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Industrial capacity utilization rates

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  Third quarter 2007r Second quarter 2008r Third quarter 2008 Third quarter 2007 to third quarter 2008 Second quarter to third quarter 2008
  % percentage point change
Total industrial 81.6 77.7 77.4 -4.2 -0.3
Forestry and logging 76.4 75.3 70.4 -6.0 -4.9
Mining and oil and gas extraction 79.6 74.7 75.5 -4.1 0.8
Oil and gas extraction 80.6 76.9 76.8 -3.8 -0.1
Mining 77.1 69.3 72.6 -4.5 3.3
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 86.3 84.3 83.9 -2.4 -0.4
Construction 79.9 77.1 75.9 -4.0 -1.2
Manufacturing 82.5 78.2 78.0 -4.5 -0.2
Food 81.1 80.4 80.5 -0.6 0.1
Beverage and tobacco products 73.2 71.3 70.5 -2.7 -0.8
Beverage 73.9 70.4 70.0 -3.9 -0.4
Tobacco 68.6 77.3 74.0 5.4 -3.3
Textile mills 69.5 68.5 72.8 3.3 4.3
Textile product mills 80.9 78.8 80.2 -0.7 1.4
Clothing 77.1 64.3 68.5 -8.6 4.2
Leather and allied products 79.0 74.0 76.2 -2.8 2.2
Wood products 76.4 65.5 64.4 -12.0 -1.1
Paper 87.4 86.0 87.8 0.4 1.8
Printing and related support activities 80.1 77.9 75.8 -4.3 -2.1
Petroleum and coal products 86.9 79.9 76.3 -10.6 -3.6
Chemical 78.9 79.2 80.8 1.9 1.6
Plastics and rubber products 77.8 66.9 65.3 -12.5 -1.6
Plastic products 76.6 64.9 63.0 -13.6 -1.9
Rubber products 83.3 77.4 77.1 -6.2 -0.3
Non-metallic mineral products 81.4 79.6 82.2 0.8 2.6
Primary metal 88.9 92.9 96.1 7.2 3.2
Fabricated metal products 83.4 78.0 76.8 -6.6 -1.2
Machinery 84.2 87.2 88.0 3.8 0.8
Computer and electronic products 89.8 89.4 89.5 -0.3 0.1
Electrical equipment, appliance and component 77.9 75.7 77.9 0.0 2.2
Transportation equipment 86.2 73.8 71.1 -15.1 -2.7
Furniture and related products 79.4 76.8 77.3 -2.1 0.5
Miscellaneous manufacturing 83.8 86.3 86.7 2.9 0.4
rrevised

Date Modified: 2008-12-12

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