Analysis
NAICS 3112 is the 2022 industry group for grain and oilseed milling, part of 311 (Food Manufacturing). Census lists 159 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 927 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 63,946 people at an average annual payroll of $72,597 per employee (56th percentile of national industries). 22% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
Across its national industries Census lists 159 index entries; typical ones are barley flour manufacturing, bran and other residues of milling rice, barley, malt, manufacturing and corn dextrin manufacturing.
Its goods appear in 224 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 1006 (rice), 1517 (margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal…) and 1702 (other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
It splits into 3 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 31121 (Flour Milling and Malt Manufacturing) with 464.
Its more detailed codes are 31121 Flour Milling and Malt Manufacturing (464 establishments), 31122 Starch and Vegetable Fats and Oils Manufacturing (369 establishments) and 31123 Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing (94 establishments).
Official definition
This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in milling flour or meal from grains or vegetables, manufacturing malt, wet milling corn and other vegetables, crushing oilseeds and tree nuts, refining and/or blending vegetable oils, and manufacturing breakfast cereals.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (159)
- Barley flour manufacturing
- Bran and other residues of milling rice
- Barley, malt, manufacturing
- Corn dextrin manufacturing
- Canola (rapeseed) oil, cake and meal, made in crushing mills
- Butter substitutes made from purchased oils
- Breakfast cereals manufacturing