Analysis
NAICS 3329 is the 2022 industry group for other fabricated metal product manufacturing, part of 332 (Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing). Census lists 324 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 6,287 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 256,679 people at an average annual payroll of $73,201 per employee (58th percentile of national industries). 37% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Across its national industries Census lists 324 index entries; typical ones are angle valves, industrial-type, manufacturing, control valves, fluid power, manufacturing, antiscald bath and shower valves, plumbing, manufacturing and aerosol valves manufacturing.
Its goods appear in 325 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 8481 (taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances, for pipes…), 8482 (ball or roller bearings, and parts thereof) and 7307 (tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows…). 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 33299 (All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing) with 5,151.
Official definition
This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing fabricated metal products (except forgings and stampings, cutlery and handtools, architectural and structural metals, boilers, tanks, shipping containers, hardware, spring and wire products, machine shop products, turned products, screws, and nuts and bolts).
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (324)
- Angle valves, industrial-type, manufacturing
- Control valves, fluid power, manufacturing
- Antiscald bath and shower valves, plumbing, manufacturing
- Aerosol valves manufacturing
- Annular ball bearings manufacturing
- Ammunition, small arms (i.e., 30 mm. or less, 1.18 inch or less), manufacturing
- Adapters, bombcluster, manufacturing
- Aircraft artillery manufacturing
- Bends, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe
- Aluminum freezer foil not made in rolling mills