Logging
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) cutting timber; (2) cutting and transporting timber; and (3) producing wood chips in the field.
Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain.
Which code does this activity belong in?
Logging establishments cut timber and transport it, or produce wood chips directly in the field. The boundary with timber tract operations lies in the activity performed: logging covers the harvesting and field-stage processing of timber, whereas timber tract operations manage forest land itself. Forest nurseries and the gathering of forest products, by contrast, involve cultivating trees or collecting non-timber materials from forests rather than harvesting standing timber for industrial use.