Analysis
NAICS 311421 is the 2022 national industry for fruit and vegetable canning, part of 31142 (Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling, and Drying). Census lists 41 example activities under it in the official index.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling, and Drying, with 67.5% of them.
County Business Patterns counts 802 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 44,903 people at an average annual payroll of $64,898 per employee (42nd percentile of national industries). 35% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include artichokes, canned, manufacturing, barbecue sauce manufacturing, berries, canned, manufacturing and beverages, fruit and vegetable juice, manufacturing, among 41 in all.
Its goods appear in 235 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 2008 (fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise…), 2005 (other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by…) and 2009 (fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Census lists 4 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 311422, 311710, 31161 and 312111. 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.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing canned, pickled, and brined fruits and vegetables. Examples of products made in these establishments are canned juices; canned jams and jellies; canned tomato-based sauces, such as catsup, salsa, chili sauce, spaghetti sauce, barbeque sauce, and tomato paste; and pickles, relishes, and sauerkraut.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing canned baby foods, canned soups (except seafood), and canned specialty foods (except seafood) | 311422 Specialty Canning |
| Manufacturing canned seafood soups and canned seafood products | 311710 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging |
| Manufacturing canned meat products | 31161 Animal Slaughtering and Processing |
| Manufacturing canned fruit and vegetable drinks, cocktails, and ades (except juices) | 312111 Soft Drink Manufacturing |
Index entries (41)
- Artichokes, canned, manufacturing
- Barbecue sauce manufacturing
- Berries, canned, manufacturing
- Beverages, fruit and vegetable juice, manufacturing
- Brining of fruits and vegetables
- Canning fruits and vegetables
- Canning jams and jellies
- Catsup manufacturing
- Chili sauce manufacturing
- Fruit brining
- Fruit butters manufacturing
- Fruit juice canning
- Fruit juices, fresh, manufacturing
- Fruit pickling
- Fruit pie fillings, canning
- Fruits pickling
- Fruits, canned, bottled, and jarred, manufacturing
- Hominy, canned, manufacturing
- Horseradish (except sauce) canning
- Jellies and jams manufacturing
- Juices, fruit or vegetable, canned manufacturing
- Juices, fruit or vegetable, fresh, manufacturing
- Ketchup manufacturing
- Marmalade manufacturing
- Mushrooms canning
- Olives brined
- Onions pickled
- Pastes, fruit and vegetable, canning
- Pickles manufacturing
- Pickling fruits and vegetables
- Preserves (e.g., imitation) canning
- Relishes canning
- Salsa canning
- Sauces, tomato-based, canning
- Sauerkraut manufacturing
- Spaghetti sauce canning
- Vegetable brining
- Vegetable canning, bottling, and jarring
- Vegetable juices canning
- Vegetable juices, fresh, manufacturing