Table 1B
 CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION: Total
 Seasonally adjusted
 
 
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
                 |   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May   June   July   Aug.  Sept.   Oct.   Nov.   Dec.|     Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4|    Annual
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
 Capacity        |                                                                                    |                            |
 (percent of     |                                                                                    |                            |
 2002 output)    |                                                                                    |                            |
  1979           |  67.1   67.3   67.4   67.6   67.8   67.9   68.1   68.2   68.4   68.5   68.6   68.8 |  67.3   67.8   68.2   68.6 |     68.0 
  1980           |  68.9   69.1   69.2   69.3   69.5   69.6   69.8   69.9   70.1   70.2   70.4   70.5 |  69.1   69.5   69.9   70.4 |     69.7 
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
  1981           |  70.7   70.9   71.0   71.2   71.4   71.5   71.7   71.9   72.1   72.2   72.4   72.6 |  70.9   71.4   71.9   72.4 |     71.6 
  1982           |  72.7   72.9   73.0   73.2   73.3   73.4   73.5   73.6   73.7   73.8   73.9   73.9 |  72.9   73.3   73.6   73.9 |     73.4 
  1983           |  74.0   74.0   74.0   74.1   74.1   74.1   74.1   74.2   74.2   74.2   74.3   74.4 |  74.0   74.1   74.2   74.3 |     74.1 
  1984           |  74.5   74.5   74.7   74.8   74.9   75.1   75.2   75.4   75.6   75.7   75.9   76.1 |  74.6   74.9   75.4   75.9 |     75.2 
  1985           |  76.3   76.5   76.7   76.9   77.1   77.2   77.4   77.6   77.7   77.8   78.0   78.1 |  76.5   77.1   77.6   78.0 |     77.3 
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
  1986           |  78.2   78.3   78.4   78.5   78.5   78.6   78.7   78.8   78.9   79.0   79.1   79.2 |  78.3   78.5   78.8   79.1 |     78.7 
  1987           |  79.3   79.5   79.6   79.8   79.9   80.1   80.2   80.4   80.5   80.6   80.7   80.8 |  79.5   79.9   80.4   80.7 |     80.1 
  1988           |  80.9   81.0   81.1   81.1   81.2   81.2   81.2   81.3   81.4   81.4   81.5   81.6 |  81.0   81.2   81.3   81.5 |     81.2 
  1989           |  81.7   81.8   82.0   82.1   82.3   82.4   82.6   82.8   82.9   83.1   83.3   83.5 |  81.8   82.3   82.8   83.3 |     82.5 
  1990           |  83.7   83.8   84.0   84.2   84.3   84.5   84.6   84.8   84.9   85.1   85.2   85.3 |  83.8   84.3   84.8   85.2 |     84.5 
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
  1991           |  85.5   85.6   85.7   85.8   85.9   86.0   86.1   86.2   86.3   86.5   86.6   86.7 |  85.6   85.9   86.2   86.6 |     86.1 
  1992           |  86.8   87.0   87.1   87.3   87.5   87.7   87.9   88.0   88.2   88.4   88.5   88.7 |  87.0   87.5   88.0   88.5 |     87.8 
  1993           |  88.8   89.0   89.1   89.2   89.3   89.4   89.5   89.6   89.7   89.9   90.1   90.2 |  89.0   89.3   89.6   90.1 |     89.5 
  1994           |  90.4   90.6   90.9   91.1   91.4   91.7   92.0   92.3   92.6   92.9   93.2   93.5 |  90.6   91.4   92.3   93.2 |     91.9 
  1995           |  93.9   94.2   94.5   94.8   95.1   95.5   95.8   96.2   96.5   96.9   97.3   97.7 |  94.2   95.1   96.2   97.3 |     95.7 
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
  1996           |  98.1   98.6   99.0   99.5   99.9  100.4  100.9  101.4  101.8  102.3  102.8  103.3 |  98.6   99.9  101.4  102.8 |    100.7 
  1997           | 103.8  104.3  104.9  105.4  106.0  106.6  107.2  107.8  108.5  109.1  109.8  110.5 | 104.3  106.0  107.8  109.8 |    107.0 
  1998           | 111.2  112.0  112.7  113.4  114.1  114.7  115.4  116.0  116.6  117.1  117.7  118.2 | 112.0  114.1  116.0  117.7 |    114.9 
  1999           | 118.8  119.3  119.8  120.3  120.7  121.2  121.7  122.1  122.6  123.1  123.5  124.0 | 119.3  120.7  122.1  123.5 |    121.4 
  2000           | 124.5  124.9  125.4  125.8  126.2  126.7  127.1  127.5  127.9  128.3  128.7  129.2 | 124.9  126.2  127.5  128.7 |    126.9 
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
  2001           | 129.6  129.9  130.3  130.7  131.1  131.4  131.8  132.1  132.4  132.7  133.0  133.3 | 129.9  131.1  132.1  133.0 |    131.5 
  2002           | 133.5  133.7  133.9  134.0  134.1  134.2  134.2  134.2  134.2  134.2  134.1  134.1 | 133.7  134.1  134.2  134.1 |    134.0 
  2003           | 134.0  133.9  133.8  133.8  133.7  133.6  133.6  133.6  133.5  133.5  133.5  133.5 | 133.9  133.7  133.6  133.5 |    133.7 
  2004           | 133.5  133.5  133.4  133.4  133.4  133.4  133.3  133.3  133.3  133.3  133.3  133.3 | 133.5  133.4  133.3  133.3 |    133.4 
  2005           | 133.3  133.4  133.4  133.5  133.6  133.7  133.8  134.0  134.1  134.3  134.4  134.6 | 133.4  133.6  134.0  134.4 |    133.8 
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
  2006           | 134.7  134.9  135.0  135.2  135.4  135.5  135.7  135.9  136.1  136.3  136.5  136.7 | 134.9  135.4  135.9  136.5 |    135.7 
  2007           | 136.9  137.1  137.3  137.6  137.8  138.0  138.3  138.5  138.7  139.0  139.2  139.4 | 137.1  137.8  138.5  139.2 |    138.1 
  2008           | 139.6  139.8  139.9  140.1  140.2  140.4  140.5  140.6  140.7  140.7  140.7  140.7 | 139.8  140.2  140.6  140.7 |    140.3 
  2009           | 140.7  140.7                                                                       |                            |          
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
 Utilization     |                                                                                    |                            |
 (percent)       |                                                                                    |                            |
  1979           |  85.8   86.1   86.1   85.0   85.5   85.3   84.9   84.1   84.1   84.4   84.1   84.0 |  86.0   85.3   84.4   84.2 |     85.0 
  1980           |  84.2   84.1   83.7   81.9   79.7   78.5   77.8   77.9   79.0   79.8   81.0   81.3 |  84.0   80.0   78.2   80.7 |     80.7 
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
  1981           |  80.7   80.1   80.3   79.7   80.0   80.2   80.6   80.4   79.7   79.0   77.9   76.9 |  80.3   80.0   80.2   77.9 |     79.6 
  1982           |  75.2   76.5   75.8   75.0   74.4   73.9   73.6   72.8   72.5   71.8   71.5   70.9 |  75.9   74.4   72.9   71.4 |     73.7 
  1983           |  72.2   71.8   72.3   73.2   73.7   74.1   75.2   76.0   77.1   77.7   77.9   78.2 |  72.1   73.6   76.1   77.9 |     74.9 
  1984           |  79.7   80.0   80.2   80.6   80.8   81.0   81.0   80.9   80.6   80.3   80.4   80.3 |  80.0   80.8   80.8   80.3 |     80.5 
  1985           |  79.9   80.0   79.9   79.6   79.5   79.3   78.7   78.8   79.0   78.5   78.7   79.4 |  79.9   79.5   78.8   78.9 |     79.3 
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
  1986           |  79.6   79.0   78.4   78.3   78.4   78.1   78.4   78.2   78.3   78.6   78.8   79.4 |  79.0   78.3   78.3   78.9 |     78.6 
  1987           |  79.0   79.9   79.9   80.2   80.6   80.8   81.2   81.6   81.7   82.8   83.1   83.4 |  79.6   80.5   81.5   83.1 |     81.2 
  1988           |  83.4   83.6   83.8   84.2   84.1   84.2   84.3   84.7   84.3   84.7   84.8   85.0 |  83.6   84.2   84.4   84.8 |     84.3 
  1989           |  85.1   84.6   84.7   84.6   83.8   83.7   82.8   83.3   83.0   82.7   82.8   83.1 |  84.8   84.0   83.0   82.9 |     83.7 
  1990           |  82.5   83.1   83.3   83.0   83.0   83.1   82.8   82.9   82.9   82.2   81.0   80.3 |  83.0   83.1   82.9   81.2 |     82.5 
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
  1991           |  79.9   79.2   78.7   78.8   79.5   80.1   80.0   80.0   80.6   80.4   80.2   79.8 |  79.3   79.5   80.2   80.1 |     79.8 
  1992           |  79.1   79.6   80.1   80.5   80.6   80.5   81.0   80.4   80.5   80.9   81.1   80.9 |  79.6   80.6   80.6   81.0 |     80.4 
  1993           |  81.2   81.4   81.3   81.4   81.0   81.1   81.3   81.2   81.4   81.9   82.1   82.3 |  81.3   81.2   81.3   82.1 |     81.5 
  1994           |  82.5   82.3   83.0   83.2   83.4   83.7   83.6   83.7   83.6   84.1   84.3   84.9 |  82.6   83.4   83.6   84.4 |     83.5 
  1995           |  84.9   84.6   84.4   84.1   84.0   83.9   83.3   84.2   84.2   83.7   83.6   83.6 |  84.6   84.0   83.9   83.6 |     84.0 
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
  1996           |  82.6   83.6   83.1   83.4   83.5   83.9   83.4   83.5   83.6   83.2   83.5   83.7 |  83.1   83.6   83.5   83.5 |     83.4 
  1997           |  83.3   83.9   84.2   83.8   83.9   83.8   83.8   84.4   84.7   84.7   85.0   84.7 |  83.8   83.8   84.3   84.8 |     84.2 
  1998           |  84.6   84.1   83.6   83.5   83.6   82.6   81.8   83.1   82.4   82.6   82.1   82.0 |  84.1   83.2   82.4   82.2 |     83.0 
  1999           |  82.1   82.1   81.9   81.7   82.0   81.5   81.8   81.9   81.3   82.1   82.2   82.6 |  82.0   81.8   81.6   82.3 |     81.9 
  2000           |  82.3   82.4   82.4   82.6   82.5   82.3   81.8   81.4   81.5   80.9   80.7   80.1 |  82.4   82.5   81.6   80.6 |     81.7 
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
  2001           |  79.3   78.6   78.1   77.7   76.9   76.2   75.7   75.2   74.7   74.1   73.6   73.5 |  78.7   76.9   75.2   73.7 |     76.1 
  2002           |  73.7   73.6   74.1   74.2   74.5   75.2   74.9   75.0   75.0   74.9   75.2   74.9 |  73.8   74.7   75.0   75.0 |     74.6 
  2003           |  75.5   75.8   75.7   75.1   75.2   75.3   75.6   75.6   76.0   76.1   76.8   76.7 |  75.6   75.2   75.7   76.5 |     75.8 
  2004           |  77.0   77.4   76.9   77.3   77.9   77.2   77.7   77.9   77.9   78.7   78.8   79.4 |  77.1   77.5   77.9   79.0 |     77.9 
  2005           |  79.7   80.2   80.1   80.0   80.2   80.4   80.3   80.4   78.9   79.7   80.5   80.9 |  80.0   80.2   79.9   80.4 |     80.1 
                 |                                                                                    |                            |
  2006           |  80.9   80.8   80.8   81.0   80.8   81.1   81.1   81.2   80.8   80.6   80.3   80.9 |  80.8   81.0   81.1   80.6 |     80.9 
  2007           |  80.3   80.8   80.6   80.7   80.7   80.6   80.7   80.6   80.7   80.2   80.5   80.6 |  80.6   80.6   80.7   80.4 |     80.6 
  2008           |  80.5   80.2   79.8   79.2   78.9   78.7   78.6   77.6   74.5   75.5   74.6   72.7 |  80.1   78.9   76.9   74.3 |     77.6 
  2009           |  71.3   70.2                                                                       |                            |          
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Note: Estimates from October 2008 through February 2009 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases.