Analysis
NAICS 3312 is the 2022 industry group for steel product manufacturing from purchased steel, part of 331 (Primary Metal Manufacturing). Census lists 46 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 736 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 55,836 people at an average annual payroll of $80,464 per employee (69th percentile of national industries). 17% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
Across its national industries Census lists 46 index entries; typical ones are boiler tubes, wrought, made from purchased iron, bars, concrete reinforcing (rebar), made from purchased… and barbed and twisted wire made in wire drawing plants.
Its goods appear in 97 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 7217 (wire of iron or nonalloy steel), 7317 () and 7229 (wire of other alloy steel). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
It splits into 2 more detailed codes. The largest by establishments is 33122 (Rolling and Drawing of Purchased Steel) with 442.
Official definition
This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing iron and steel tube and pipe, drawing steel wire, and rolling or drawing shapes from purchased iron or steel.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (46)
- Boiler tubes, wrought, made from purchased iron
- Bars, concrete reinforcing (rebar), made from purchased steel in steel rolling mills
- Barbed and twisted wire made in wire drawing plants