Analysis
NAICS 325220 is the 2022 national industry for artificial and synthetic fibers and filaments manufacturing, part of 32522 (Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing). Census lists 49 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 129 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 13,925 people at an average annual payroll of $61,402 per employee (36th 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 acetate fibers and filaments manufacturing, acrylic fibers and filaments manufacturing, acrylonitrile fibers and filaments manufacturing and anidex fibers and filaments manufacturing, among 49 in all.
Its goods appear in 108 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 5402 (synthetic filament yarn (other than sewing thread), not put…), 5403 (artificial filament yarn (other than sewing thread), not…) and 5503 (synthetic staple fibers, not carded, combed or otherwise…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
For example, texturizing cellulosic and noncellulosic fibers and filaments made elsewhere are classified in 313110 (Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills) instead.
Census lists 2 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 313110 and 327212. 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.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing cellulosic (e.g., rayon, acetate) and noncellulosic (e.g., nylon, polyolefin, polyester) fibers and filaments in the form of monofilament, filament yarn, staple, or tow or (2) manufacturing and texturizing cellulosic and noncellulosic fibers and filaments.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
Index entries (49)
- Acetate fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Acrylic fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Acrylonitrile fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Anidex fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Casein fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Cellophane film or sheet manufacturing
- Cellulosic fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Cellulosic filament yarn manufacturing
- Cellulosic staple fibers manufacturing
- Cigarette tow, cellulosic fiber, manufacturing
- Elastomeric fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Fibers and filaments, cellulosic, manufacturing and texturizing
- Fibers and filaments, noncellulosic, manufacturing and texturizing
- Fluorocarbon fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Linear esters fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Manmade cellulosic fibers manufacturing
- Manmade noncellulosic fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Modacrylic fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Nitrocellulose fibers manufacturing
- Noncellulosic fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Noncellulosic filament yarn manufacturing
- Noncellulosic staple fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Nylon fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Olefin fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Organic noncellulosic fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Polyester fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Polyolefin fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Polyvinyl ester fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Polyvinylidene chloride (i.e., saran) fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Protein fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Rayon fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Regenerated cellulosic fibers manufacturing
- Saran (i.e., polyvinylidene chloride) fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Soybean fibers and filaments manufacturing
- Spandex fiber, filaments, and yarn manufacturing
- Texturizing cellulosic yarn made in the same establishment
- Texturizing noncellulosic yarn made in the same establishment
- Throwing cellulosic yarn made in the same establishment
- Throwing noncellulosic yarn made in the same establishment