Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing
Description
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) distilling wood or gum into products, such as tall oil and wood distillates; (2) distilling coal tars; (3) manufacturing wood or gum chemicals, such as naval stores, natural tanning materials, charcoal briquettes, and charcoal (except activated); and (4) manufacturing cyclic crudes or cyclic intermediates (i.e., hydrocarbons, except aromatic petrochemicals) from refined petroleum or natural gas. Cross-references. Establishments primarily engaged in--
Hierarchy
| Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | Manufacturing 2-digit sector | The Sector as a Whole The Manufacturing sector comprises establishments engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products. The assembling of component parts of manufactured products is considered manufacturing, except in cases where the activity is appropriately classified in Sector 23, Construction. Establishments in the Manufacturing sector are often described as plants, factories, or mills and characteristically use power-driven machines and material handling equipment. However, establishments that transform materials or substances into new products by hand or in the worker's home and those engaged in selling to the general public products made on the same premises from which they are sold, such as bakeries, candy stores, and custom tailors, may also be included in this sector. Manufacturing establishments may process materials or may contract with other establishments to process their materials for them. Both types of establishments are included in manufacturing. Selected industries in the Manufacturing sector are comprised solely of establishments that process materials for other establishments on a contract or fee basis. Beyond these dedicated contract manufacturing industries, establishments that process materials for other establishments are generally classified in the Manufacturing industry of the processed materials. The materials, substances, or components transformed by manufacturing establishments are raw materials that are products of agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, or quarrying as well as products of other manufacturing establishments. The materials used may be purchased directly from producers, obtained through customary trade channels, or secured without recourse to the market by transferring the product from one establishment to another, under the same ownership. The new product of a manufacturing establishment may be finished in the sense that it is ready for utilization or consumption, or it may be semi-finished to become an input for an establishment engaged in further manufacturing. For example, the product of the alumina refinery is the input used in the primary production of aluminum; primary aluminum is the input to an aluminum wire drawing plant; and aluminum wire is the input for a fabricated wire product manufacturing establishment. The subsectors in the Manufacturing sector generally reflect distinct production processes related to material inputs, production equipment, and employee skills. In the machinery area, where assembling is a key activity, parts and accessories for manufactured products are classified in the industry of the finished manufactured item when they are made for separate sale. For example, an attachment for a piece of metalworking machinery would be classified with metalworking machinery. However, component inputs from other manufacturing establishments are classified based on the production function of the component manufacturer. For example, electronic components are classified in Subsector 334, Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing, and stampings are classified in Subsector 332, Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing. Manufacturing establishments often perform one or more activities that are classified outside the Manufacturing sector of NAICS. For instance, almost all manufacturing has some captive research and development or administrative operations, such as accounting, payroll, or management. These captive services are treated the same as captive manufacturing activities. When the services are provided by separate establishments, they are classified in the NAICS sector where such services are primary, not in manufacturing. The boundaries of manufacturing and the other sectors of the classification system can be somewhat blurry. The establishments in the Manufacturing sector are engaged in the transformation of materials into new products. Their output is a new product. However, the definition of what constitutes a new product can be somewhat subjective. As clarification, the following activities are considered manufacturing in NAICS: <table width=100%><tr><td width=10%> </td><td><dl><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Milk bottling and pasteurizing;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Water bottling and processing;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Fresh fish packaging (oyster<br/> shucking, fish filleting);</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Apparel jobbing (assigning<br/> materials to contract<br/> factories or shops for<br/> fabrication or other contract<br/> operations) as well as<br/> contracting on materials<br/> owned by others;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Printing and related activities;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Ready-mix concrete production;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Leather converting;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Grinding lenses to<br/> prescription;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Wood preserving;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Lapidary work for the trade;</dt></dl></td><td width=10%> </td><td><dl><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Electroplating, plating, metal<br/> heat treating, and<br/> polishing for the trade;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Fabricating signs and<br/> advertising displays;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Rebuilding or remanufacturing<br/> machinery (i.e., automotive<br/> parts);</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Making manufactured homes<br/> (i.e., mobile homes) or<br/> prefabricated buildings,<br/> whether or not assembling/<br/> erecting at the customers'<br/> site;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Ship repair and renovation;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Machine shops; and</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Tire retreading.</dt></dl></td><td width=10%> </td></tr></table> Conversely, there are activities that are sometimes considered manufacturing, but which for NAICS are classified in another sector (i.e., not classified as manufacturing). They include: 1. Logging, classified in Sector 11, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, is considered a harvesting operation; 2. Beneficiating ores and other minerals, classified in Sector 21, Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction, is considered part of the activity of mining; 3. Constructing structures, assembling prefabricated buildings, and fabricating at the construction site by contractors are classified in Sector 23, Construction; 4. Breaking bulk and reselling in smaller lots, including packaging, repackaging, or bottling products, such as liquors or chemicals; assembling and selling computers on a custom basis; sorting and reselling scrap; mixing and selling paints to customer order; and cutting metals to customer order for resale are classified in Sector 42, Wholesale Trade, or Sector 44-45, Retail Trade; and 5. Publishing and the combined activity of publishing and printing, classified in Sector 51, Information, transform information into a product for which the value to the consumer lies in the information content, not in the format in which it is distributed (i.e., the book or software compact disc). |
| 325 | Chemical Manufacturing 3-digit subsector | The Chemical Manufacturing subsector is based on the transformation of organic and inorganic raw materials by a chemical process and the formulation of products. This subsector distinguishes the production of basic chemicals that comprise the first industry group from the production of intermediate and end products produced by further processing of basic chemicals that make up the remaining industry groups. This subsector does not include all industries transforming raw materials by a chemical process. It is common for some chemical processing to occur during mining operations. These beneficiating operations, such as copper concentrating, are classified in Sector 21, Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. Furthermore, the refining of crude petroleum is included in Subsector 324, Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing. In addition, the manufacturing of aluminum oxide is included in Subsector 331, Primary Metal Manufacturing; and beverage distilleries are classified in Subsector 312, Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing. As is the case of these two activities, the grouping of industries into subsectors may take into account the association of the activities performed with other activities in the subsector. |
| 3251 | Basic Chemical Manufacturing 4-digit industry group | This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing chemicals using basic processes, such as thermal cracking and distillation. Chemicals manufactured in this industry group are usually separate chemical elements or separate chemically-defined compounds. |
| 32519 | Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing 5-digit NAICS industry | This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing basic organic chemicals (except petrochemicals, industrial gases, and synthetic dyes and pigments). Illustrative Examples: Biodiesel fuels not made in petroleum refineries and not blended with petroleum Carbon organic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing Cyclic intermediates made from refined petroleum or natural gas (except aromatic petrochemicals) Enzyme proteins (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) (except pharmaceutical use) manufacturing Gum and wood chemicals manufacturing Fatty acids (e.g., margaric, oleic, stearic) manufacturing Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing Plasticizers (i.e., basic synthetic chemical) manufacturing Silicone (except resins) manufacturing Synthetic sweeteners (i.e., sweetening agents) manufacturing |
| 325194 | Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing 6-digit U.S. detail | This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) distilling wood or gum into products, such as tall oil and wood distillates; (2) distilling coal tars; (3) manufacturing wood or gum chemicals, such as naval stores, natural tanning materials, charcoal briquettes, and charcoal (except activated); and (4) manufacturing cyclic crudes or cyclic intermediates (i.e., hydrocarbons, except aromatic petrochemicals) from refined petroleum or natural gas. Cross-references. Establishments primarily engaged in-- |
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Classification References
- 01Manufacturing cyclic chemicals (except aromatic and intermediates)--are classified in U.S. Industry 325199, All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing;
- 02Manufacturing aromatic petrochemicals from refined petroleum or natural gas--are classified in Industry 325110, Petrochemical Manufacturing;
- 03Manufacturing aromatic petrochemicals by refining crude petroleum--are classified in Industry 324110, Petroleum Refineries;
- 04Manufacturing coal tar crudes in steel mills with coke ovens--are classified in Industry 331110, Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing;
- 05Manufacturing fuel briquettes from refined petroleum--are classified in U.S. Industry 324199, All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; and
- 06Manufacturing activated charcoal--are classified in U.S. Industry 325998, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing.
Index Items
Acetate of lime, natural, made by distillation of wood
Acetone, natural, manufacturing
Aminoanthraquinone manufacturing
Aminoazobenzene manufacturing
Aminoazotoluene manufacturing
Aminophenol manufacturing
Aniline manufacturing
Annatto extract manufacturing
Anthracene manufacturing
Azobenzene manufacturing
Benzaldehyde manufacturing
Benzoic acid manufacturing
Brazilwood extract manufacturing
Brewers' pitch made by distillation of wood
Camphor, natural, manufacturing
Charcoal (except activated) manufacturing
Charcoal briquettes, wood, manufacturing
Chestnut extract manufacturing
Chlorobenzene manufacturing
Chloronaphthalene manufacturing
Chlorophenol manufacturing
Chlorotoluene manufacturing
Coal tar distillates manufacturing
Creosote made by distillation of coal tar
Creosote made by distillation of wood tar
Cresols made by distillation of coal tar
Cresylic acids made from refined petroleum or natural gas
Cyclic crudes made by distillation of coal tar
Cyclic intermediates made from refined petroleum or natural gas (except aromatic petrochemicals)
Cyclohexane manufacturing
Cyclopentane made from refined petroleum or natural gas
Cyclopropane made from refined petroleum or natural gas
Cycloterpenes manufacturing
Diethylcyclohexane manufacturing
Diphenylamine manufacturing
Distillates, wood, manufacturing
Dragon's blood manufacturing
Dyes, natural, manufacturing
Ethyl acetate, natural, manufacturing
Extracts, natural dyeing and tanning, manufacturing
Fustic wood extract manufacturing
Gambier extract manufacturing
Gum and wood chemicals manufacturing
Halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon derivatives manufacturing
Hardwood distillates manufacturing
Hemlock extract manufacturing
Hydroquinone manufacturing
Isocyanates manufacturing
Logwood extract manufacturing
Maleic anhydride manufacturing
Mangrove extract manufacturing
Methyl acetone manufacturing
Methyl alcohol (methanol), natural, manufacturing
Myrobalans extract manufacturing
Naphtha made by distillation of coal tar
Naphtha, solvent, made by distillation of coal tar
Naphthalene made from refined petroleum or natural gas
Naphthalenesulfonic acid manufacturing
Naphthenic acids made from refined petroleum or natural gas
Naphthol sulfonic acids manufacturing
Naphthol, alpha and beta, manufacturing
Naval stores, gum or wood, manufacturing
Nitrated hydrocarbon derivatives manufacturing
Nitroaniline manufacturing
Nitrobenzene manufacturing
Nitrophenol manufacturing
Nitrosated hydrocarbon derivatives manufacturing
Oak extract manufacturing
Oils made by distillation of coal tar
Oils, wood, made by distillation of wood
Orthodichlorobenzene manufacturing
Pentachlorophenol manufacturing
Phenol manufacturing
Phthalic anhydride manufacturing
Pine oil manufacturing
Pinene manufacturing
Pitch made by distillation of coal tar
Pitch, wood, manufacturing
Pyroligneous acids manufacturing
Quebracho extracts manufacturing
Quercitron extracts manufacturing
Resorcinol manufacturing
Rosins made by distillation of pine gum or pine wood
Softwood distillates manufacturing
Sulfonated naphthalene manufacturing
Sulphonated derivatives manufacturing
Sumac extract manufacturing
Tall oil (except skimmings) manufacturing
Tannic acid (i.e., tannins) manufacturing
Tanning extracts and materials, natural, manufacturing
Tar and tar oils made by distillation of wood
Tar made by distillation of coal tar
Toluidines manufacturing
Turpentine made by distillation of pine gum or pine wood
Valonia extract manufacturing
Wattle extract manufacturing
Witch hazel extract manufacturing
Wood alcohol, natural, manufacturing
Wood distillates manufacturing
Wood oils manufacturing
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External Resources
Census.gov NAICS Detail
Official US Census Bureau definition and scope for NAICS 325194.
American Wood Preservation Association
A trade association representing the wood preservation and chemical treatment industry, including manufacturers of wood chemicals and preservatives.
U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
A government page providing resources and data on the chemical manufacturing sector, including environmental regulations and efficiency standards.
Chemical Industry Association
An industry organization that provides market intelligence, research, and standards for the chemical manufacturing sector, including specific sub-sectors.
