| SIC |
Major Products |
| 281 Industrial Inorganic
Chemicals (32518 Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing) |
2812 Alkalies and Chlorine
(325181 Alkalies and Chlorine Manufacturing) |
Caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), chlorine,
soda ash, potassium and sodium carbonates |
2813 Industrial Gases
(32512 Industrial Gas Manufacturing) |
Inorganic and organic gases (acetylene,
hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen) |
2819 Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, NECa
(325188 All Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals Manufacturing) |
Compounds of aluminum, ammonium, chromium,
magnesium, potassium, sodium, sulfur, and numerous other minerals; inorganic acids |
| 282 Plastics and Rubbers (32521
Resin and Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing) |
2821 Plastics Materials and Resins
(325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing) |
Synthetic resins, plastics, and elastomers
(acrylic, polyamide, vinyl, polystyrene, polyester, nylon, polyethylene) |
2822 Synthetic Rubber
(325212 Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing) |
Vulcanizable rubbers (acrylic, butadiene,
neoprene, silicone) |
| 283 Drugs (3294
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing) |
| 284 Soap, Detergents, Cleaning
Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics and Toiletries (3256 Soap, Cleaning Compound, and
Toiletries) |
| 285 Paints, Varnishes,
Lacquers, Enamels and Allied Products (3244 Paint, Coating and Adhesives) |
| 286 Industrial Organic
Chemicals (32511 Petrochemical Manufacturing) |
2865 Cyclic Crudes and Intermediates
(325192 Cyclic Crude and Intermediate Manufacturing and 325110 Petrochemical
Manufacturing) |
Distilling coal tars, cyclic intermediates,
i.e., hydrocarbons, aromatics (benzene, aniline, toluene, xylenes) and organic dyes and
pigments {Note: in the NAICS codes, aromatics have been moved to petrochemical
manufacturing.} |
2869 Industrial Organic Chemicals, NECa
(325110 Petrochemical Manufacturing) |
Aliphatic/acyclic organics (ethylene,
butylene, organic acids); solvents (alcohols, ethers, acetone, chlorinated solvents);
perfumes and flavorings; rubber processors and plasticizers. {In the NAICS codes,
aromatics are included here.} |
| 287 Agricultural Chemicals
(32531 Fertilizer Manufacturing) |
2873 Nitrogenous Chemicals
(325311 Nitrogeneous Fertilizer Manufacturing) |
Ammonia fertilizer compounds, anhydrous
ammonia, nitric acid, urea and natural organic fertilizers |
2874 Phosphatic Chemicals
(325312 Phosphatic Fertilizer Manufacturing) |
Phosphatic materials, phosphatic fertilizers |
