An Economic Analysis of the U.S. Wooden Pallet and Container Industry
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Table A.2. Illustration of NAICS 2012
NAICS is a hierarchical system. All codes beginning with '31-33' are part of
Manufacturing, which includes codes 31, 32 and 33. More digits indicate finer levels of
detail. For example, within 33 there are 8 3-digits codes. The code 333 includes all
Machinery manufacturing. Within manufacturing as a whole, there are 21 3-digit sub-
sectors, 86 4-digit industry groups, 180 5-digit industries, and 270 6-digit industries. At the 6-
digit level, the NAICS for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico are consistent. The U.S. Census
Bureau employs finer levels of detail in certain publications, such as the Economic Census
(EC). The last code in Table A.2 is from the EC 2012 Product Shipments table.
2012 NAICS Product or industry title
32 Manufacturing (31-33)
321 Wood product manufacturing
3219 Other wood product manufacturing
32192 Wood container and pallet manufacturing
321920 Wood container and pallet manufacturing
