322211

Analysis

NAICS 322211 is the 2022 national industry for corrugated and solid fiber box manufacturing, part of 32221 (Paperboard Container Manufacturing). Census lists 11 example activities under it in the official index.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Paperboard Container Manufacturing, with 61.1% of them.

County Business Patterns counts 1,165 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 90,546 people at an average annual payroll of $73,877 per employee (60th percentile of national industries). 8% 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 boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased…, boxes, shipping, laminated paper and paperboard, made from…, corrugated and solid fiber boxes made from purchased paper… and corrugated and solid fiberboard pads made from purchased…, among 11 in all.

Its goods appear in 3 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 4819 (cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers…) and 4808 (paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without glued…). 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 322219, 322212 and 322130. 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.