 63.2 18.2 56.1 2.3 64.418.9 32522Artificial and synthetic fibers and filaments mfg. c 78.7 2.9 160.4 2.8 77.2 2.6 154.5 4.3 65.9 2.5 163.1 1.5 47.2 2.2 156.3 4.8 32531Fertilizer mfg. 74.1 1.7 81.6 11.7 74.6 1.7 80.7 11.2 75.0 1.3 94.9 16.9 67.0 1.0 93.9 17.2 32532Pesticide and other agricultural chemical mfg. 61.5 2.6 44.2 2.0 36.5 3.0 43.6 1.7 49.1 5.2 44.9 2.5 69.1 3.0 45.6 2.8 3254Pharmaceutical and medicine mfg. 68.8 3.6 62.9 7.2 67.1 3.2 63.8 7.5 62.9 2.2 69.0 9.0 c 63.5 2.1 65.0 8.2 3255Paint, coating, and adhesive mfg. c 46.6 7.4 48.2 3.1 56.7 5.8 51.2 4.9 57.3 6.3 51.8 6.0 48.7 6.1 50.2 4.0 3256Soap, cleaning compound, and toilet preparation mfg. 54.8 5.4 47.7 2.6 57.3 5.1 47.0 3.6 54.1 5.0 45.1 3.1 c 52.7 4.7 47.2 3.3 3259Other chemical product and preparation 58.1 3.6 72.0 10.0 59.7 3.2 70.2 9.9 55.1 3.0 73.6 9.0 51.6 3.6 75.3 8.7 3261Plastics product mfg. 51.3 3.6 94.7 7.3 58.0 3.7 94.6 7.2 52.7 4.7 92.3 7.1 48.5 2.5 84.8 7.1 32621Tire mfg. 67.1 5.3 78.3 9.8 65.7 5.7 76.5 19.2 63.8 4.7 92.6 19.2 67.4 4.7 67.411.9 32622, 9All other rubber product (excluding tires) 55.9 3.6 66.3 7.9 51.8 4.3 68.2 7.9 49.7 3.9 75.0 9.0 55.1 3.2 76.4 8.7 3271Clay product and refractory mfg. 44.2 4.4 63.0 9.3 44.1 4.0 62.5 8.1 38.7 3.3 57.7 5.7 38.8 4.2 78.2 9.0 3272Glass and glass product mfg. 66.1 8.8 77.6 15.2 68.5 8.2 84.4 17.0 65.4 8.2 108.0 20.4 66.6 6.7 86.717.6 32731Cement mfg. 46.1 3.5 113.6 20.2 57.8 3.2 140.9 8.0 54.8 3.5 126.5 12.0 54.5 7.2 137.0 5.7 32732, 9Ready-mix concrete; concrete pipe, brick,

and block; and other concrete mfg. 28.5 2.8 42.0 1.2 38.1 3.2 43.6 1.4 37.9 3.1 42.6 1.6 31.9 2.8 42.7 1.2 3274Lime and gypsum product mfg. 51.2 8.8 116.0 10.6 61.2 7.3 140.8 13.4 54.6 8.9 120.6 10.1 60.2 6.6 140.012.3 3279Other nonmetallic mineral product mfg 48.8 9.2 52.7 7.7 53.3 9.5 55.8 6.1 44.7 5.9 57.7 6.4 46.6 6.6 65.3 9.1 3311, 2Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg.; and steel product mfg from purchased steel 61.9 1.9 106.4 6.3 57.0 1.7 87.8 12.1 41.6 1.7 81.6 11.6 43.5 2.0 81.811.5 3313Alumina and aluminum production and processing 61.3 5.5 78.7 19.9 63.4 5.5 82.8 22.8 62.2 4.7 85.7 23.7 60.4 5.7 85.623.8 3314Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing 68.4 3.4 78.6 19.0 63.0 2.2 84.1 18.6 62.3 2.6 70.5 14.2 c 58.3 3.2 75.1 16.8 3315Foundries 53.2 2.7 61.4 7.6 48.9 2.4 61.3 7.2 42.4 2.1 58.9 6.2 46.5 2.6 61.7 6.5 3321, 2, 4, 5, 6Forging and stamping; cutlery, handtool,

boiler, tank, shipping container, hardware, and spring and wire mfg. 61.3 2.9 56.6 3.0 58.6 2.6 56.2 2.8 54.8 2.6 54.3 2.8 58.4 2.9 58.2 3.2 3323, 7, 8, 9All other fabricated metal product mfg. 59.4 4.0 49.6 2.0 73.0 2.1 49.2 1.9 54.3 4.0 48.5 1.7 64.4 3.3 51.2 1.9 3331Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery mfg. 52.8 3.9 59.5 7.6 49.2 3.3 61.6 8.4 55.7 3.0 59.8 7.6 63.7 3.0 64.2 7.5 3332Industrial machinery mfg. 53.3 2.4 56.2 6.2 47.7 2.0 51.0 3.2 45.7 2.3 50.0 3.6 44.9 2.2 50.4 3.4 3333Commercial and service industry machinery mfg. 74.7 4.7 46.3 4.9 72.4 4.6 44.8 3.5 66.4 4.1 45.3 3.3 c 65.6 3.7 48.2 4.4 3334Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and commercial refrigeration equipment mfg. 56.5 1.8 63.7 6.9 59.5 1.5 56.2 4.3 63.0 1.7 59.3 6.2 59.8 1.8 59.4 6.3 3335Metalworking machinery mfg. 48.7 2.5 50.4 3.0 47.2 2.4 53.3 3.4 48.7 2.4 55.6 3.5 56.5 2.1 54.4 3.5 3336Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment mfg. 56.3 0.7 71.4 8.7 50.7 0.7 65.9 7.9 51.2 1.0 66.5 8.1 51.3 0.9 64.1 8.7 3339Other general purpose machinery mfg. 56.4 2.8 50.8 3.2 57.4 1.6 51.0 3.4 56.5 1.7 51.7 3.6 56.4 3.2 52.4 3.9 3341Computer and peripheral equipment mfg. c 84.3 1.4 49.8 7.8 c 71.3 1.6 41.8 4.7 c 67.0 2.6 41.8 4.5 74.0 1.6 51.0 8.4 3342Communications equipment mfg. c 71.6 13.3 45.7 4.1 c 77.5 8.4 48.2 5.5 c 77.2 7.9 45.6 3.2 c 68.5 10.2 47.5 4.7 3343, 6Audio and video equipment mfg; and manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media 70.3 4.1 63.4 9.9 58.8 2.7 63.3 11.0 49.2 2.3 64.1 12.2 c 50.0 3.1 58.7 9.7 334411Electron tube mfg. 47.9 0.3 49.5 1.6 45.2 0.3 47.7 1.4 49.8 0.2 49.9 1.5 48.1 0.3 53.2 1.5

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### TABLE 1. Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization : 2009 and 2008

NAICS Code(s) Description Utilization RateStandard

ErrorAverage Plant hours per week in operationStandard

Error Utilization RateStandard

ErrorAverage Plant hours per week in operationStandard

Error 1/ Utilization RateStandard

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ErrorAverage Plant hours per week in operationStandard

Error 1/ 2009 Quarter 3 2009 2009 Quarter 2 Quarter 1 2009 Quarter 4

334412, 4-9Bare printed circuit board, electronic

capacitor, and other electronic component mfg. 50.8 5.1 68.5 6.3 45.1 6.2 63.9 6.4 44.5 5.7 60.8 5.8 45.1 5.6 57.9 3.6 334413Semiconductor and related device mfg. c 65.9 9.8 60.4 9.4 c 71.0 3.5 72.3 11.0 c 50.1 2.1 67.5 6.7 37.3 3.0 79.0 9.6 3345Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments mfg. 60.0 3.0 50.4 4.1 57.3 3.0 50.2 3.8 55.4 3.1 49.3 4.1 55.9 3.0 50.5 4.1 3351Electric lighting equipment mfg. 57.3 5.7 39.4 1.2 60.0 6.2 40.9 1.3 54.8 4.7 40.4 1.3 55.2 5.5 38.6 1.5 3352Household appliance mfg. 62.3 0.3 62.7 13.0 58.5 0.3 58.9 11.1 58.8 0.4 56.0 13.5 57.9 0.4 58.710.6 3353, 9Electrical equipment and component mfg. 59.1 4.4 53.5 4.9 57.6 4.4 54.2 5.2 54.8 4.5 59.5 6.2 56.4 4.5 59.4 5.5 336111Automobile mfg. 60.4 2.6 44.4 3.9 53.8 2.7 45.1 4.7 44.8 2.8 42.7 2.5 38.1 1.4 42.2 2.1 336112Light truck and utility vehicle mfg. 64.5 4.3 92.5 6.1 50.2 3.1 85.1 6.8 34.7 3.8 78.8 8.1 46.4 4.7 78.5 7.9 33612Heavy duty truck mfg. 35.6 0.7 38.9 5.3 27.8 0.6 38.9 5.3 27.6 0.6 44.7 3.6 23.4 0.6 45.0 3.9 3362Motor vehicle body and trailer mfg. c 41.0 2.0 42.0 0.6 c 39.7 1.8 42.1 0.6 38.1 2.3 42.0 0.6 c 33.7 2.4 41.6 0.4 3363Motor vehicle parts mfg. 50.9 9.7 71.8 7.6 42.3 8.6 71.0 8.0 36.0 5.2 62.0 6.6 31.1 4.1 60.4 5.7 3364Aerospace product and parts mfg. 77.6 1.1 81.5 8.6 76.2 0.9 80.5 8.1 c 71.4 0.4 82.2 8.3 c 74.2 0.5 81.9 8.3 3365, 6, 9Railroad rolling stock, ship, boat, and other

transportation equipment mfg. 54.5 3.6 45.2 3.4 56.4 2.6 46.2 3.8 53.4 2.9 49.3 5.0 55.4 2.6 53.4 7.1 3371Household and institutional furniture and kitchen cabinet mfg. 63.2 3.2 40.1 1.3 62.5 3.4 42.1 1.3 64.3 2.9 41.4 1.3 68.0 2.7 40.5 1.1 3372Office furniture (incl. fixtures) mfg. 54.7 3.8 38.8 1.1 59.7 3.4 38.9 1.6 57.9 3.3 38.9 1.5 57.5 3.5 40.3 1.9 3379Other furniture related product mfg. 62.1 3.0 48.1 1.9 71.1 3.1 47.4 1.8 64.8 2.7 45.6 1.5 64.3 2.6 46.4 1.7 3391Medical equipment and supplies mfg. 70.0 3.2 55.6 4.6 74.0 7.4 56.8 4.7 74.0 8.2 53.8 4.2 68.8 7.6 55.8 4.5 33991,2, 3Jewelry, silverware, sporting and athletic

goods, and doll, toy and game mfg. 60.9 11.5 40.1 3.6 55.2 9.7 41.2 3.1 48.8 11.2 37.9 1.8 46.1 11.4 42.6 2.1 33994-5Office supplies (except paper) and sign

mfg. 68.5 2.6 42.7 1.2 66.1 2.4 44.4 1.8 55.8 3.2 43.3 1.3 48.3 5.5 44.3 1.6 33999All other miscellaneous mfg. 54.5 5.0 45.4 4.8 61.5 4.5 49.5 5.4 59.1 4.2 43.8 3.0 c 58.3 6.2 41.6 3.3 51111, 3Newspaper and book publishers c 69.2 4.2 56.5 9.4 c 70.5 4.0 67.6 10.5 c 51.6 4.8 63.3 8.6 c 66.2 1.1 54.9 7.1 51112Periodical publishers c 87.3 2.0 40.0 0.0 c 93.1 8.5 40.0 0.0 c 98.3 0.7 52.0 10.4 c 97.7 3.5 49.6 8.6 51114, 9All other publishers 85.7 3.8 45.0 5.0 80.3 5.1 52.7 8.7 79.6 4.7 55.0 8.8 c 77.2 7.9 59.2 6.3

1/ Standard errors for Average Plant Hours Per Week in Operation were not published in reports prior to the Fourth Quarter 2009.
2/ Excluding publishers (51111-51119)

S Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards Note:Data may differ from that previously published due to revisions during the processing of the current quarter.

c The utilization rate is based on responses with industry coverage of less than 50 percent. Coverage is calculated as the ratio of the weighted measure of size for responses to the weighted measure of size for the entire industry group.

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63.9 0.8 62.1 1.1 71.7 0.7 64.4 1.0 73.0 1.0 62.1 0.9 75.7 1.6 63.5 1.3

63.7 4.9 64.7 6.3 62.5 6.3 69.1 7.2 S S 67.9 6.8 72.4 6.3 62.410.1

83.3 2.7 84.7 8.8 86.9 2.9 88.8 9.4 84.9 3.2 74.0 9.1 87.7 1.9 87.913.0

70.7 3.9 101.7 13.5 76.4 3.5106.7 13.2 60.1 5.1 85.1 12.2 68.0 3.0 71.8 9.2 76.7 2.5 96.5 9.5 74.1 2.2 97.3 10.0 73.4 2.3 98.5 10.7 74.6 2.1 96.011.0 67.2 0.5 76.8 2.8 68.2 0.5 73.3 2.7 60.6 0.4 60.3 6.9 62.1 1.7 62.4 9.0 65.9 0.9 85.9 7.6 68.9 1.0 85.4 8.2 71.8 2.1 91.6 7.8 68.2 1.4 82.311.1 59.0 5.0 72.5 12.2 81.8 5.0 73.5 12.2 82.3 4.4 72.9 12.8 77.1 4.4 59.1 9.8 59.2 0.3 104.3 1.5 63.5 0.3100.9 1.8 70.6 0.3100.9 1.8 66.9 0.3103.7 1.5 67.9 4.3 121.9 12.5 80.0 3.2129.9 14.2 79.0 2.6128.2 11.2 80.8 3.1 144.1 6.0 60.6 2.1 87.2 10.2 67.9 1.9104.4 4.6 69.9 1.6 87.1 10.5 66.0 2.9 80.513.1

42.9 6.3 53.5 8.1 54.4 6.8 77.1 15.7 57.0 6.1 84.7 21.2 58.0 6.0114.5 5.9 60.2 14.3 49.4 8.9 61.9 14.5 47.2 6.8 72.9 5.4 42.6 4.1 69.7 4.6 64.824.2 64.7 3.3 51.0 5.4 66.7 7.8 49.6 5.2 76.4 2.9 48.1 3.2 77.0 3.7 51.4 4.8 51.1 5.7 89.0 7.1 62.6 3.7103.4 8.8 74.8 3.5106.5 11.6 72.9 4.7 98.510.9 71.9 1.2 44.5 7.3 69.8 1.7 57.4 11.1 73.8 1.5 58.6 12.0 79.1 2.0116.0 1.6 62.9 4.6 35.8 1.4 65.4 4.2 37.5 1.2 75.6 3.8 41.0 1.4 66.7 0.8 45.2 1.5

84.7 1.6 44.1 2.4 88.5 1.4 47.3 3.8 92.3 0.6 47.8 3.7 90.2 2.6 42.1 1.4 88.5 4.1 36.0 2.3 90.5 2.5 39.8 0.6 90.1 4.8 41.1 1.5 75.1 15.7 40.0 0.0 68.1 2.0 42.2 0.7 79.3 0.4 40.5 0.4 73.4 2.2 36.7 4.8 66.0 1.5 41.4 0.7

65.0 4.5 44.7 2.7 69.8 3.4 43.8 2.7 73.3 4.0 40.6 2.8 73.5 3.1 50.6 5.4 56.7 0.4 52.7 2.4 57.1 0.4 58.7 2.1 62.9 0.4 57.8 2.5 76.4 5.0 61.8 3.0 69.0 1.8 45.6 2.9 72.3 1.5 51.8 3.7 73.4 1.4 55.9 4.3 67.2 0.5 62.2 2.8 57.7 4.1 39.9 1.7 61.7 3.4 43.1 3.2 61.6 4.1 46.2 3.3 56.6 3.6 53.3 6.9 59.1 6.2 50.3 4.7 64.9 6.4 50.3 5.6 69.8 7.4 52.5 6.7 82.8 3.5 66.310.2

43.7 6.6 54.0 8.6 56.6 6.1 62.3 9.3 60.8 6.5 66.0 9.8 60.7 8.4 59.310.6 50.9 3.0 41.7 1.7 60.5 3.4 46.7 3.0 64.2 2.8 46.5 1.9 58.5 4.2 44.0 1.7 91.2 0.5 162.4 1.2 97.3 0.1151.4 0.7 92.8 0.9151.6 2.9 94.2 0.3138.6 1.9 84.1 2.2 140.8 11.5 96.9 0.8131.4 8.1 89.9 1.8141.4 12.0 88.3 1.8 160.9 4.9 90.2 1.6 93.0 33.8 97.8 0.6 88.4 32.8 97.1 1.0 87.4 32.2 97.1 0.8 166.5 0.9 70.6 2.9 81.2 5.6 73.8 2.8 87.2 6.3 72.1 2.8 90.1 6.5 54.4 9.7 93.6 7.8 68.2 4.1 56.7 3.4 74.1 4.3 58.6 3.6 70.1 4.3 57.6 3.6 57.0 8.0 65.1 6.7 81.5 4.0 168.0 0.0 79.8 3.9168.0 0.0 94.9 2.5168.0 0.0 90.4 2.9 167.9 0.1

52.6 6.2 65.6 7.8 70.3 6.9 81.2 11.2 60.7 6.3 71.3 14.8 39.8 7.9 84.117.8 61.3 1.3 158.0 3.7 66.9 0.2150.5 2.0 78.7 0.0165.0 0.0 86.2 1.8 160.6 2.3 86.0 7.5 159.5 6.7 97.7 0.9161.0 5.7 96.5 1.9160.3 6.2 52.8 18.6168.0 0.0

51.0 7.1 126.0 23.4 74.4 3.2127.4 29.6 79.7 2.5130.5 32.1 82.1 4.2 156.810.5

72.5 1.0 110.1 15.4 75.9 1.0119.3 16.4 78.9 1.6119.2 16.6 78.2 1.0152.6 9.9 Quarter 2 2008 Quarter 1 2008 2008 2008 Quarter 4 Quarter 3

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58.2 11.0 122.9 4.3 73.0 3.3129.8 8.0 83.5 5.6128.1 5.7 87.1 2.8 131.5 9.6 59.4 3.3 61.2 17.2 67.5 1.4 68.9 23.1 80.3 1.9 61.2 18.2 77.4 1.8 143.214.2

42.4 2.2 151.9 8.3 78.2 1.0156.3 5.1 81.2 0.5145.2 10.2 80.1 1.1 143.610.8 62.2 1.4 84.1 15.5 84.2 0.9101.9 22.1 88.0 0.7 96.2 20.3 87.8 0.7 84.925.3

63.0 3.2 39.2 4.5 46.1 3.4 47.9 3.9 61.2 4.9 40.8 2.8 61.3 3.1 37.9 6.3 62.2 1.9 64.5 7.7 65.7 1.6 66.1 8.2 64.2 2.2 63.4 7.4 63.0 1.5 63.510.2 55.2 5.4 55.4 6.1 66.1 5.2 65.5 7.7 66.5 6.3 56.6 7.2 78.8 4.0 50.9 6.8

55.0 5.7 51.9 5.1 67.6 4.4 57.0 7.0 59.9 6.0 54.5 6.5 71.5 3.3 47.6 3.7 53.1 4.8 73.5 10.5 63.7 4.9 78.6 10.3 61.9 4.9 73.9 9.6 67.4 3.4 79.616.5 53.6 3.2 88.3 7.1 66.5 5.2 95.6 6.9 67.5 4.7 91.9 6.9 64.7 5.6 87.210.5 65.7 5.5 67.3 14.0 71.3 7.0 67.4 9.1 78.5 4.8 84.9 13.6 76.4 4.3 78.512.8 61.0 3.3 80.0 9.5 65.4 3.3 86.1 9.4 66.7 3.3 89.5 9.1 65.9 4.2 91.210.7 49.9 4.1 71.3 8.6 55.1 3.8 89.0 11.3 29.6 7.3 77.0 17.4 57.5 4.0111.911.4 80.4 5.3 78.3 16.9 86.3 4.1 74.7 14.4 79.5 4.5 82.6 16.5 81.6 5.1 107.026.7 66.5 3.0 135.4 15.1 82.0 3.0138.4 14.4 71.9 8.6133.0 15.2 72.3 4.0128.626.6

43.9 3.6 43.5 1.4 55.0 3.3 53.5 5.1 52.6 3.8 47.8 1.8 53.2 8.2 45.7 2.0 61.7 6.5 95.2 8.4 69.1 6.7147.5 10.5 69.3 7.5131.5 3.7 70.2 5.0135.3 4.6 68.3 8.8 62.1 7.8 74.4 8.3 63.2 7.1 78.7 8.1 73.4 10.6 73.6 6.5 60.510.3

50.7 1.7 102.9 24.7 81.8 2.1 94.2 16.7 84.8 1.8 90.6 15.2 78.3 0.1 132.210.8

78.3 3.8 92.2 23.5 85.6 3.9150.5 6.7 86.8 3.7101.5 29.1 88.8 3.8 151.2 5.8

65.6 2.3 74.2 17.8 70.4 2.5 70.8 16.1 72.7 3.0 77.9 18.2 67.9 3.5 80.225.6 53.4 2.5 66.4 7.3 65.6 2.9 73.1 7.6 68.5 2.0 66.1 7.3 69.0 1.7 64.4 9.8

66.4 3.0 82.4 15.8 71.8 4.2 79.3 12.1 68.9 3.4 61.6 3.7 74.8 2.9 75.6 6.6 67.8 2.7 54.2 2.0 71.9 2.4 57.4 2.1 75.5 2.3 57.7 2.1 76.2 2.3 50.6 1.9

71.3 2.6 72.3 9.2 77.0 3.1 68.4 8.8 81.3 2.3 65.4 7.4 80.1 1.8 66.6 9.2 55.4 3.4 54.2 4.0 58.7 2.7 53.8 3.6 65.4 1.8 53.8 4.0 69.0 2.0 59.5 7.0

72.5 4.2 49.5 3.8 70.9 3.2 45.4 2.3 77.7 2.5 50.0 4.1 76.2 2.8 54.0 7.1

63.9 2.0 68.2 7.7 74.3 1.8 68.0 8.4 75.0 2.0 67.1 8.4 67.5 1.5 55.0 6.1 68.8 2.1 61.6 3.8 72.6 2.0 59.8 3.7 75.5 1.9 56.8 3.1 73.3 2.1 49.1 2.4

60.8 0.7 74.3 7.0 64.2 0.9 74.6 9.4 68.2 0.8 71.5 8.5 69.6 0.7 72.9 9.7 63.8 2.5 54.0 3.9 69.0 1.9 56.1 4.2 71.7 1.8 56.3 3.9 70.9 1.7 64.1 5.6 68.6 4.5 46.3 4.2 75.6 0.7 52.5 9.9 76.8 0.9 51.1 9.0 65.6 3.8 102.8 6.3 75.3 9.5 45.3 3.1 84.7 4.6 45.4 3.2 84.1 4.5 49.5 6.5 81.5 8.0 51.311.0

62.5 3.2 57.9 9.7 67.1 3.4 57.9 9.0 64.2 2.8 56.6 8.3 59.4 4.1 57.910.3 48.2 0.3 52.7 1.5 46.0 0.2 54.0 1.5 45.1 0.3 53.1 1.2 46.5 0.3 55.9 3.9

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52.5 4.9 59.4 3.7 60.5 1.9 61.9 3.5 66.3 4.0 63.4 3.9 60.0 2.2 57.6 4.4 74.9 5.3 68.0 9.0 76.3 2.2 57.2 5.0 76.9 4.3 48.4 5.1 85.7 6.8 44.8 6.4

59.2 3.8 50.5 3.5 60.5 5.2 52.6 4.4 61.4 4.5 48.9 2.6 67.0 3.8 44.6 1.5 59.7 5.1 41.1 1.1 61.3 4.7 41.8 0.9 66.7 4.2 42.2 1.1 63.7 3.0 43.7 1.5 62.2 0.4 63.4 14.5 69.5 0.2 59.8 17.3 70.6 0.1 63.9 15.5 71.4 0.2 62.815.1

67.7 4.7 59.7 5.5 72.9 3.8 65.6 6.8 74.1 3.6 59.7 5.7 77.9 5.4 64.0 9.2 69.4 1.9 43.9 3.6 84.6 1.8 44.4 4.0 80.1 2.2 43.8 3.5 82.3 1.7 75.4 4.3 49.4 4.2 85.3 5.6 41.4 3.3 85.7 2.7 60.6 3.7 96.3 4.6 70.0 2.7104.3 3.9 34.5 0.8 30.1 7.7 37.8 0.6 68.5 4.3 43.4 0.1 71.6 5.2 40.7 0.2 81.0 5.0 43.5 2.0 104.7 18.0 52.9 2.2 44.0 1.2 61.3 2.1 47.0 1.7 63.6 1.5 47.0 2.3 52.9 9.7 65.5 6.2 60.1 5.3 73.3 7.0 57.6 3.5 69.0 6.4 63.7 3.4 77.9 9.5 55.4 1.8 114.9 14.2 54.5 1.2 81.5 13.0 71.0 0.7 85.5 11.5 74.6 0.5 67.912.6

63.7 2.9 63.3 10.9 63.6 2.9 59.1 6.8 64.4 2.5 54.3 4.5 61.1 1.6 54.1 5.3

69.1 2.2 43.0 2.0 72.4 3.1 42.5 1.2 73.6 2.9 43.5 1.2 78.9 3.9 44.1 2.1 64.4 3.3 41.9 1.9 58.8 4.5 43.8 2.1 73.1 3.0 44.6 2.3 69.3 3.1 46.8 2.6 56.1 2.9 47.3 3.3 68.0 2.9 63.5 8.3 65.8 0.2 48.0 4.0 69.7 2.5 48.5 5.1 67.7 7.3 56.0 5.0 70.8 6.4 56.2 5.9 72.3 7.6 60.7 5.9 76.9 2.3 55.0 5.4

48.9 9.8 39.2 2.9 77.3 5.0 44.7 3.0 64.7 3.3 35.4 4.3 57.6 3.9 46.3 3.0

61.0 4.6 45.6 1.5 76.8 1.0 46.1 1.7 71.4 5.5 43.3 1.8 71.8 2.6 47.1 3.2 60.7 5.2 50.1 6.3 61.6 3.4 53.5 5.9 68.6 4.3 49.2 4.7 85.3 7.9 48.2 3.9 72.6 3.7 70.5 12.2 72.6 3.8 70.7 12.1 70.6 4.3 67.0 11.3 78.6 6.1 73.615.8 91.9 2.5 49.6 8.6 96.8 0.8 52.0 10.4 90.9 1.7 49.6 8.6 91.5 0.3 40.0 0.0 85.3 7.3 63.9 11.9 83.7 2.9 58.8 13.6 86.5 7.3 98.7 10.5 92.4 2.5 59.1 9.5

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# Appendix

Survey Methodology

Reliability of the Estimates The FRB’s requirements included 95 industry groups corresponding predominantly to the 4-digit NAICS industries or combinations. Each of these 95 industry groups is sampled independently to satisfy the total sample size constraint. The sampling procedure ensured that the allocated sample size for each industry group was exactly realized. The sample for the 2009 Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization is a continuation of the 2008 sample with a birth supplement of new plants that came into existence since the 2008 sample was drawn. The birth supplement brings the sample to its original size of approximately 7,500 and replaces plants lost due to attrition. The 2008 sample consisted of establishments selected from the 2006 Business Register. The sample frame contained approximately 217,000 manufacturing plants and 13,000 publishing plants. Sampling probabilities for the quarterly survey were assigned proportionate to the total value of shipments. The actual sample allocation is determined by the priority industry requirements specified by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB).

The survey estimates presented in this report are subject to both sampling and nonsampling errors. Potential nonsampling errors include various response and operational errors, such as errors during data collection, reporting errors, transcription errors, and bias due to nonresponse. These are all types of errors that could also occur if a complete enumeration had been done under the same conditions as the sample survey. Most of the important operational errors were detected and corrected during the course of reviewing data for reasonableness and consistency. Though nonsampling error is not measured directly, quality control procedures are employed throughout the survey process to minimize this type of error.
Sampling error is the difference between estimates obtained from the sample and results theoretically obtainable from a comparable complete enumeration of the sampling frame. This error results because only a subset of the sampling frame is measured in a sample survey. Standard errors of the estimates shown in this publication, which are estimated measures of the sampling variability, are displayed along with the corresponding estimates in Table 1 of this report. These standard errors may be used to define confidence intervals about the corresponding estimates with a desired level of confidence. Only one of many possible samples was selected. If confidence intervals were constructed for each of these possible samples, then it would be expected that the percentage of confidence intervals containing the complete coverage result would equal the percent of the level of confidence. For example, the interval defined by one standard error below the estimate to one standard error above the estimate approximately yields a 68-percent confidence interval, the interval defined by two standard errors approximately yields a 95-percent confidence interval, and the interval defined by two and a half standard errors approximately yields a 99-percent confidence interval. The full production utilization rate for an industry is estimated based on those plants in the industry reporting both the actual value of production and the full production estimate. Simple weighted estimates of the two variables are formed by applying the plant’s sample weight to its respective values and adding these weighted values across the reporting plants. The utilization rate for a particular industry group is formed as the ratio of the actual production weighted sum to the full production weighted sum for that given industry.

The average plant hours per week in operation for an industry are estimated based on those plants in the industry reporting plant hours. Simple weighted estimates of the plant hours are formed by applying the plant’s sample weight to its respective values and adding these weighted values across the reporting plants. The average is formed as the ratio of the plant hours weighted sum to the sum of the weights for the reporting plants.

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Sampling error is the difference between estimates obtained from the sample and results theoretically obtainable from a comparable complete enumeration of the sampling frame. This error results because only a subset of the sampling frame is measured in a sample survey. Standard errors of the estimates shown in this publication, which are estimated measures of the sampling variability, are displayed along with the corresponding estimates in Table 1 of this report. These standard errors may be used to define confidence intervals about the corresponding estimates with a desired level of confidence. Only one of many possible samples was selected. If confidence intervals were constructed for each of these possible samples, then it would be expected that the percentage of confidence intervals containing the complete coverage result would equal the percent of the level of confidence. For example, the interval defined by one standard error below the estimate to one standard error above the estimate approximately yields a 68-percent confidence interval, the interval defined by two standard errors approximately yields a 95-percent confidence interval, and the interval defined by two and a half standard errors approximately yields a 99-percent confidence interval.

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