North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2012

32111 - Sawmills and wood preservation

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing boards, dimension lumber, timber, poles and ties from logs and bolts. These establishments produce lumber that may be rough, or dressed by a planing machine to achieve smoothness and uniformity of size, but is generally not further worked or shaped. Establishments that preserve wood are also included.

• Exclusion(s)

  • chipping logs in the forest (See 11331 Logging)
  • manufacturing glued-laminated timber, nailed-laminated lumber beams, parallel strand lumber, laminated veneer lumber, fingerjoined lumber, and similar products (See 32121 Veneer, plywood and engineered wood product manufacturing)
  • peeling or slicing logs to make veneer (See 32121 Veneer, plywood and engineered wood product manufacturing)
  • planing purchased lumber or working lumber further than dressed (See 32191 Millwork)

321111 - Sawmills (except shingle and shake mills)^MEX

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing boards, dimension lumber, timber, poles and ties, and siding, from logs and bolts. These establishments produce lumber that may be rough, or dressed by a planing machine to achieve smoothness and uniformity of size, but (except in the case of siding) is generally not further worked or shaped.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • chipping logs (except in the forest)
  • dimension lumber (e.g., 2x4), made from logs or bolts
  • lath, made from logs or bolts
  • lumber (i.e., rough, dressed), made from logs or bolts
  • sawdust and shavings, made from logs or bolts
  • siding, dressed lumber, manufacturing
  • ties, railroad, made from logs or bolts
  • timber, made from logs or bolts

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321112 - Shingle and shake mills^MEX

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in sawing blocks of wood to produce shingles or splitting blocks of wood to produce shakes.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • shakes (i.e., hand split shingles), manufacturing
  • shingle mills, wood

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321114 - Wood preservation^US

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in treating lumber, plywood, poles and similar wood products, produced in other establishments, with preservatives to prevent decay and to protect against fire and insects. Establishments primarily engaged in cutting to size and treating poles, pilings, posts and similar roundwood products are included. Pressure treating is the most common method used. Some common preservatives used in the treatment process include organic compounds such as creosote, and water-borne inorganic compounds, such as chromated copper arsenate.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • creosoting of wood
  • lumber and plywood, treating with creosote or other preservatives
  • piles and pilings, foundation and marine construction, treating
  • pressure treated lumber, made from purchased lumber

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