Analysis
NAICS 311314 is the 2022 national industry for cane sugar manufacturing, part of 31131 (Sugar Manufacturing). Census lists 20 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 54 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 7,728 people at an average annual payroll of $81,845 per employee (70th percentile of national industries). 9% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Sugar Manufacturing, with 65.1% of them.
Census lists 5 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 311313, 311221, 111998 and 311999. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include blackstrap molasses manufacturing, brown sugar manufacturing, cane sugar manufacturing and cane syrup manufacturing, among 20 in all.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 8% and employment rose 13%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) processing sugarcane and/or (2) refining cane sugar from raw cane sugar.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing beet sugar | 311313 Beet Sugar Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing corn sweeteners by wet milling corn | 311221 Wet Corn Milling and Starch Manufacturing |
| Reducing maple sap to maple syrup or maple sugar | 111998 All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming |
| Manufacturing table syrups from corn syrup | 311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing synthetic sweeteners (i.e., sweetening agents), such as saccharin and sugar substitutes (i.e., synthetic sweetener blended with other ingredients) | 325 Chemical Manufacturing |
Index entries (20)
- Blackstrap molasses manufacturing
- Brown sugar manufacturing
- Cane sugar manufacturing
- Cane syrup manufacturing
- Confectioner's powdered sugar manufacturing
- Granulated cane sugar manufacturing
- Invert sugar manufacturing
- Liquid sugar manufacturing
- Molasses manufacturing
- Molasses, blackstrap, manufacturing
- Sugar, cane, manufacturing
- Sugar, clarified, granulated, and raw, manufacturing
- Sugar, confectionery, manufacturing
- Sugar, granulated, manufacturing
- Sugar, invert, manufacturing
- Sugar, raw, manufacturing
- Sugar, refined, manufacturing
- Sugarcane mills
- Sugarcane refining
- Syrup, cane, manufacturing