This industry comprises establishments of U.S. and foreign governments primarily engaged in international affairs and programs relating to other nations and peoples.
Establishments primarily engaged in providing international trade financing, such as lending funds to foreign buyers of U.S. goods or lending funds to domestic buyers of imported goods, are classified in U.S. Industry 522299, International, Secondary Market, and All Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation; Private establishments primarily engaged in providing refugee settlement services are classified in Industry 624230, Emergency and Other Relief Services; Human rights organizations, peace advocacy organizations, and trade associations and councils are classified in Subsector 813, Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; and Government establishments administering international trade, such as trade commissions and councils, are classified in Industry 926110, Administration of General Economic Programs.