North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2012

• 31-33 - Manufacturing
• 325 - Chemical manufacturing
• 3259 - Other chemical product manufacturing
• 32592 - Explosives manufacturing

325920 - Explosives manufacturing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing explosive preparations, detonators for explosives, and explosive devices, except ammunition.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • azides explosive materials, manufacturing
  • blasting accessories (e.g., blasting caps, fuses, ignitors, squibbs), manufacturing
  • detonators (except ammunition), manufacturing
  • dynamite, manufacturing
  • fuses, detonating and safety, manufacturing
  • gunpowder, manufacturing
  • nitroglycerin explosive materials, manufacturing
  • trinitrotoluene (TNT), manufacturing

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • manufacturing pyrotechnics (See 325999 All other miscellaneous chemical product manufacturing)
  • manufacturing ammunition and detonators for ammunition (See 332999 All other miscellaneous fabricated metal product manufacturing)