3222

Analysis

NAICS 3222 is the 2022 industry group for converted paper product manufacturing, part of 322 (Paper Manufacturing). Census lists 142 example activities under it in the official index.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Paper Manufacturing, with 89.5% of them.

County Business Patterns counts 3,411 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 260,693 people at an average annual payroll of $68,760 per employee (50th percentile of national industries). 13% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

Across its national industries Census lists 142 index entries; typical ones are boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased…, boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased…, bobbins, fiber, made from purchased paperboard and adhesive tape (except medical) made from purchased materials.

Its goods appear in 125 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 4811 (paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose…), 4823 (other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of…) and 4819 (cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.

It splits into 4 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 32221 (Paperboard Container Manufacturing) with 1,906.