Analysis
NAICS 331523 is the 2022 national industry for nonferrous metal die-casting foundries, part of 33152 (Nonferrous Metal Foundries). Census lists 18 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 18% and employment fell 14%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.
County Business Patterns counts 318 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 27,966 people at an average annual payroll of $62,885 per employee (39th percentile of national industries). 13% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Nonferrous Metal Foundries, with 38.8% of them.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include aluminum die-casting foundries, aluminum die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing, beryllium die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing and brass die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing, among 18 in all.
Its goods appear in 1 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 7616 (other articles of aluminum). 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 introducing molten nonferrous metal, under high pressure, into molds or dies to make nonferrous metal die-castings. Establishments in this industry purchase nonferrous metals made in other establishments.
Cross-references. Establishments primarily engaged in--
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Pouring molten aluminum into molds to manufacture aluminum castings | 331524 Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting) |
| Pouring molten nonferrous metal (except aluminum) into molds to manufacture nonferrous (except aluminum) castings | 331529 Other Nonferrous Metal Foundries (except Die-Casting) |
Index entries (18)
- Aluminum die-casting foundries
- Aluminum die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing
- Beryllium die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing
- Brass die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing
- Bronze die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing
- Copper die-casting foundries
- Copper die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing
- Die-castings, aluminum, unfinished, manufacturing
- Die-castings, nonferrous metals, unfinished, manufacturing
- Foundries, die-casting, aluminum
- Foundries, die-casting, nonferrous metals
- Lead die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing
- Magnesium die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing
- Nickel alloy die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing
- Nickel die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing
- Nonferrous die-casting foundries
- Titanium die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing
- Zinc die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing