Analysis
NAICS 322130 is the 2022 national industry for paperboard mills, part of 32213 (Paperboard Mills). Census lists 18 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 179 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 38,290 people at an average annual payroll of $99,652 per employee (84th percentile of national industries). 7% 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 binder's board manufacturing, bristols board stock manufacturing, cardboard stock manufacturing and chipboard (i.e., paperboard) stock manufacturing, among 18 in all.
Its goods appear in 67 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 4810 (paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with…), 4804 (uncoated kraft paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets…) and 4805 (other uncoated paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 322110, 3222 and 321219. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
For example, manufacturing pulp without manufacturing paperboard are classified in 322110 (Pulp Mills) instead.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) from pulp. These establishments may manufacture or purchase pulp. In addition, the establishments may also convert the paperboard they make.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing pulp without manufacturing paperboard | 322110 Pulp Mills |
| Converting paperboard without manufacturing paperboard | 3222 Converted Paper Product Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing insulation board and other reconstituted wood fiberboard | 321219 Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing |
Index entries (18)
- Binder's board manufacturing
- Bristols board stock manufacturing
- Cardboard stock manufacturing
- Chipboard (i.e., paperboard) stock manufacturing
- Coated board made in paperboard mills
- Container board stock manufacturing
- Folding boxboard stock manufacturing
- Kraft linerboard manufacturing
- Leatherboard (i.e., paperboard based) made in paperboard mills
- Milk carton board made in paperboard mills
- Paperboard (e.g., can/drum stock, container board, corrugating medium, folding carton stock, linerboard, tube) manufacturing
- Paperboard coating, laminating, or treating in paperboard mills
- Paperboard mills
- Paperboard products (e.g., containers) made in paperboard mills
- Pulp and paperboard combined manufacturing
- Pulp mills producing paperboard
- Setup boxboard stock manufacturing
- Wet machine board mills