Analysis
NAICS 322219 is the 2022 national industry for other paperboard container manufacturing, part of 32221 (Paperboard Container Manufacturing). Census lists 22 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 279 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 20,593 people at an average annual payroll of $59,622 per employee (32nd percentile of national industries). 8% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 3 codes at this level within Paperboard Container Manufacturing, with 14.6% of them.
Census lists 5 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 3261, 322130, 322211 and 322212. 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 bobbins, fiber, made from purchased paperboard, boxes, sanitary food (except folding), made from purchased…, boxes, setup (i.e., not shipped flat), made from purchased… and cartons, milk, made from purchased paper or paperboard, among 22 in all.
Its goods appear in 8 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 4823 (other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of…), 4819 (cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers…) and 4822 (bobbins, spools, cops and similar supports of paper pulp…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in converting paperboard into paperboard containers (except corrugated, solid fiber, and folding paperboard boxes) without manufacturing paperboard.
Illustrative Examples:
Fiber cans and drums (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material) made from purchased paperboard Milk cartons made from purchased paper or paperboard Sanitary food containers (except folding) made from purchased paper or paperboard Setup (i.e., not shipped flat) boxes made from purchased paperboard
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing sanitary food containers of solely plastics materials | 3261 Plastics Product Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing paperboard and converting paperboard into containers | 322130 Paperboard Mills |
| Manufacturing corrugated and solid fiber boxes | 322211 Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing folding paperboard boxes (except corrugated or laminated solid fiber boxes) | 322212 Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing egg cartons, food trays, and other food containers from molded pulp | 322299 All Other Converted Paper Product Manufacturing |
Index entries (22)
- Bobbins, fiber, made from purchased paperboard
- Boxes, sanitary food (except folding), made from purchased paper or paperboard
- Boxes, setup (i.e., not shipped flat), made from purchased paperboard
- Cartons, milk, made from purchased paper or paperboard
- Composite cans (i.e., foil-fiber and other combinations) manufacturing
- Cones (e.g., winding yarn, string, ribbon, cloth), fiber, made from purchased paperboard
- Cores (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), fiber, made from purchased paperboard
- Fiber cans and drums (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material) made from purchased paperboard
- Fiber drums made from purchased paperboard
- Fiber spools, reels, blocks made from purchased paperboard
- Fiber tubes made from purchased paperboard
- Food containers, sanitary (except folding), made from purchased paper or paperboard
- Mailing cases and tubes, paper fiber (i.e., all-fiber, nonfiber ends of any material), made from purchased paperboard
- Milk cartons made from purchased paper or paperboard
- Paper cups made from purchased paper or paperboard
- Paper dishes (e.g., cups, plates) made from purchased paper or paperboard
- Paper plates made from purchased paper or paperboard
- Sanitary food containers (except folding) made from purchased paper or paperboard
- Setup (i.e., not shipped flat) boxes made from purchased paperboard
- Shoe boxes, setup, made from purchased paperboard
- Vulcanized fiber products made from purchased paperboard
- Wastebaskets, fiber made from purchased paperboard