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2012 Edition

national industry 325920

Explosives Manufacturing

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing explosives.

The immediate parent of national industry 325920 is international industry 32592: Explosives Manufacturing

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in:
  • Manufacturing ammunition, ammunition detonators, and percussion caps:are classified in U.S. Industry 332992, Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing; and
  • Manufacturing pyrotechnics:are classified in U.S. Industry 325998, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 325920 - Amatols manufacturing
  2. 325920 - Azides explosive materials manufacturing
  3. 325920 - Blasting accessories (e.g., caps, fuses, ignitors, squibbs) manufacturing
  4. 325920 - Blasting powders manufacturing
  5. 325920 - Caps, blasting and detonating, manufacturing
  6. 325920 - Cordite explosive materials manufacturing
  7. 325920 - Detonating caps, cord, fuses, and primers manufacturing
  8. 325920 - Detonators (except ammunition) manufacturing
  9. 325920 - Dynamite manufacturing
  10. 325920 - Explosives manufacturing
  11. 325920 - Gunpowder manufacturing
  12. 325920 - Mannitol hexanitrate explosive materials manufacturing
  13. 325920 - Mercury fulminate explosive materials manufacturing
  14. 325920 - Nitrocellulose explosive materials manufacturing
  15. 325920 - Nitroglycerin explosive materials manufacturing
  16. 325920 - Nitrostarch explosive materials manufacturing
  17. 325920 - Pentolite explosive materials manufacturing
  18. 325920 - Picric acid explosive materials manufacturing
  19. 325920 - Safety fuses, blasting, manufacturing
  20. 325920 - Styphnic acid explosive materials manufacturing
  21. 325920 - Tetryl explosive materials manufacturing
  22. 325920 - TNT (trinitrotoluene) manufacturing
  23. 325920 - Trinitrotoluene (TNT) manufacturing

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 325920
2007 325920
2012 325920
2017 325920
2022 325920

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 2892 - Explosives

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 325920, Explosives Manufacturing:

  1. acid petrochemical chemical not otherwise classified include ammonia antifreeze benzoil
  2. acid petrochemical chemical not otherwise classified including ammonia antifreeze benzoil
  3. acid petrochemical fertilizer ammonium nitrate
  4. ammunition explosive fertilizer using ammonium nitrate manufacturing
  5. blasting agent preparation or distribution
  6. chemical acid petrochemical manufacturing or proc not otherwise classified including ammonia antifreeze benzoil
  7. chemical manufacturing
  8. chemical manufacturing comm or ind primarily toxic or a health hazard not otherwise classified
  9. chemical manufacturing comm or indust primarily flammable or explosive or reactive not otherwise classified
  10. chemical manufacturing comm or indust toxic or flammable or explosive or reactive not otherwise classified
  11. chemical manufacturing commercial or industrial
  12. chemical manufacturing commercial or industrial not otherwise classified
  13. chemical manufacturing commercial or industrial primarily flammable explosive of reactive not otherwise classified
  14. chemical manufacturing commercial or industrial primarily flammable explosive or reactive
  15. chemical manufacturing commercial or industrial primarily toxic or presenting a health hazard
  16. chemical manufacturing commercial or industrial primarily toxicor presenting a health hazard not otherwise classified
  17. chemical manufacturing commercial or industrial toxic and either flammable explosive or reactive
  18. chemical manufacturing commercial or industrial toxic and eitherflammable explosive or reactive not otherwise classified
  19. chemical manufacturing household
  20. chemical manufacturing household not otherwise classified
  21. chemical manufacturing household primarily flammable explosive or reactive
  22. chemical manufacturing household primarily flammable explosiveor reactive not otherwise classified
  23. chemical manufacturing household primarily flammable or explosive or reactive not otherwise classified
  24. chemical manufacturing household primarily toxic or a health hazard not otherwise classified
  25. chemical manufacturing household primarily toxic or presenting a health hazard
  26. chemical manufacturing household primarily toxic or presenting ahealth hazard not otherwise classified
  27. chemical manufacturing household toxic and either flammable explosive or reactive
  28. chemical manufacturing household toxic and either flammable explosiveor reactive not otherwise classified
  29. chemical manufacturing household toxic or flammable or explosive or reactive not otherwise classified
  30. chemical not otherwise classified high hazard
  31. chemical not otherwise classified low hazard
  32. chemical not otherwise classified moderate hazard
  33. explosive
  34. explosive ammunition fertilizer using ammonium nitrate manufacturing
  35. explosive manufacturing
  36. explosive or ammunition manufacturing not otherwise classified
  37. explosive or firework manufacturing
  38. fertilizer explosive ammunition using ammonium nitrate manufacturing
  39. fertilizer using ammonium nitrate manufacturing explosive ammunition
  40. manufacturing
  41. other chemical product and preparation manufacturing
  42. petrochemical acid chemical not otherwise classified including ammonia antifreeze benzoil
  43. petrochemical acid fertilizer ammonium nitrate

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