Variant of NAICS 2012 - Durable / non-durable manufacturing industries

31-33 - Manufacturing

This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in the chemical, mechanical or physical transformation of materials or substances into new products. These products may be finished, in the sense that they are ready to be used or consumed, or semi-finished, in the sense of becoming a raw material for an establishment to use in further manufacturing. Related activities, such as the assembly of the component parts of manufactured goods; the blending of materials; and the finishing of manufactured products by dyeing, heat-treating, plating and similar operations are also treated as manufacturing activities. Manufacturing establishments are known by a variety of trade designations, such as plants, factories or mills.

Manufacturing establishments may own the materials which they transform or they may transform materials owned by other establishments. Manufacturing may take place in factories or in workers' homes, using either machinery or hand tools.

Factoryless goods producers (FGPs) that completely outsource the transformation process but own the input materials are classified to the manufacturing sector. FGPs that completely outsource the transformation process but do not own the materials are classified to merchant wholesalers in Sector 41 Wholesale trade. These units are in fact buying the completed goods from the producer with the intention to resell it. These units may design the goods being manufactured, and may have some say in the manufacturing process.

Certain activities involving the transformation of goods are classified in other sectors. Some examples are post-harvest activities of agricultural establishments, such as crop drying; logging; the beneficiating of mineral ores; the production of structures by construction establishments; and various activities conducted by retailers, such as meat cutting and the assembly of products such as bicycles and computers.

Sales branches or offices (but not retail stores) maintained by manufacturing, refining, or mining enterprises apart from their plants or mines for the purpose of marketing their products are included in Sector 41 Wholesale trade as merchant wholesalers.

31-33nd - Non-durable manufacturing industries

This category comprises all NAICS codes that relate to non-durable manufacturing industries.

• 311 Food manufacturing
• 312 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing
• 313 Textile mills
• 314 Textile product mills
• 315 Clothing manufacturing
• 316 Leather and allied product manufacturing
• 322 Paper manufacturing
• 323 Printing and related support activities
• 324 Petroleum and coal product manufacturing
• 325 Chemical manufacturing
• 326 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

311 - Food manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in producing food for human or animal consumption.

• Exclusion(s)

  • manufacturing beverages or tobacco (See 312 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing)

312 - Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing beverages and tobacco products.

313 - Textile mills

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing yarn or textile fabrics, or finishing yarn, textile fabrics or clothing. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing both fabrics and textile products, except knitted clothing, are included.

• Exclusion(s)

  • manufacturing textile products, except clothing, from purchased fabric (See 314 Textile product mills)
  • manufacturing clothing (See 315 Clothing manufacturing)

314 - Textile product mills

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing textile products, except clothing.

• Exclusion(s)

  • manufacturing yarn or textile fabrics, or finishing yarn or fabrics, or manufacturing both fabrics and textile products (See 313 Textile mills)

315 - Clothing manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing clothing.

• Exclusion(s)

  • finishing clothing made in other establishments (See 313 Textile mills)
  • embroidering clothing not made in the same establishment (See 314 Textile product mills)
  • printing on articles of clothing not made in the same establishment (See 323 Printing and related support activities)
  • manufacturing safety clothing (See 339 Miscellaneous manufacturing)

316 - Leather and allied product manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing leather and allied products.

• Exclusion(s)

  • manufacturing leather clothing (See 315 Clothing manufacturing)

322 - Paper manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing pulp, paper and paper products. The manufacture of pulp involves separating the cellulose fibres from other impurities in wood, used paper or other fibre sources. The manufacture of paper involves matting these fibres into a sheet. Converted paper products are produced from paper and other materials by various cutting and shaping techniques.

323 - Printing and related support activities

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in printing and providing related support activities.

324 - Petroleum and coal product manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in transforming crude petroleum and coal into intermediate and end products. The dominant process is petroleum refining, which separates crude petroleum into components or fractions through such techniques as cracking and distillation.

• Exclusion(s)

  • manufacturing chemicals and chemical preparations from refined petroleum and coal products (See 325 Chemical manufacturing)

325 - Chemical manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing chemicals and chemical preparations, from organic and inorganic raw materials.

• Exclusion(s)

  • field processing of crude petroleum and natural gas (See 211 Oil and gas extraction)
  • beneficiating mineral ores (See 212 Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas))
  • processing crude petroleum and coal (See 324 Petroleum and coal product manufacturing)
  • smelting and refining ores and concentrates (See 331 Primary metal manufacturing)

326 - Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in making goods by processing raw rubber and plastics materials. Rubber and plastics-based activities are combined in the same subsector because the technical properties of these polymers are related.

Generally, establishments classified in this subsector manufacture products made of just one material, rubber or plastics, with the major exception of tire manufacturing.

• Exclusion(s)

  • manufacturing synthetic resins from basic organic chemicals (See 325210 Resin and synthetic rubber manufacturing)
  • compounding plastics resins from recycled materials (See 325991 Custom compounding of purchased resins)