TABLE B–54.—Capacity utilization rates, 1955–2002 [Percent 1; monthly data seasonally adjusted] Manufacturing Total 2 Durable goods Nondurable goods Other (non-NAICS) 2 1955 ...... 87.0 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1956 ...... 86.1 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1957 ...... 83.6 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1958 ...... 75.0 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1959 ...... 81.6 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1960 ...... 80.1 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1961 ...... 77.3 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1962 ...... 81.4 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1963 ...... 83.5 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1964 ...... 85.6 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1965 ...... 89.5 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1966 ...... 91.1 ...... ...... ...... ...... 1967 87.0 87.2 87.5 86.3 ...... 81.2 1968 87.3 87.0 87.3 86.4 ...... 83.6 1969 87.3 86.5 86.9 86.0 ...... 86.8 1970 81.0 79.2 77.4 82.0 ...... 89.3 1971 79.3 77.6 75.0 81.6 ...... 87.9 1972 84.4 83.2 81.7 85.1 85.4 90.8 1973 88.3 87.5 88.4 86.6 84.6 91.9 1974 84.9 84.1 84.2 84.1 82.7 91.1 1975 75.5 73.4 71.4 76.0 77.2 89.2 1976 79.5 77.9 75.9 80.9 77.4 90.1 1977 83.2 82.3 81.0 84.0 83.3 90.4 1978 85.0 84.5 84.2 84.9 85.1 90.1 1979 85.0 84.2 84.6 83.6 85.5 91.1 1980 80.9 78.8 77.8 79.5 87.0 91.7 1981 79.9 77.2 75.6 78.8 87.3 91.6 1982 73.8 71.1 66.7 76.7 86.5 83.8 1983 74.8 73.5 68.7 79.8 86.9 78.4 1984 80.5 79.5 76.9 82.6 89.0 84.6 1985 79.4 78.4 75.9 81.1 90.8 83.4 1986 78.8 78.6 75.4 82.1 88.8 76.7 1987 81.2 81.1 77.7 85.1 89.4 79.5 1988 84.2 84.1 82.1 86.4 87.8 83.5 1989 83.6 83.2 81.4 85.3 85.8 84.3 1990 82.5 81.6 79.2 84.6 84.0 86.5 1991 79.6 78.3 74.8 82.6 80.1 84.8 1992 80.1 79.3 76.6 82.8 78.7 84.2 1993 81.1 80.0 78.1 82.4 80.9 85.7 1994 83.3 82.4 81.3 84.0 81.5 87.3 1995 83.6 82.8 82.0 83.9 80.8 87.2 1996 82.5 81.2 80.8 82.3 77.3 89.4 Year or month Total industry 2 Mining1997 83.7 82.7 82.6 83.4 78.5 90.5 1998 82.9 81.9 81.8 82.4 79.6 88.1 1999 82.4 81.4 81.5 81.3 81.4 85.7 2000 82.7 81.4 81.8 80.7 83.8 89.3 2001 77.3 75.6 73.2 77.8 82.3 88.1 2002 p 75.6 73.8 70.1 78.0 81.3 84.9 2001: Jan 80.2 78.5 77.5 78.9 84.5 88.8 Feb 79.6 77.8 76.5 79.0 82.3 89.4 Mar 79.0 77.3 76.2 78.2 81.7 89.4 Apr 78.5 76.8 75.2 78.1 82.2 89.5 May 77.9 76.1 74.2 78.0 81.7 89.0 June 77.2 75.5 73.2 77.8 81.8 88.2 July 77.0 75.3 72.9 77.7 82.3 87.7 Aug 76.7 74.8 72.0 77.7 82.3 87.5 Sept 76.0 74.3 71.0 77.6 82.8 87.5 Oct 75.6 73.8 70.2 77.4 82.6 86.9 Nov 75.1 73.4 70.0 77.0 81.7 86.8 Dec 74.6 73.0 69.6 76.5 81.4 86.1 2002: Jan 75.0 73.3 69.9 77.2 80.6 85.5 Feb 75.1 73.4 69.8 77.4 80.0 85.4 Mar 75.3 73.5 69.7 77.8 80.2 84.8 Apr 75.6 73.6 70.0 77.8 79.7 84.7 May 75.7 73.9 70.3 78.1 80.0 84.8 June 75.9 74.1 70.5 78.3 81.2 84.9 July 76.4 74.3 70.6 78.7 80.9 85.7 Aug 76.1 74.3 70.8 78.4 81.7 85.3 Sept 76.0 74.1 70.2 78.4 82.8 83.8 Oct p 75.6 73.8 69.9 78.0 82.7 83.9 Nov p 75.6 73.8 70.2 77.8 82.3 84.4 Dec p 75.4 73.6 69.7 77.9 83.2 85.8 Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 1 Output as percent of capacity. 2 See footnote 1 and Note, Table B–51.Stage-of-process Crude Primary and semi-finished Finished ...... ...... 92.0 84.2 ...... ...... 89.4 84.4 ...... ...... 84.7 83.1 ...... ...... 75.4 74.9 ...... ...... 83.0 81.1 ...... ...... 79.8 80.5 ...... ...... 77.9 77.2 ...... ...... 81.5 81.6 ...... ...... 83.8 83.4 ...... ...... 87.8 84.6 ...... ...... 91.0 88.8 ...... ...... 91.4 91.1 94.5 81.1 85.0 88.2 95.1 83.4 86.8 87.0 96.6 85.6 87.9 85.4 96.0 85.1 81.2 77.9 94.4 84.3 81.3 75.4 95.2 88.7 87.8 79.4 94.1 90.8 92.0 83.1 87.8 91.3 87.1 80.1 84.3 84.1 74.8 73.5 85.1 87.5 79.8 76.2 84.8 89.7 84.4 79.3 84.0 88.9 86.0 82.3 85.5 89.5 85.9 82.0 85.3 89.2 78.8 79.7 84.1 89.5 77.1 78.3 80.5 81.8 70.4 74.0 79.5 78.5 74.2 73.7 82.8 84.7 81.0 77.9 82.4 83.3 79.9 77.3 82.0 79.0 79.8 77.4 83.5 83.0 82.7 78.9 85.3 86.7 85.5 81.7 86.8 87.5 84.6 81.3 86.4 88.9 82.3 80.7 87.1 86.1 79.4 77.9 84.9 85.6 80.8 78.0 87.5 85.4 82.8 78.0 88.4 87.3 86.0 79.0 89.8 88.3 86.3 79.3 91.0 87.8 85.0 78.3 Utilities89.8 89.1 85.6 80.1 90.6 86.0 84.0 80.9 92.0 86.3 84.4 79.2 92.0 88.0 84.8 78.9 88.2 84.0 78.6 74.3 86.8 83.2 77.7 71.5 93.3 85.8 82.1 76.7 92.0 85.9 81.2 76.3 90.7 85.1 80.4 76.0 89.5 84.8 79.7 75.7 88.3 83.9 78.9 75.3 87.9 83.1 78.3 74.7 87.0 83.0 78.0 74.5 88.3 83.3 78.0 73.7 86.1 84.0 77.3 72.8 87.2 83.5 77.0 72.2 84.3 83.2 76.2 72.0 83.5 82.1 75.6 71.9 84.4 82.5 76.2 71.9 85.2 82.5 76.4 71.8 86.9 82.2 76.9 71.9 88.6 82.7 77.5 71.7 87.7 83.5 77.8 71.5 87.2 83.3 77.9 71.9 89.6 84.4 78.6 71.9 86.5 83.9 78.4 71.7 88.4 83.1 78.6 71.3 86.3 82.8 78.1 70.9 85.9 82.9 78.1 71.0 84.4 84.2 77.8 70.6