Industry Description
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing chemical products (except basic chemicals, resins, and synthetic rubber; cellulosic and noncellulosic fibers and filaments; pesticides, fertilizers, and other agricultural chemicals; pharmaceuticals and medicines; paints, coatings and adhesives; soaps, cleaning compounds, and toilet preparations; printing inks; explosives; custom compounding of purchased resins; and photographic films, papers, plates, chemicals, and copy toners).
Illustrative Examples:
Activated carbon and charcoal manufacturing
Antifreeze preparations manufacturing
Electronic cigarette vapor liquids, including closed refills, manufacturing
Industrial salt manufacturing
Lighter fluids (e.g., charcoal, cigarette) manufacturing
Matches and matchbook manufacturing
Pyrotechnics (e.g., flares, flashlight bombs, signals) manufacturing
Sugar substitutes (i.e., synthetic sweeteners blended with other ingredients) made from purchased synthetic sweeteners
Swimming pool chemical preparations manufacturing
Writing inks manufacturing
Excludes
Manufacturing basic chemicals--are classified in Industry Group 3251, Basic Chemical Manufacturing;
Manufacturing resins, synthetic rubber, and artificial and synthetic fibers and filaments--are classified in Industry Group 3252, Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing;
Manufacturing pesticides, fertilizers, and other agricultural chemicals--are classified in Industry Group 3253, Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing;
Manufacturing pharmaceuticals and medicines, including medicinal gelatins (e.g., agar-agar)--are classified in Industry Group 3254, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing;
Manufacturing paints, coatings, and adhesives--are classified in Industry Group 3255, Paint, Coating, and Adhesive Manufacturing;
Manufacturing soaps and cleaning compounds--are classified in Industry 32561, Soap and Cleaning Compound Manufacturing;
Manufacturing printing and inkjet inks--are classified in Industry 325910, Printing Ink Manufacturing;
Manufacturing explosives--are classified in Industry 325920, Explosives Manufacturing;
Custom compounding purchased plastics resins--are classified in U.S. Industry 325991, Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins;
Manufacturing photographic films, papers, plates, chemicals, and copy toners--are classified in U.S. Industry 325992, Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, Chemical, and Copy Toner Manufacturing; and
Manufacturing dessert gelatin--are classified in U.S. Industry 311999, All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing.
Keywords
Activated carbon or charcoal manufacturing
Additive preparations for gasoline (e.g., antiknock preparations, detergents, gum inhibitors) manufacturing
Aerosol can filling on a job-order or contract basis
Aerosol packaging services
Anise oil manufacturing
Antifreeze preparations manufacturing
Antiscaling compounds manufacturing
Bay oil manufacturing
Brake fluid, synthetic, manufacturing
Cannabidiol (CBD oil) manufacturing
Caps for toy pistols manufacturing
Capsules, gelatin, empty, manufacturing
Carbon, activated, manufacturing
Carburetor cleaners manufacturing
Cat litter manufacturing
Cedar oil manufacturing
Charcoal, activated, manufacturing
Citronella oil manufacturing
Clove oil manufacturing
Concrete additive preparations (e.g., curing, hardening) manufacturing
Correction fluids (i.e., typewriter) manufacturing
Crankcase additive preparations manufacturing
Cutting oils, synthetic, manufacturing
Defoamers and antifoaming agents manufacturing
Degreasing preparations for machinery parts manufacturing
Deicing preparations manufacturing
Desalination kits manufacturing
Distilled water manufacturing
Drawing inks manufacturing
Drilling mud compounds, conditioners, and additives (except bentonites) manufacturing
Dye preparations, clothing, household-type, manufacturing
Electronic cigarette vapor liquids, including closed refills, manufacturing
Embalming fluids manufacturing
Engine degreasers manufacturing
Engine starting fluids manufacturing
Essential oils manufacturing
Eucalyptus oil manufacturing
Fire extinguisher chemical preparations manufacturing
Fire retardant chemical preparations manufacturing
Fireworks manufacturing
Flares manufacturing
Fluxes (e.g., brazing, galvanizing, soldering, welding) manufacturing
Foundry core oil, wash, and wax manufacturing
Gelatin (except dessert preparations) manufacturing
Gelatin capsules, empty, manufacturing
Grapefruit oil manufacturing
Greases, synthetic lubricating, manufacturing
Hydraulic fluids, synthetic, manufacturing
Incense manufacturing
Indelible inks manufacturing
India inks manufacturing
Industrial salt manufacturing
Inhibitors (e.g., corrosion, oxidation, polymerization) manufacturing
Inks, writing, manufacturing
Insulating oils manufacturing
Lemon oil manufacturing
Lighter fluids (e.g., charcoal, cigarette) manufacturing
Lime oil manufacturing
Lubricating oils and greases, synthetic, manufacturing
Matches and match books manufacturing
Motor oils, synthetic, manufacturing
Napalm manufacturing
Oil additive preparations manufacturing
Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricating), synthetic, manufacturing
Oils, lubricating, synthetic, manufacturing
Orange oil manufacturing
Orris oil manufacturing
Ossein manufacturing
Packer's fluids manufacturing
Penetrating fluids, synthetic, manufacturing
Peppermint oil manufacturing
Pyrotechnics (e.g., flares, flashlight bombs, signals) manufacturing
Radiator additive preparations manufacturing
Recycling services for degreasing solvents (e.g., engine, machinery) manufacturing
Retarders (e.g., flameproofing agents, mildewproofing agents) manufacturing
Rubber processing preparations (e.g., accelerators, stabilizers) manufacturing
Rust preventive preparations manufacturing
Salt (except table) manufacturing
Soil testing kits manufacturing
Spearmint oil manufacturing
Stamp pad ink manufacturing
Sugar substitutes (i.e., synthetic sweeteners blended with other ingredients) made from purchased synthetic sweeteners
Swimming pool chemical preparations manufacturing
Tint and dye preparations, household-type (except hair), manufacturing
Tire inflators, aerosol, manufacturing
Transmission fluids, synthetic, manufacturing
Water, distilled, manufacturing
Wintergreen oil manufacturing
Writing inks manufacturing
