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2012 Edition

national industry 311225

Fats and Oils Refining and Blending

Overview

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) manufacturing shortening and margarine from purchased fats and oils; (2) refining and/or blending vegetable, oilseed, and tree nut oils from purchased oils; and (3) blending purchased animal fats with purchased vegetable fats.

The immediate parent of national industry 311225 is international industry 31122: Starch and Vegetable Fats and Oils Manufacturing

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in:
  • Refining and/or blending corn oil made by wet corn milling:are classified in U.S. Industry 311221, Wet Corn Milling;
  • Refining and/or blending oilseeds and tree nuts in crushing mills:are classified in U.S. Industry 311224, Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing; and
  • Rendering or refining animal fats and oils:are classified in Industry 31161, Animal Slaughtering and Processing.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 311225 - Canola (rapeseed) oil, cake and meal, made from purchased oils
  2. 311225 - Coconut oil made from purchased oils
  3. 311225 - Corn oil made from purchased oils
  4. 311225 - Cottonseed oil made from purchased oils
  5. 311225 - Flaxseed oil made from purchased oils
  6. 311225 - Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils
  7. 311225 - Hydrogenating purchased oil
  8. 311225 - Lecithin made from purchased oils
  9. 311225 - Linseed oil made from purchased oils
  10. 311225 - Margarine-butter blend made from purchased fats and oils
  11. 311225 - Margarines (including imitation) made from purchased fats and oils
  12. 311225 - Oil, olive, made from purchased oils
  13. 311225 - Oil, vegetable stearin, made from purchased oils
  14. 311225 - Olive oil made from purchased oils
  15. 311225 - Palm-kernel oil made from purchased oils
  16. 311225 - Peanut oil made from purchased oils
  17. 311225 - Rapeseed (i.e., canola) oil made from purchased oils
  18. 311225 - Safflower oil made from purchased oils
  19. 311225 - Shortening made from purchased fats and oils
  20. 311225 - Soybean cooking oil made from purchased oils
  21. 311225 - Table oil made from purchased oils
  22. 311225 - Tree nut oils (e.g., tung, walnut) made from purchased oils
  23. 311225 - Vegetable oils made from purchased oils

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 311225
2007 311225
2012 311225
2017 311225
2022 311225

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 2074 - Cottonseed Oil Mills
  2. 2076 - Vegetable Oil Mills, Except Corn, Cottonseed, and Soybean
  3. 2079 - Shortening, Table Oils, Margarine, and Other Edible Fats and Oils, Not Elsewhere Classified

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 311225, Fats and Oils Refining and Blending:

  1. butter substitute manufacture
  2. butter substitute manufacturing
  3. cottonseed oil manufacture mechanical
  4. cottonseed oil manufacturing mechanical
  5. cottonseed oil mill
  6. fat and oil refining and blending
  7. fat oil manufacturing animal or vegetable including tank farm animal reduction lard refining
  8. food manufacturing
  9. food product manufacturing not dry in glass container
  10. food product manufacturing not dry in other than glass container
  11. food product manufacturing not otherwise classified not dry in glass container
  12. food product manufacturing not otherwise classified not dry in other container
  13. grain and oilseed milling
  14. grease or oil mixing or blending
  15. manufacturing
  16. oil fat manufacturing animal or vegetable including tank farm animal reduction lard refining
  17. oil manufacture vegetable not otherwise classified
  18. oil manufacture vegetable solvent extraction process
  19. oil manufacturing or refining vegetable
  20. oil manufacturing or refining vegetable not otherwise classified
  21. oil manufacturing vegetable not otherwise classified
  22. oil manufacturing vegetable solvent extraction process
  23. shortening table oil margarine and other edible fat and oil not otherwise classified
  24. starch and vegetable fat and oil manufacturing
  25. vegetable oil manufacturing
  26. vegetable oil manufacturing not otherwise classified
  27. vegetable oil mill except corn cottonseed and soybean

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