Analysis
NAICS 322220 is the 2022 national industry for paper bag and coated and treated paper manufacturing, part of 32222 (Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing). Census lists 42 example activities under it in the official index.
Census lists 10 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 322120, 314910, 326111 and 326112. 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.
County Business Patterns counts 715 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 55,911 people at an average annual payroll of $67,801 per employee (49th percentile of national industries). 15% 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 adhesive tape (except medical) made from purchased materials, bags (except plastics only) made by laminating or coating…, bags, coated paper, made from purchased paper and bags, foil, made from purchased foil, among 42 in all.
Its goods appear in 61 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 4811 (paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose…), 3919 (self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and…) and 3918 (floor coverings of plastics, whether or not self-adhesive…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
For example, manufacturing paper from pulp are classified in 322120 (Paper Mills) instead.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) cutting and coating paper and paperboard; (2) cutting and laminating paper, paperboard, and other flexible materials (except plastics film to plastics film); (3) manufacturing bags, multiwall bags, sacks of paper, metal foil, coated paper, laminates, or coated combinations of paper and foil with plastics film; (4) manufacturing laminated aluminum and other converted metal foils from purchased foils; and (5) surface coating paper or paperboard.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing paper from pulp | 322120 Paper Mills |
| Manufacturing textile bags | 314910 Textile Bag and Canvas Mills |
| Manufacturing single wall and multiwall plastics bags | 326111 Plastics Bag and Pouch Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing plastics to plastics packaging laminations | 326112 Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing unsupported plastic film | 326113 Unlaminated Plastics Film and Sheet (except Packaging) Manufacturing |
| Manufacturing photographic sensitized paper from purchased paper | 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, Chemical, and Copy Toner Manufacturing |
| Printing on purchased packaging materials | 32311 Printing, based on the printing process used |
| Manufacturing foil cookware, dinnerware, and other semi-rigid metal containers | 332999 All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing |
| Making aluminum and aluminum foil | 33131 Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing |
| Cutting purchased aluminum foil into smaller lengths and widths | 332999 All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing |
Index entries (42)
- Adhesive tape (except medical) made from purchased materials
- Bags (except plastics only) made by laminating or coating combinations of purchased plastics, foil and paper
- Bags, coated paper, made from purchased paper
- Bags, foil, made from purchased foil
- Bags, multiwall, made from purchased uncoated paper
- Bags, paper, uncoated, made from purchased paper
- Bags, uncoated paper, made from purchased paper
- Book paper made by coating purchased paper
- Book paper, coated, made from purchased paper
- Cardboard, laminated or surface coated, made from purchased paperboard
- Chipboard, laminated or surface coated, made from purchased paperboard
- Coated board made from purchased paperboard
- Coating purchased papers for nonpackaging applications (except photosensitive paper)
- Coating purchased papers for packaging applications
- Duct tape made from purchased materials
- Flexible packaging sheet materials made by coating or laminating purchased paper
- Flexible packaging sheet materials made by laminating purchased foil
- Foil bags made from purchased foil
- Foil sheet, laminating purchased foil sheets for packaging applications
- Gift wrap made from purchased materials
- Grocers' bags and sacks made from purchased uncoated paper
- Groundwood paper, coated, made from purchased paper
- Gummed paper products (e.g., labels, sheets, tapes) made from purchased paper
- Laminating foil for flexible packaging applications
- Laminating purchased foil sheets for nonpackaging applications
- Laminating purchased paperboard
- Laminating purchased papers for nonpackaging applications
- Laminating purchased papers for packaging applications
- Leatherboard (i.e., paperboard based) made from purchased paperboard
- Masking tape made from purchased paper
- Milk carton board stock made from purchased paperboard
- Paper bags, coated, made from purchased paper
- Paper bags, uncoated, made from purchased paper
- Paperboard, pasted, lined, laminated, or surface coated, made from purchased paperboard
- Pressure sensitive paper and tape (except medical) made from purchased materials
- Sacks, multiwall, made from purchased uncoated paper
- Slitting adhesive-type tapes other than medical types for the trade
- Surface coating purchased paperboard
- Tapes, pressure sensitive (e.g., cellophane, masking), gummed, made from purchased paper or other materials
- Wallpaper made from purchased papers or other materials