Apparel Accessories & Other Apparel Manufacturing
Key Figures
Figures are published for NAICS 31599 directly.
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Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing apparel and accessories (except apparel knitting mills, cut and sew apparel contractors, men's and boys' cut and sew apparel, women’s, girls', and infants’ cut and sew apparel, and other cut and sew apparel). Jobbers, who perform entrepreneurial functions involved in apparel accessories manufacture, including buying raw materials, designing and preparing samples, arranging for apparel accessories to be made from their materials, and marketing finished apparel accessories, are included. Examples of products made by these establishments are belts, caps, gloves (except medical, sporting, safety), hats, and neckties.
Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain. Census publishes this definition under NAICS 315990, the only detailed industry in this group.
Which code does this activity belong in?
Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing covers establishments manufacturing apparel accessories and other non-knitted, non-cut-and-sew apparel items such as belts, caps, gloves, hats, and neckties. The boundary separates this code from Apparel Knitting Mills, which comprises establishments that knit fabric and then manufacture apparel from that knitted fabric. It also excludes cut and sew apparel manufacturers, whose establishments purchase or receive fabric and cut and sew it into finished garments; those producers are classified in Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing.
Written for NAICS 315990, the only detailed industry in this group.