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     |                                                                                    |                            |
 2002 output)    |                                                                                    |                            |
  1979           |  88.3   88.5   88.7   88.8   89.0   89.2   89.3   89.5   89.7   89.8   90.0   90.1 |  88.5   89.0   89.5   90.0 |     89.2 
  1980           |  90.3   90.4   90.6   90.8   90.9   91.1   91.3   91.4   91.6   91.8   92.0   92.2 |  90.4   90.9   91.4   92.0 |     91.2 
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  1981           |  92.4   92.5   92.7   92.9   93.1   93.2   93.4   93.5   93.7   93.8   93.9   94.0 |  92.5   93.1   93.5   93.9 |     93.3 
  1982           |  94.2   94.3   94.4   94.5   94.6   94.6   94.7   94.8   94.8   94.8   94.8   94.8 |  94.3   94.6   94.8   94.8 |     94.6 
  1983           |  94.8   94.8   94.8   94.7   94.7   94.6   94.6   94.5   94.5   94.5   94.5   94.5 |  94.8   94.7   94.5   94.5 |     94.6 
  1984           |  94.5   94.6   94.6   94.7   94.8   94.9   95.1   95.2   95.4   95.6   95.7   95.9 |  94.6   94.8   95.2   95.7 |     95.1 
  1985           |  96.1   96.3   96.5   96.7   96.9   97.1   97.3   97.4   97.6   97.7   97.8   97.9 |  96.3   96.9   97.4   97.8 |     97.1 
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  1986           |  98.0   98.1   98.2   98.3   98.4   98.4   98.5   98.6   98.7   98.8   98.9   99.1 |  98.1   98.4   98.6   99.0 |     98.5 
  1987           |  99.2   99.4   99.5   99.7   99.8   99.9  100.1  100.2  100.3  100.4  100.4  100.5 |  99.4   99.8  100.2  100.4 |     99.9 
  1988           | 100.5  100.6  100.6  100.6  100.6  100.6  100.6  100.7  100.7  100.8  100.8  100.9 | 100.5  100.6  100.7  100.8 |    100.7 
  1989           | 101.0  101.2  101.3  101.5  101.6  101.8  102.0  102.2  102.4  102.5  102.7  102.9 | 101.2  101.6  102.2  102.7 |    101.9 
  1990           | 103.1  103.2  103.4  103.6  103.7  103.9  104.0  104.2  104.3  104.5  104.6  104.8 | 103.2  103.7  104.2  104.6 |    103.9 
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  1991           | 104.9  105.1  105.2  105.4  105.5  105.7  105.8  105.9  106.1  106.2  106.3  106.4 | 105.1  105.5  105.9  106.3 |    105.7 
  1992           | 106.5  106.7  106.8  106.9  107.0  107.1  107.2  107.3  107.4  107.5  107.7  107.8 | 106.7  107.0  107.3  107.7 |    107.2 
  1993           | 107.9  108.0  108.1  108.2  108.3  108.4  108.5  108.6  108.7  108.8  108.9  109.0 | 108.0  108.3  108.6  108.9 |    108.4 
  1994           | 109.2  109.3  109.5  109.6  109.8  109.9  110.1  110.3  110.5  110.7  110.9  111.1 | 109.3  109.8  110.3  110.9 |    110.1 
  1995           | 111.3  111.5  111.7  111.9  112.1  112.3  112.6  112.8  113.0  113.2  113.4  113.7 | 111.5  112.1  112.8  113.4 |    112.5 
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  1996           | 113.9  114.1  114.4  114.6  114.8  115.1  115.4  115.6  115.9  116.2  116.5  116.9 | 114.1  114.8  115.6  116.5 |    115.3 
  1997           | 117.2  117.6  118.0  118.4  118.8  119.3  119.7  120.2  120.7  121.2  121.7  122.3 | 117.6  118.8  120.2  121.7 |    119.6 
  1998           | 122.8  123.3  123.8  124.3  124.8  125.2  125.7  126.1  126.6  127.0  127.4  127.7 | 123.3  124.8  126.1  127.4 |    125.4 
  1999           | 128.1  128.5  128.8  129.1  129.5  129.8  130.1  130.4  130.6  130.9  131.2  131.4 | 128.5  129.5  130.4  131.2 |    129.9 
  2000           | 131.7  131.9  132.2  132.4  132.6  132.8  133.0  133.2  133.4  133.6  133.8  133.9 | 131.9  132.6  133.2  133.7 |    132.9 
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  2001           | 134.1  134.2  134.3  134.5  134.6  134.7  134.8  134.8  134.9  134.9  135.0  135.0 | 134.2  134.6  134.8  135.0 |    134.6 
  2002           | 135.0  135.0  135.0  135.0  134.9  134.9  134.8  134.8  134.7  134.6  134.5  134.4 | 135.0  134.9  134.7  134.5 |    134.8 
  2003           | 134.3  134.2  134.1  134.0  133.9  133.8  133.7  133.7  133.6  133.5  133.5  133.4 | 134.2  133.9  133.7  133.5 |    133.8 
  2004           | 133.4  133.4  133.3  133.3  133.3  133.2  133.2  133.2  133.2  133.2  133.2  133.2 | 133.4  133.3  133.2  133.2 |    133.3 
  2005           | 133.2  133.3  133.3  133.4  133.4  133.5  133.6  133.7  133.8  133.9  134.1  134.2 | 133.3  133.4  133.7  134.1 |    133.6 
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  2006           | 134.3  134.5  134.6  134.7  134.9  135.0  135.1  135.3  135.4  135.5  135.6  135.7 | 134.5  134.9  135.3  135.6 |    135.0 
  2007           | 135.8  135.9  136.0  136.1  136.2  136.3  136.4  136.5  136.7  136.8  137.0  137.1 | 135.9  136.2  136.5  137.0 |    136.4 
  2008           | 137.3  137.5  137.6  137.8  137.9  138.1  138.2  138.3  138.3  138.4  138.3  138.3 | 137.5  137.9  138.3  138.3 |    138.0 
  2009           | 138.2  138.1                                                                       |                            |          
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 Utilization     |                                                                                    |                            |
 (percent)       |                                                                                    |                            |
  1979           |  85.2   85.4   85.5   84.0   84.8   84.6   84.4   83.0   83.0   83.1   82.6   82.6 |  85.4   84.5   83.5   82.7 |     84.0 
  1980           |  82.7   82.4   81.6   79.6   76.9   75.5   74.6   74.9   76.0   77.2   78.5   78.5 |  82.2   77.3   75.1   78.1 |     78.2 
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  1981           |  77.9   77.3   77.4   77.4   77.7   77.1   77.1   77.0   76.4   75.4   74.4   73.0 |  77.5   77.4   76.8   74.3 |     76.5 
  1982           |  71.1   72.9   72.2   71.5   71.2   70.9   70.7   70.1   69.7   68.9   68.4   68.1 |  72.1   71.2   70.2   68.5 |     70.5 
  1983           |  69.8   69.7   70.3   71.0   71.9   72.4   73.4   74.1   75.3   76.1   76.3   76.4 |  69.9   71.8   74.3   76.3 |     73.1 
  1984           |  77.8   78.5   78.7   78.9   78.9   79.1   79.3   79.1   78.8   79.0   79.0   79.1 |  78.3   79.0   79.1   79.0 |     78.9 
  1985           |  78.6   78.2   78.7   78.4   78.4   78.3   77.9   78.1   78.2   77.8   78.2   78.5 |  78.5   78.4   78.1   78.2 |     78.3 
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  1986           |  79.3   78.8   78.4   78.7   78.7   78.5   78.5   78.6   78.7   78.9   79.1   79.6 |  78.9   78.6   78.6   79.2 |     78.8 
  1987           |  79.2   80.2   80.1   80.3   80.7   80.8   81.1   81.3   81.7   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   84.2   84.4   84.8   85.0   85.2 |  83.5   84.2   84.3   85.0 |     84.3 
  1989           |  85.9   84.9   84.8   84.7   83.8   83.7   82.5   83.1   82.7   82.3   82.3   82.1 |  85.2   84.1   82.8   82.2 |     83.6 
  1990           |  81.8   82.9   83.0   82.6   82.6   82.6   82.3   82.3   82.2   81.3   80.2   79.4 |  82.6   82.6   82.2   80.3 |     81.9 
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  1991           |  78.7   78.0   77.3   77.4   77.8   78.6   78.7   78.7   79.5   79.3   78.9   78.6 |  78.0   78.0   79.0   78.9 |     78.5 
  1992           |  77.8   78.4   79.1   79.3   79.6   79.7   80.2   79.7   79.5   79.8   80.0   79.7 |  78.5   79.5   79.8   79.8 |     79.4 
  1993           |  80.5   80.5   80.2   80.5   80.3   80.0   80.2   80.0   80.3   80.8   81.0   81.3 |  80.4   80.3   80.2   81.0 |     80.5 
  1994           |  81.3   81.2   82.1   82.4   82.7   82.7   82.8   83.1   83.0   83.5   83.8   84.4 |  81.5   82.6   83.0   83.9 |     82.7 
  1995           |  84.4   84.0   83.8   83.3   83.0   83.0   82.2   82.7   83.1   82.5   82.3   82.2 |  84.1   83.1   82.6   82.3 |     83.0 
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  1996           |  81.0   81.9   81.4   82.0   82.2   82.7   82.5   82.6   82.7   82.2   82.6   82.9 |  81.4   82.3   82.6   82.6 |     82.2 
  1997           |  82.5   83.1   83.6   82.7   82.8   82.8   82.5   83.3   83.5   83.5   83.9   83.7 |  83.1   82.7   83.1   83.7 |     83.1 
  1998           |  83.8   83.3   82.7   82.7   82.8   81.5   80.5   82.1   81.3   81.5   81.2   81.1 |  83.3   82.3   81.3   81.3 |     82.1 
  1999           |  80.9   81.0   80.4   80.2   80.6   79.8   79.7   80.0   79.4   80.4   80.6   80.7 |  80.8   80.2   79.7   80.6 |     80.3 
  2000           |  80.3   80.0   80.2   80.3   79.8   79.7   79.3   78.6   78.8   78.3   77.7   76.9 |  80.2   79.9   78.9   77.6 |     79.1 
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  2001           |  76.3   75.8   75.5   75.4   74.8   74.3   74.2   73.6   73.4   72.8   72.7   72.8 |  75.9   74.8   73.7   72.7 |     74.3 
  2002           |  73.2   73.1   73.7   73.7   74.1   74.9   74.5   74.7   74.8   74.5   74.8   74.3 |  73.3   74.2   74.7   74.5 |     74.2 
  2003           |  74.8   74.8   74.9   74.1   74.1   74.5   74.5   74.3   74.9   74.8   75.6   75.4 |  74.8   74.2   74.5   75.3 |     74.7 
  2004           |  75.3   75.9   75.7   76.1   76.7   76.0   76.7   77.1   76.9   77.7   77.7   78.2 |  75.6   76.3   76.9   77.8 |     76.7 
  2005           |  78.6   79.2   78.7   78.7   79.0   79.1   78.9   78.9   77.9   79.0   79.5   79.4 |  78.8   78.9   78.5   79.3 |     78.9 
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  2006           |  79.9   79.5   79.3   79.6   79.2   79.3   79.2   79.3   79.0   78.6   78.4   79.3 |  79.6   79.4   79.2   78.8 |     79.2 
  2007           |  78.7   78.8   79.1   79.2   79.1   79.2   79.4   78.9   79.1   78.5   78.7   78.8 |  78.9   79.2   79.2   78.7 |     79.0 
  2008           |  78.4   77.8   77.5   76.6   76.4   76.1   75.8   75.1   72.2   72.7   71.3   69.3 |  77.9   76.4   74.4   71.1 |     74.9 
  2009           |  67.4   67.1                                                                       |                            |          
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 Note: Estimates from October 2008 through February 2009 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.