321212

Analysis

NAICS 321212 is the 2022 national industry for softwood veneer and plywood manufacturing, part of 32121 (Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing). Census lists 8 example activities under it in the official index.

By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 3 codes at this level within Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing, with 5.5% of them.

County Business Patterns counts 80 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 13,161 people at an average annual payroll of $72,692 per employee (56th percentile of national industries). 9% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include panels, softwood plywood, manufacturing, plywood, faced with nonwood materials, softwood…, plywood, softwood faced, manufacturing and plywood, softwood, manufacturing, among 8 in all.

Its goods appear in 33 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.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 7% and employment fell 11%. 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.