321211

Analysis

NAICS 321211 is the 2022 national industry for hardwood veneer and plywood manufacturing, part of 32121 (Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing). Census lists 9 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 201 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 10,831 people at an average annual payroll of $52,511 per employee (20th percentile of national industries). 19% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 13% and employment fell 8%. 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 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing, with 13.8% of them.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include hardwood plywood composites manufacturing, hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing, panels, hardwood plywood, manufacturing and plywood, faced with nonwood materials, hardwood…, among 9 in all.

Its goods appear in 106 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 4412 (plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood) and 4408 (sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.