2022 NAICS industry in sector 31-33 Manufacturing
31122 Starch and Vegetable Fats and Oils Manufacturing
NAICS 31122 is the US industry code for starch and vegetable fats and oils manufacturing. It covers establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) wet milling corn and vegetables; (2) crushing oilseeds and tree nuts; (3) refining and/or blending vegetable oils; (4) manufacturing shortening and margarine; and (5) blending purchased animal fats with vegetable fats.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) wet milling corn and vegetables; (2) crushing oilseeds and tree nuts; (3) refining and/or blending vegetable oils; (4) manufacturing shortening and margarine; and (5) blending purchased animal fats with vegetable fats.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Manufacturing table syrups from corn syrup and starch base dessert powders are classified in Industry 31199, All Other Food Manufacturing.
- Reducing maple sap to maple syrup are classified in Industry 11199, All Other Crop Farming.
- Milling flour or meal from grains and vegetables are classified in Industry 31121, Flour Milling and Malt Manufacturing.
- Wet milling corn to produce nonpotable ethyl alcohol are classified in Industry 32519, Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing.
- Rendering or refining animal fats and oils are classified in Industry 31161, Animal Slaughtering and Processing.
- Manufacturing laundry starches are classified in Industry 32561, Soap and Cleaning Compound Manufacturing.
Codes in 31122
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