Chocolate & Confectionery Manufacturing From Cacao Beans
Key Figures
Figures are published for NAICS 311351 directly.
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Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in shelling, roasting, and grinding cacao beans and making chocolate cacao products and chocolate confectioneries.
Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain.
Which code does this activity belong in?
Code 311351 covers establishments that perform the upstream processing of cacao beans, including shelling, roasting, and grinding them, as well as manufacturing chocolate and chocolate confectioneries from those processed cacao beans. The boundary with 311352 is determined by the source of chocolate: establishments that manufacture confectioneries from chocolate produced elsewhere are classified in Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate, whereas those making chocolate products directly from raw cacao beans belong in this code.