North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2002
31-33 - Manufacturing
This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in the physical or chemical 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.
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.
325 - Chemical Manufacturing
This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing chemicals and chemical preparations, from organic and inorganic raw materials.
Exclusion(s):
Establishments primarily engaged in:
- field processing of crude petroleum and natural gas (See 211 Oil and Gas Extraction)
- beneficiating mineral ores (See 212 Mining (except Oil and Gas))
- processing crude petroleum and coal (See 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing)
- smelting and refining ores and concentrates (See 331 Primary Metal Manufacturing)
3256 - Soap, Cleaning Compound and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing
This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing soap and other cleaning compounds and toilet preparations.
32561 - Soap and Cleaning Compound Manufacturing
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing soap and other cleaning compounds.
Exclusion(s):
Establishments primarily engaged in:
- manufacturing industrial bleaches (See 32518 Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing)
- manufacturing shampoos and shaving preparations (See 32562 Toilet Preparation Manufacturing)
325610 - Soap and Cleaning Compound ManufacturingMEX
This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing soap and other cleaning compounds.
Example Activities:
- Air fresheners, manufacturing
- Ammonia, household type, manufacturing
- Assistants, textile and leather finishing, manufacturing
- Automobile polishes and cleaners, manufacturing
- Bleaches, formulated for household use, manufacturing
- Brass polishes, manufacturing
- Cleaners, household type (e.g., oven, toilet bowl, window), manufacturing
- Cleaning and polishing preparations, manufacturing
- Cloths, dusting and polishing, chemically treated, manufacturing
- Dentifrices, manufacturing
- Deodorants (except personal), manufacturing
- Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry), manufacturing
- Dishwasher detergents, manufacturing
- Disinfectants, household type and industrial, manufacturing
- Drain pipe cleaners, manufacturing
- Dry cleaning preparations, manufacturing
- Dusting cloths, chemically treated, manufacturing
- Emulsifiers (i.e., surface active agents), manufacturing
- Fabric softeners, manufacturing
- Finishing agents, textile and leather, manufacturing
- Floor polishes and waxes, manufacturing
- Furniture polishes and waxes, manufacturing
- Hand soaps (e.g., hard, liquid, soft), manufacturing
- Laundry bleaches, formulated for household use, manufacturing
- Laundry soap, chips and powder, manufacturing
- Leather finishing assistants, manufacturing
- Metal polishes (i.e., tarnish removers), manufacturing
- Mordants, manufacturing
- Oils, soluble (i.e., textile finishing assistants), manufacturing
- Oven cleaners, manufacturing
- Penetrants, manufacturing
- Polishes (e.g., automobile, furniture, metal, shoe), manufacturing
- Polishing preparations, manufacturing
- Recycling dry cleaning fluids
- Rug cleaning preparations, manufacturing
- Rust removers, manufacturing
- Scouring cleansers (e.g., pastes, powders), manufacturing
- Shoe polishes and cleaners, manufacturing
- Silver polishes, manufacturing
- Soaps (e.g., bar, chip, powder), manufacturing
- Spot removers (except laundry presoaks), manufacturing
- Starches, laundry, manufacturing
- Surface active agents, manufacturing
- Textile finishing assistants, manufacturing
- Textile scouring agents, manufacturing
- Toilet bowl cleaners, manufacturing
- Toothpastes, gels and tooth powders, manufacturing
- Tub and tile cleaning preparations, manufacturing
- Waxes, polishing (e.g., floor, furniture), manufacturing
- Wetting agents, manufacturing
- Window cleaning preparations, manufacturing
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