Analysis
NAICS 33122 is the 2022 NAICS industry for rolling and drawing of purchased steel, part of 3312 (Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel). Census lists 40 example activities under it in the official index.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel, with 60.1% of them.
County Business Patterns counts 442 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 28,403 people at an average annual payroll of $74,061 per employee (60th percentile of national industries). 17% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
Across its national industries Census lists 40 index entries; typical ones are bars, concrete reinforcing (rebar), made from purchased… and barbed and twisted wire made in wire drawing plants.
Its goods appear in 95 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 331221 (Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing) with 244.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in rolling and/or drawing steel shapes, such as plate, sheet, strip, rod, and bar, from purchased steel.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
Index entries (40)
- Bars, concrete reinforcing (rebar), made from purchased steel in steel rolling mills
- Barbed and twisted wire made in wire drawing plants