Analysis
NAICS 3113 is the 2022 industry group for sugar and confectionery product manufacturing, part of 311 (Food Manufacturing). Census lists 97 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 1,913 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 85,786 people at an average annual payroll of $60,416 per employee (33rd percentile of national industries). 32% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Across its national industries Census lists 97 index entries; typical ones are beet pulp, dried, manufacturing, blackstrap molasses manufacturing, breakfast bars, nonchocolate covered, manufacturing and baking chocolate made from cacao beans.
Its goods appear in 25 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 1704 (sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not…), 2006 () and 2008 (fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise…). 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 31135 (Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing) with 1,253.
Its more detailed codes are 31131 Sugar Manufacturing (83 establishments), 31134 Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing (577 establishments) and 31135 Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing (1,253 establishments).
Official definition
This industry group comprises (1) establishments that process agricultural inputs, such as sugarcane, beet, and cacao, to give rise to a new product (sugar or chocolate) and (2) establishments that begin with sugar and chocolate and process these further.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (97)
- Beet pulp, dried, manufacturing
- Blackstrap molasses manufacturing
- Breakfast bars, nonchocolate covered, manufacturing
- Baking chocolate made from cacao beans
- Baking chocolate made from purchased chocolate