314994

Analysis

NAICS 314994 is the 2022 national industry for rope, cordage, twine, tire cord, and tire fabric mills, part of 31499 (All Other Textile Product Mills). Census lists 10 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 124 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 6,176 people at an average annual payroll of $58,403 per employee (30th percentile of national industries). 22% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 14% and employment fell 1%. 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.

By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within All Other Textile Product Mills, with 5.2% of them.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include cord (except wire) manufacturing, cord for reinforcing rubber tires, industrial belting, and…, cordage (except wire) manufacturing and fabricated rope products (e.g., nets, slings) made in…, among 10 in all.

Its goods appear in 63 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 7019 (glass fibers (including glass wool) and articles thereof…), 5607 (twine, cordage, ropes and cables, whether or not plaited or…) and 5608 (knotted netting of twine, cordage or rope; made up fishing…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.