Table 9B

 CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION: Manufacturing <1> Excluding Selected High-Technology Industries <2>

 Seasonally adjusted

 

 

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                 |   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May   June   July   Aug.  Sept.   Oct.   Nov.   Dec.|     Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4|    Annual

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 Capacity        |                                                                                    |                            |

 (percent of     |                                                                                    |                            |

 2007 output)    |                                                                                    |                            |

  1980           |  82.6   82.7   82.9   83.1   83.2   83.4   83.6   83.7   83.9   84.1   84.2   84.4 |  82.8   83.2   83.7   84.2 |     83.5 

  1981           |  84.6   84.7   84.9   85.1   85.2   85.3   85.5   85.6   85.7   85.9   86.0   86.1 |  84.7   85.2   85.6   86.0 |     85.4 

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  1982           |  86.2   86.3   86.4   86.5   86.6   86.6   86.7   86.7   86.8   86.8   86.8   86.8 |  86.3   86.5   86.7   86.8 |     86.6 

  1983           |  86.8   86.8   86.8   86.8   86.7   86.7   86.7   86.6   86.6   86.6   86.6   86.6 |  86.8   86.7   86.6   86.6 |     86.7 

  1984           |  86.6   86.7   86.7   86.8   86.9   87.0   87.1   87.2   87.4   87.5   87.7   87.9 |  86.7   86.9   87.2   87.7 |     87.1 

  1985           |  88.1   88.3   88.4   88.6   88.8   89.0   89.2   89.3   89.4   89.6   89.7   89.8 |  88.3   88.8   89.3   89.7 |     89.0 

  1986           |  89.8   89.9   89.9   90.0   90.0   90.1   90.2   90.2   90.3   90.4   90.5   90.6 |  89.9   90.0   90.2   90.5 |     90.2 

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  1987           |  90.7   90.9   91.0   91.2   91.3   91.5   91.6   91.7   91.8   91.9   92.0   92.0 |  90.9   91.3   91.7   92.0 |     91.5 

  1988           |  92.1   92.1   92.1   92.1   92.1   92.1   92.1   92.1   92.1   92.1   92.2   92.2 |  92.1   92.1   92.1   92.2 |     92.1 

  1989           |  92.3   92.4   92.6   92.7   92.8   93.0   93.2   93.3   93.5   93.7   93.9   94.0 |  92.4   92.8   93.3   93.9 |     93.1 

  1990           |  94.2   94.4   94.5   94.7   94.8   95.0   95.1   95.3   95.4   95.6   95.7   95.8 |  94.4   94.8   95.3   95.7 |     95.0 

  1991           |  96.0   96.1   96.2   96.4   96.5   96.6   96.7   96.9   97.0   97.1   97.2   97.3 |  96.1   96.5   96.9   97.2 |     96.7 

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  1992           |  97.4   97.5   97.6   97.7   97.8   97.9   98.1   98.2   98.3   98.4   98.5   98.6 |  97.5   97.8   98.2   98.5 |     98.0 

  1993           |  98.7   98.8   99.0   99.1   99.2   99.3   99.4   99.5   99.6   99.7   99.8   99.9 |  98.8   99.2   99.5   99.8 |     99.3 

  1994           | 100.0  100.1  100.2  100.4  100.5  100.6  100.8  100.9  101.1  101.2  101.4  101.6 | 100.1  100.5  100.9  101.4 |    100.7 

  1995           | 101.8  102.0  102.2  102.4  102.6  102.8  103.1  103.3  103.5  103.7  103.9  104.2 | 102.0  102.6  103.3  103.9 |    103.0 

  1996           | 104.4  104.6  104.8  105.0  105.2  105.5  105.7  105.9  106.2  106.4  106.7  107.0 | 104.6  105.2  105.9  106.7 |    105.6 

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  1997           | 107.3  107.7  108.0  108.4  108.8  109.2  109.6  110.1  110.5  111.0  111.5  112.0 | 107.7  108.8  110.1  111.5 |    109.5 

  1998           | 112.4  112.9  113.4  113.9  114.3  114.8  115.2  115.7  116.1  116.5  116.9  117.2 | 112.9  114.3  115.7  116.9 |    114.9 

  1999           | 117.6  118.0  118.3  118.6  118.9  119.2  119.5  119.8  120.0  120.3  120.5  120.8 | 118.0  118.9  119.8  120.5 |    119.3 

  2000           | 121.0  121.2  121.4  121.6  121.8  122.0  122.2  122.3  122.5  122.6  122.8  122.9 | 121.2  121.8  122.3  122.8 |    122.0 

  2001           | 123.1  123.2  123.3  123.4  123.5  123.6  123.7  123.8  123.8  123.9  123.9  123.9 | 123.2  123.5  123.8  123.9 |    123.6 

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  2002           | 124.0  124.0  124.0  124.0  123.9  123.9  123.9  123.8  123.8  123.7  123.7  123.6 | 124.0  123.9  123.8  123.7 |    123.8 

  2003           | 123.5  123.5  123.4  123.3  123.3  123.2  123.1  123.1  123.0  122.9  122.9  122.8 | 123.5  123.3  123.1  122.9 |    123.2 

  2004           | 122.7  122.7  122.6  122.5  122.5  122.4  122.3  122.3  122.2  122.2  122.2  122.2 | 122.7  122.5  122.3  122.2 |    122.4 

  2005           | 122.2  122.2  122.3  122.3  122.4  122.5  122.6  122.7  122.8  122.9  123.1  123.2 | 122.2  122.4  122.7  123.1 |    122.6 

  2006           | 123.4  123.5  123.7  123.8  124.0  124.1  124.3  124.4  124.5  124.7  124.8  124.9 | 123.5  124.0  124.4  124.8 |    124.2 

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  2007           | 125.0  125.1  125.3  125.4  125.5  125.6  125.7  125.8  125.9  126.0  126.1  126.2 | 125.1  125.5  125.8  126.1 |    125.6 

  2008           | 126.3  126.3  126.4  126.5  126.6  126.7  126.7  126.8  126.8  126.7  126.7  126.6 | 126.3  126.6  126.7  126.7 |    126.6 

  2009           | 126.5  126.4  126.2  126.0  125.8  125.6  125.4  125.2  125.0  124.8  124.6  124.4 | 126.4  125.8  125.2  124.6 |    125.5 

  2010           | 124.3  124.1  124.0  123.9  123.9                                                  | 124.1                      |          

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 Utilization     |                                                                                    |                            |

 (percent)       |                                                                                    |                            |

  1980           |  82.7   82.5   81.6   79.6   76.9   75.5   74.6   74.9   76.0   77.2   78.5   78.5 |  82.3   77.3   75.2   78.0 |     78.2 

  1981           |  77.9   77.2   77.3   77.5   77.7   77.1   77.1   77.0   76.4   75.4   74.4   73.0 |  77.5   77.5   76.8   74.3 |     76.5 

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  1982           |  71.1   72.8   72.1   71.5   71.2   71.0   70.7   70.2   69.8   69.0   68.4   68.1 |  72.0   71.2   70.2   68.5 |     70.5 

  1983           |  69.7   69.6   70.2   71.0   71.9   72.4   73.3   74.0   75.2   76.0   76.2   76.3 |  69.9   71.7   74.2   76.2 |     73.0 

  1984           |  77.7   78.4   78.6   78.8   78.9   79.0   79.2   79.1   78.7   78.9   78.9   79.0 |  78.2   78.9   79.0   78.9 |     78.8 

  1985           |  78.5   78.2   78.6   78.3   78.3   78.2   77.7   78.0   78.1   77.7   78.1   78.4 |  78.4   78.3   77.9   78.1 |     78.2 

  1986           |  79.3   78.7   78.4   78.7   78.7   78.5   78.6   78.7   78.8   79.0   79.2   79.7 |  78.8   78.6   78.7   79.3 |     78.8 

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  1987           |  79.2   80.2   80.1   80.4   80.7   80.8   81.2   81.3   81.6   82.8   83.2   83.6 |  79.8   80.6   81.4   83.2 |     81.3 

  1988           |  83.4   83.5   83.7   84.3   84.2   84.2   84.2   84.3   84.5   84.9   85.1   85.4 |  83.5   84.2   84.3   85.1 |     84.3 

  1989           |  86.0   85.1   84.9   84.9   84.0   83.9   82.7   83.2   82.9   82.5   82.4   82.3 |  85.3   84.3   82.9   82.4 |     83.7 

  1990           |  82.0   83.0   83.1   82.7   82.6   82.7   82.4   82.4   82.3   81.4   80.3   79.5 |  82.7   82.7   82.4   80.4 |     82.0 

  1991           |  78.8   78.1   77.4   77.5   77.9   78.7   78.8   78.8   79.6   79.4   79.0   78.7 |  78.1   78.0   79.1   79.1 |     78.6 

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  1992           |  77.9   78.5   79.2   79.4   79.7   79.7   80.2   79.7   79.6   79.9   80.0   79.7 |  78.6   79.6   79.9   79.9 |     79.5 

  1993           |  80.5   80.5   80.1   80.5   80.3   80.0   80.1   79.9   80.2   80.8   80.9   81.2 |  80.4   80.2   80.1   81.0 |     80.4 

  1994           |  81.2   81.2   82.1   82.4   82.7   82.7   82.8   83.1   83.1   83.6   83.9   84.5 |  81.5   82.6   83.0   84.0 |     82.8 

  1995           |  84.5   84.1   83.8   83.3   83.0   83.0   82.1   82.7   83.0   82.5   82.2   82.1 |  84.1   83.1   82.6   82.3 |     83.0 

  1996           |  81.0   81.9   81.3   81.9   82.1   82.6   82.4   82.5   82.7   82.1   82.5   82.9 |  81.4   82.2   82.5   82.5 |     82.2 

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  1997           |  82.5   83.1   83.5   82.7   82.8   82.8   82.5   83.3   83.5   83.5   83.9   83.6 |  83.0   82.7   83.1   83.7 |     83.1 

  1998           |  83.7   83.3   82.7   82.6   82.6   81.4   80.4   82.0   81.1   81.4   81.1   81.0 |  83.2   82.2   81.2   81.1 |     81.9 

  1999           |  80.7   80.8   80.2   79.9   80.3   79.6   79.4   79.7   79.1   80.1   80.2   80.3 |  80.5   79.9   79.4   80.2 |     80.0 

  2000           |  79.9   79.7   79.8   79.9   79.4   79.3   78.9   78.1   78.4   77.8   77.3   76.5 |  79.8   79.5   78.4   77.2 |     78.7 

  2001           |  75.9   75.5   75.2   75.1   74.5   74.0   73.9   73.4   73.2   72.6   72.5   72.6 |  75.5   74.5   73.5   72.6 |     74.0 

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  2002           |  73.1   73.0   73.6   73.6   74.1   74.9   74.5   74.7   74.8   74.4   74.7   74.3 |  73.2   74.2   74.7   74.5 |     74.1 

  2003           |  74.7   74.7   74.8   74.1   74.1   74.3   74.3   74.1   74.7   74.6   75.4   75.2 |  74.7   74.1   74.3   75.0 |     74.6 

  2004           |  75.1   75.7   75.5   76.0   76.6   75.9   76.6   77.1   76.8   77.7   77.6   78.1 |  75.4   76.1   76.8   77.8 |     76.5 

  2005           |  78.6   79.2   78.8   78.8   79.1   79.0   78.8   78.8   77.7   78.7   79.2   79.0 |  78.9   79.0   78.4   79.0 |     78.8 

  2006           |  79.5   79.2   79.0   79.3   78.8   78.9   78.8   78.9   78.8   78.4   78.3   79.5 |  79.2   79.0   78.9   78.7 |     79.0 

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  2007           |  79.0   79.4   79.8   80.1   80.0   80.0   80.2   79.7   79.9   79.1   79.1   79.1 |  79.4   80.0   79.9   79.1 |     79.6 

  2008           |  78.6   78.0   77.6   76.5   76.0   75.5   75.1   74.4   72.0   71.9   70.8   69.1 |  78.1   76.0   73.9   70.6 |     74.6 

  2009           |  67.3   67.3   66.1   65.7   65.2   65.2   66.3   67.3   67.9   68.0   68.8   69.0 |  66.9   65.4   67.2   68.6 |     67.0 

  2010           |  69.7   69.5   70.3   70.9   71.6                                                  |  69.8                      |          

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 Note: Estimates from January 2010 through May 2010 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases.

 <1> See footnote 2 to table 3.

 <2> High technology industries include computers, communications equipment, and semiconductors and related electronic components.