322212

Analysis

NAICS 322212 is the 2022 national industry for folding paperboard box manufacturing, part of 32221 (Paperboard Container Manufacturing). Census lists 7 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 462 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 46,088 people at an average annual payroll of $67,790 per employee (49th percentile of national industries). 6% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.

Census lists 5 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 322219, 322211, 322130 and 322120. 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.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include boxes, folding (except corrugated), made from purchased…, cartons, folding (except milk), made from purchased…, folding boxes (except corrugated) made from purchased… and folding paper and paperboard containers (except corrugated)…, among 7 in all.

Its goods appear in 4 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 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.

For example, manufacturing setup paperboard boxes (except corrugated or laminated solid fiber boxes) or milk cartons are classified in 322219 (Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing) instead.