Analysis
NAICS 313220 is the 2022 national industry for narrow fabric mills and schiffli machine embroidery, part of 31322 (Narrow Fabric Mills and Schiffli Machine Embroidery). Census lists 37 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 173 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 4,926 people at an average annual payroll of $47,209 per employee (15th percentile of national industries). 33% 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 apparel webbings manufacturing, belting fabrics, narrow woven, bias bindings, woven, manufacturing and bindings, narrow woven, manufacturing, among 37 in all.
Its goods appear in 62 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 5806 (narrow woven fabrics, other than goods of heading 5807…), 7019 (glass fibers (including glass wool) and articles thereof…) and 5910 (). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) weaving or braiding narrow fabrics in their final form or initially made in wider widths that are specially constructed for narrower widths; (2) making fabric-covered elastic yarn and thread; and (3) manufacturing Schiffli machine embroideries. Establishments in this industry may weave only; weave and finish; or weave, finish, and further fabricate fabric products.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (37)
- Apparel webbings manufacturing
- Belting fabrics, narrow woven
- Bias bindings, woven, manufacturing
- Bindings, narrow woven, manufacturing
- Braiding narrow fabrics
- Cords and braids, narrow woven, manufacturing
- Cotton fabrics, narrow woven weaving
- Elastic fabrics, narrow woven, manufacturing
- Embroideries, Schiffli machine, manufacturing
- Fabrics, narrow woven, weaving
- Fiberglasses, narrow woven, weaving
- Fringes weaving
- Glass fabrics, narrow woven weaving
- Hand weaving fabric, 12 inches or less (30cm)
- Hard fiber, narrow woven, weaving
- Hook and loop fastener fabric manufacturing
- Hose fabrics, tubular, weaving
- Labels weaving
- Laces (e.g., shoe), textile, manufacturing
- Manmade fabric, narrow woven, weaving
- Narrow fabrics weaving
- Natural fiber fabrics (i.e., jute, linen, hemp, ramie), narrow woven, weaving
- Paper fabric, narrow woven, weaving
- Ribbons made in narrow woven fabric mills
- Rubber thread and yarns, fabric covered, manufacturing
- Schiffli machine embroideries manufacturing
- Tapes weaving
- Textile mills, narrow woven fabric
- Textile narrow woven fabric mills
- Textile products (except apparel) made in narrow woven fabric mills
- Weaving and finishing narrow fabrics
- Weaving fabric less than 12 inches (30cm)
- Weaving narrow fabrics
- Webbing weaving
- Wicks manufacturing
- Wool fabrics, narrow woven, weaving
- Zipper tape weaving