Table 7B

 CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION: Manufacturing <1>

 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           |  56.8   56.9   57.0   57.2   57.3   57.5   57.6   57.8   57.9   58.1   58.3   58.4 |  56.9   57.3   57.8   58.3 |     57.6 

  1981           |  58.6   58.8   58.9   59.1   59.3   59.4   59.6   59.7   59.9   60.0   60.1   60.3 |  58.8   59.3   59.7   60.1 |     59.5 

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  1982           |  60.4   60.5   60.7   60.8   60.9   61.0   61.1   61.2   61.3   61.4   61.4   61.5 |  60.5   60.9   61.2   61.4 |     61.0 

  1983           |  61.6   61.6   61.6   61.7   61.7   61.7   61.8   61.8   61.8   61.9   61.9   62.0 |  61.6   61.7   61.8   61.9 |     61.8 

  1984           |  62.1   62.2   62.3   62.4   62.5   62.6   62.8   62.9   63.1   63.3   63.5   63.7 |  62.2   62.5   62.9   63.5 |     62.8 

  1985           |  63.9   64.0   64.2   64.4   64.6   64.8   65.0   65.1   65.2   65.3   65.4   65.5 |  64.0   64.6   65.1   65.4 |     64.8 

  1986           |  65.6   65.7   65.7   65.8   65.8   65.9   65.9   66.0   66.1   66.2   66.3   66.4 |  65.7   65.8   66.0   66.3 |     65.9 

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  1987           |  66.6   66.7   66.9   67.1   67.3   67.4   67.6   67.8   67.9   68.1   68.2   68.3 |  66.7   67.3   67.8   68.2 |     67.5 

  1988           |  68.3   68.4   68.4   68.5   68.5   68.5   68.6   68.6   68.6   68.7   68.7   68.8 |  68.4   68.5   68.6   68.7 |     68.6 

  1989           |  68.9   69.0   69.1   69.3   69.4   69.6   69.7   69.9   70.0   70.2   70.4   70.6 |  69.0   69.4   69.9   70.4 |     69.7 

  1990           |  70.7   70.9   71.1   71.2   71.4   71.6   71.7   71.9   72.0   72.1   72.3   72.4 |  70.9   71.4   71.9   72.3 |     71.6 

  1991           |  72.5   72.7   72.8   72.9   73.0   73.1   73.2   73.3   73.4   73.4   73.5   73.6 |  72.7   73.0   73.3   73.5 |     73.1 

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  1992           |  73.8   73.9   74.0   74.2   74.4   74.6   74.8   75.0   75.2   75.3   75.5   75.7 |  73.9   74.4   75.0   75.5 |     74.7 

  1993           |  75.9   76.0   76.2   76.3   76.4   76.5   76.6   76.7   76.9   77.0   77.1   77.3 |  76.0   76.4   76.7   77.1 |     76.6 

  1994           |  77.4   77.6   77.8   78.0   78.2   78.5   78.7   79.0   79.3   79.6   79.9   80.2 |  77.6   78.3   79.0   79.9 |     78.7 

  1995           |  80.5   80.8   81.1   81.4   81.8   82.1   82.5   82.8   83.2   83.6   84.0   84.4 |  80.8   81.8   82.8   84.0 |     82.4 

  1996           |  84.9   85.3   85.8   86.2   86.7   87.1   87.6   88.1   88.5   89.0   89.5   90.0 |  85.3   86.7   88.1   89.5 |     87.4 

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  1997           |  90.5   91.0   91.5   92.1   92.6   93.2   93.8   94.5   95.1   95.8   96.5   97.2 |  91.0   92.7   94.5   96.5 |     93.7 

  1998           |  98.0   98.7   99.4  100.2  100.9  101.6  102.2  102.8  103.5  104.0  104.6  105.2 |  98.7  100.9  102.8  104.6 |    101.8 

  1999           | 105.7  106.2  106.7  107.2  107.7  108.2  108.7  109.2  109.6  110.1  110.6  111.1 | 106.2  107.7  109.2  110.6 |    108.4 

  2000           | 111.6  112.0  112.5  113.0  113.4  113.9  114.3  114.8  115.2  115.6  116.0  116.4 | 112.0  113.4  114.8  116.0 |    114.1 

  2001           | 116.8  117.2  117.6  117.9  118.2  118.5  118.8  119.0  119.3  119.5  119.7  119.8 | 117.2  118.2  119.0  119.6 |    118.5 

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  2002           | 120.0  120.1  120.2  120.3  120.3  120.4  120.4  120.4  120.4  120.4  120.4  120.4 | 120.1  120.3  120.4  120.4 |    120.3 

  2003           | 120.4  120.4  120.3  120.3  120.2  120.2  120.2  120.1  120.1  120.0  119.9  119.9 | 120.4  120.2  120.1  119.9 |    120.2 

  2004           | 119.8  119.8  119.7  119.7  119.6  119.6  119.6  119.6  119.6  119.7  119.7  119.8 | 119.8  119.6  119.6  119.7 |    119.7 

  2005           | 119.9  120.0  120.2  120.3  120.5  120.7  120.9  121.1  121.2  121.4  121.6  121.8 | 120.0  120.5  121.1  121.6 |    120.8 

  2006           | 121.9  122.1  122.2  122.4  122.6  122.7  122.9  123.1  123.3  123.5  123.7  123.9 | 122.1  122.6  123.1  123.7 |    122.9 

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  2007           | 124.2  124.4  124.7  125.0  125.3  125.5  125.8  126.0  126.3  126.5  126.7  126.9 | 124.4  125.3  126.0  126.7 |    125.6 

  2008           | 127.0  127.2  127.3  127.4  127.4  127.4  127.5  127.5  127.5  127.4  127.4  127.3 | 127.2  127.4  127.5  127.4 |    127.3 

  2009           | 127.2  127.1  127.0  126.8  126.7  126.5  126.4  126.2  126.1  126.0  125.9  125.8 | 127.1  126.7  126.2  125.9 |    126.5 

  2010           | 125.7  125.6  125.6  125.5  125.5                                                  | 125.6                      |          

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 Utilization     |                                                                                    |                            |

 (percent)       |                                                                                    |                            |

  1980           |  83.0   82.8   82.0   80.1   77.5   76.1   75.2   75.5   76.5   77.7   78.9   78.9 |  82.6   77.9   75.7   78.5 |     78.7 

  1981           |  78.4   77.7   77.8   78.0   78.2   77.6   77.5   77.4   76.9   76.0   74.9   73.5 |  78.0   77.9   77.3   74.8 |     77.0 

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  1982           |  71.6   73.3   72.6   72.0   71.7   71.4   71.2   70.5   70.2   69.4   68.9   68.5 |  72.5   71.7   70.7   68.9 |     70.9 

  1983           |  70.1   70.0   70.6   71.4   72.3   72.8   73.8   74.4   75.7   76.5   76.7   76.8 |  70.3   72.2   74.6   76.7 |     73.4 

  1984           |  78.2   78.9   79.1   79.4   79.5   79.6   79.8   79.7   79.4   79.4   79.4   79.5 |  78.7   79.5   79.6   79.5 |     79.3 

  1985           |  79.0   78.5   78.9   78.4   78.2   78.2   77.5   77.8   77.7   77.4   77.8   78.0 |  78.8   78.3   77.7   77.7 |     78.1 

  1986           |  78.7   78.2   77.9   78.2   78.2   77.9   78.3   78.4   78.4   78.6   78.9   79.4 |  78.3   78.1   78.4   79.0 |     78.4 

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  1987           |  79.0   79.9   79.8   80.1   80.4   80.5   80.9   81.1   81.4   82.5   82.9   83.3 |  79.6   80.3   81.1   82.9 |     81.0 

  1988           |  83.0   83.1   83.3   84.0   83.9   84.0   84.0   84.0   84.2   84.6   84.8   85.0 |  83.2   83.9   84.1   84.8 |     84.0 

  1989           |  85.6   84.6   84.4   84.4   83.5   83.4   82.3   82.9   82.5   82.2   82.1   82.0 |  84.9   83.8   82.6   82.1 |     83.3 

  1990           |  81.7   82.7   82.8   82.4   82.3   82.3   82.0   82.1   81.9   81.1   80.0   79.2 |  82.4   82.4   82.0   80.1 |     81.7 

  1991           |  78.5   77.9   77.2   77.3   77.8   78.6   78.7   78.8   79.5   79.3   79.0   78.8 |  77.9   77.9   79.0   79.0 |     78.5 

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  1992           |  78.2   78.8   79.4   79.6   79.9   79.9   80.4   79.8   79.6   79.9   80.0   79.7 |  78.8   79.8   79.9   79.9 |     79.6 

  1993           |  80.3   80.3   80.0   80.3   80.2   79.9   80.0   79.8   80.2   80.8   81.0   81.2 |  80.2   80.1   80.0   81.0 |     80.3 

  1994           |  81.2   81.1   82.0   82.4   82.7   82.7   82.8   83.2   83.1   83.7   84.0   84.6 |  81.4   82.6   83.0   84.1 |     82.8 

  1995           |  84.6   84.2   84.0   83.6   83.2   83.2   82.4   83.0   83.3   82.8   82.4   82.4 |  84.3   83.3   82.9   82.5 |     83.3 

  1996           |  81.4   82.3   81.6   82.0   82.1   82.6   82.4   82.5   82.6   82.1   82.3   82.6 |  81.8   82.3   82.5   82.3 |     82.2 

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  1997           |  82.2   82.8   83.4   82.7   82.9   82.9   82.8   83.6   83.7   83.6   83.9   83.6 |  82.8   82.9   83.3   83.7 |     83.2 

  1998           |  83.7   83.2   82.5   82.3   82.2   81.0   80.1   81.7   80.9   81.2   80.9   80.9 |  83.1   81.8   80.9   81.0 |     81.7 

  1999           |  80.7   80.9   80.5   80.4   80.8   80.1   80.2   80.3   79.7   80.6   80.7   80.9 |  80.7   80.4   80.1   80.7 |     80.5 

  2000           |  80.7   80.6   80.8   81.0   80.5   80.3   80.0   79.2   79.3   78.7   78.2   77.4 |  80.7   80.6   79.5   78.1 |     79.7 

  2001           |  76.6   76.0   75.5   75.1   74.4   73.7   73.2   72.6   72.3   71.7   71.4   71.5 |  76.0   74.4   72.7   71.6 |     73.7 

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  2002           |  71.8   71.7   72.2   72.2   72.7   73.5   73.1   73.4   73.4   73.1   73.4   73.0 |  71.9   72.8   73.3   73.2 |     72.8 

  2003           |  73.5   73.6   73.8   73.2   73.2   73.5   73.7   73.5   74.1   74.1   74.9   74.8 |  73.6   73.3   73.7   74.6 |     73.8 

  2004           |  74.8   75.3   75.2   75.6   76.2   75.5   76.2   76.7   76.5   77.3   77.2   77.6 |  75.1   75.8   76.5   77.4 |     76.2 

  2005           |  78.1   78.7   78.4   78.4   78.6   78.5   78.4   78.4   77.5   78.6   79.0   78.9 |  78.4   78.5   78.1   78.8 |     78.5 

  2006           |  79.4   79.1   78.9   79.3   78.9   79.0   79.0   79.2   79.1   78.7   78.6   79.7 |  79.1   79.1   79.1   79.0 |     79.1 

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  2007           |  79.2   79.5   79.9   80.3   80.0   79.9   80.0   79.5   79.7   79.0   79.1   79.2 |  79.5   80.1   79.7   79.1 |     79.6 

  2008           |  78.7   78.2   78.0   77.0   76.5   76.0   75.6   75.0   72.6   72.4   71.0   69.2 |  78.3   76.5   74.4   70.9 |     75.0 

  2009           |  67.4   67.3   66.2   65.9   65.4   65.4   66.6   67.6   68.1   68.2   69.0   69.1 |  67.0   65.6   67.4   68.8 |     67.2 

  2010           |  69.8   69.7   70.5   71.1   71.9                                                  |  70.0                      |          

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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.