321219

Analysis

NAICS 321219 is the 2022 national industry for reconstituted wood product manufacturing, part of 32121 (Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing). Census lists 19 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 192 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 14,132 people at an average annual payroll of $72,931 per employee (57th percentile of national industries). 20% 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 board, bagasse, manufacturing, board, particle, manufacturing, chipboard (i.e., particle core, wood chip face)… and compression modified wood manufacturing, among 19 in all.

Its goods appear in 48 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 4411 (fiberboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or…), 4410 (particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar…) and 4413 (). 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 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.

For example, manufacturing softwood plywood are classified in 321212 (Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing) instead.