Variant of North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2022 Version 1.0 for Industrial production (based on the 2008 International Recommendations for Industrial Statistics)

• 1 - Industrial production
• 31-33 - Manufacturing
• 325 - Chemical manufacturing
• 3251 - Basic chemical manufacturing
• 32518 - Other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing

325189 - All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in manufacturing inorganic chemicals.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • ammonium chloride, manufacturing
  • bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturing
  • carbides (e.g., boron, calcium, silicon, tungsten), manufacturing
  • carbon, bone and lamp black pigments, manufacturing
  • heavy water (i.e., deuterium oxide), manufacturing
  • hydrogen peroxide, manufacturing
  • iodine, crude or resublimed, manufacturing
  • potassium salts, manufacturing
  • radioactive elements, manufacturing
  • sulphides and sulphites, manufacturing
  • titanium dioxide, manufacturing
  • zinc oxide, manufacturing

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • manufacturing antimony based pigments (See 325130 Synthetic dye and pigment manufacturing)
  • manufacturing ferric or lead oxide pigments (See 325130 Synthetic dye and pigment manufacturing)
  • sulphur extraction from sour natural gas (See 211110 Oil and gas extraction (except oil sands))