Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing miscellaneous chemical preparations, not elsewhere classified, such as fatty acids, essential oils, gelatin (except vegetable), sizes, bluing, laundry sours, writing and stamp pad ink, industrial compounds, such as boiler and heat insulating compounds, metal, oil, and water-treating compounds, waterproofing compounds, and chemical supplies for foundries. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing vegetable gelatin (agar-agar) are classified in Industry 2833; those manufacturing dessert preparations based on gelatin are classified in Industry 2099; those manufacturing printing ink are classified in Industry 2893; and those manufacturing drawing ink are classified in Industry 3952.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 2899 - Chemicals and Chemical Preparations, Not Elsewhere Classified are:
- Acid resist for etching
- Acid, battery
- Anise oil
- Antifreeze compounds, except industrial alcohol
- Bay oil
- Binders (chemical foundry supplies)
- Bluing
- Boiler compounds, antiscaling
- Bombs, flashlight
- Caps, for toy pistols
- Carbon removing solvents
- Chemical cotton (processed cotton linters)
- Chemical supplies for foundries
- Citronella oil
- Concrete curing compounds (blends of pigments, waxes, and resins)
- Concrete hardening compounds
- Core oil and binders
- Core was
- Core wash
- Correction fluid
- Corrosion preventive lubricant, synthetic base: for jet engines
- Deicing fluid
- Desalter kits, sea water
- Dextrine sizes
- Drilling mud
- Dyes, household
- Esothermics for metal industries
- Essential oils
- Ethylene glycol antifreeze preparations
- Eucalyptus oil
- Facings (chemical foundry supplies)
- Fatty acids: margaric, oleic, and stearic
- Fire extinguisher charges
- Fire retardant chemical preparations
- Fireworks
- Flares
- Fluidifier (retarder) for concrete
- Fluorescent inspection oil
- Fluxes: brazing, soldering, galvanizing, and welding
- Foam charge mixtures
- Food contamination testing and screening kits
- Foundry supplies, chemical preparations
- Frit
- Fuel tank and engine cleaning chemicals, automotive and aircraft
- Fusees: highway, marine, and railroad
- Gelatin capsules, empty
- Gelatin: edible, technical, photographic, and pharmaceutical
- Glue size
- Grapefruit oil
- Grouting material (concrete mending compound)
- Gum sizes
- Gun slushing compounds
- Heat insulating compounds
- Heat treating salts
- Hydrofluoric acid compound, for etching and polishing glass
- Igniter grains, boron potassium nitrate
- Incense
- Industrial sizes
- Insulating compounds
- Jet fuel igniters
- Laundry sours
- Lemon oil
- Lighter fluid
- Magnetic inspection oil and powder
- Margaric acid
- Metal drawing compound lubricants
- Metal treating compounds
- Military pyrotechnics
- Napalm
- Oil treating compounds
- Oleic acid (red oil)
- Orange oil
- Orris oil
- Ossein
- Oxidizers, inorganic
- Packers'salt
- Parting compounds (chemical foundry supplies)
- Patching plaster, household
- Penetrants, inspection
- Peppermint oil
- Plating compounds
- Pyrotechnic ammunition: flares, signals, flashlight bombs, and rockets
- Railroad torpedoes
- Red oil (oleic acid)
- Rifle bore cleaning compounds
- Rosin sizes
- Rubber processing preparations
- Rust resisting compounds
- Salt
- Signal flares, marine
- Sizes: animal, vegetable, and synthetic plastics materials
- Sodium chloride, refined
- Soil testing kits
- Spearmint oil
- Spirit duplicating fluid
- Stearic acid
- Stencil correction compounds
- Tints and dyes, household
- Torches (fireworks)
- Vegetable oils, vulcanized or sulfurized
- Water treating compounds
- Water, distilled
- Waterproofing compounds
- Wintergreen oil
- Wood, plastic
- Writing ink and fluids
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Seasoning, Sauce and Condiment Production in the US (31194)
Revenue 2025
$33.4bn
Growth 2025
1.00%
Key Trends
To maintain sustainable revenue growth, manufacturers expanded their product lines by introducing healthier brand extensions
Many players consolidated to strengthen an existing brand name
Increasing incomes will enable consumers to trade up to premium products
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 2899 - Chemicals and Chemical Preparations, Not Elsewhere Classified
US-SIC Code 2899 - Chemicals and Chemical Preparations, Not Elsewhere Classified sits in the 2-digit Chemicals and Chemical Preparations, Not Elsewhere Classified sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.
Division: D
Division Title: Manufacturing
2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits
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201 Meat Products
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202 Dairy Products
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203 Canned, Frozen, and Preserved Fruits, Vegetables, and Food Specialties
- 2032 Canned Specialties
- 2033 Canned Fruits, Vegetables, Preserves, Jams, and Jellies
- 2034 Dried and Dehydrated Fruits, Vegetables, and Soup Mixes
- 2035 Pickled Fruits and Vegetables, Vegetable Sauces and Seasonings, and Salad Dressings
- 2037 Frozen Fruits, Fruit Juices, and Vegetables
- 2038 Frozen Specialties, Not Elsewhere Classified
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204 Grain Mill Products
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205 Bakery Products
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206 Sugar and Confectionery Products
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207 Fats and Oils
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208 Beverages
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209 Miscellaneous Food Preparations and Kindred
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211 Cigarettes
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212 Cigars
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213 Chewing and Smoking Tobacco and Snuff
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214 Tobacco Stemming and Redrying
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221 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Cotton
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222 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Manmade Fiber and Silk
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223 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Wool (including Dyeing and Finishing)
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224 Narrow Fabric and Other Smallwares Mills, Cotton, Wool, Silk, and Manmade Fiber
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225 Knitting Mills
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226 Dyeing and Finishing Textiles, Except Wool Fabrics
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227 Carpets and Rugs
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228 Yarn and Thread Mills
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229 Miscellaneous Textile Goods
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231 Men's and Boys' Suits, Coats, and Overcoats
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232 Men's and Boys' Furnishings, Work Clothing, and Allied Garments
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233 Women's, Misses', and Juniors' Outerwear
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234 Women's, Misses', Children's, and Infants'
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235 Hats, Caps, and Millinery
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236 Girls', Children's, and Infants' Outerwear
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237 Fur Goods
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238 Miscellaneous Apparel and Accessories
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239 Miscellaneous Fabricated Textile Products
- 2391 Curtains and Draperies
- 2392 House Furnishing, Except Curtains and Draperies
- 2393 Textile Bags
- 2394 Canvas and Related Products
- 2395 Pleating, Decorative and Novelty Stitching, and Tucking for the Trade
- 2396 Automotive Trimmings, Apparel Findings, and Related Products
- 2397 Schiffli Machine Embroideries
- 2399 Fabricated Textile Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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241 Logging
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242 Sawmills and Planing Mills
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243 Millwork, Veneer, Plywood, and Structural Wood
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244 Wood Containers
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245 Wood Buildings and Mobile Homes
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249 Miscellaneous Wood Products
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251 Household Furniture
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252 Office Furniture
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253 Public Building and Related Furniture
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254 Partitions, Shelving, Lockers, and Office and Store Fixtures
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259 Miscellaneous Furniture and Fixtures
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261 Pulp Mills
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262 Paper Mills
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263 Paperboard Mills
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265 Paperboard Containers and Boxes
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267 Converted Paper and Paperboard Products, Except Containers and Boxes
- 2671 Packaging Paper and Plastics Film, Coated and Laminated
- 2672 Coated and Laminated Paper, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 2673 Plastics, Foil, and Coated Paper Bags
- 2674 Uncoated Paper and Multiwall Bags
- 2675 Die-Cut Paper and Paperboard and Cardboard
- 2676 Sanitary Paper Products
- 2677 Envelopes
- 2678 Stationery, Tablets, and Related Products
- 2679 Converted Paper and Paperboard Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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271 Newspapers - Publishing, Or Publishing and Printing
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272 Periodicals - Publishing, Or Publishing and Printing
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273 Books
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274 Miscellaneous Publishing
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275 Commercial Printing
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276 Manifold Business Forms
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277 Greeting Cards
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278 Blankbooks, Looseleaf Binders, and Bookbinding
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279 Service Industries for the Printing Trade
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281 Industrial Inorganic Chemicals
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282 Plastics Materials and Synthetic Resins, Synthetic
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283 Drugs
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284 Soap, Detergents, and Cleaning Preparations; Perfumes, Cosmetics, and Other Toilet Preparations
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285 Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products
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286 Industrial Organic Chemicals
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287 Agricultural Chemicals
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289 Miscellaneous Chemical Products
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291 Petroleum Refining
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295 Asphalt Paving and Roofing Materials
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299 Miscellaneous Products of Petroleum and Coal
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301 Tires and Inner Tubes
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302 Rubber and Plastics Footwear
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305 Gaskets, Packing, and Sealing Devices and Rubber
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306 Fabricated Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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308 Miscellaneous Plastics Products
- 3081 Unsupported Plastics Film and Sheet
- 3082 Unsupported Plastics Profile Shapes
- 3083 Laminated Plastics Plate, Sheet, and Profile Shapes
- 3084 Plastics Pipe
- 3085 Plastics Bottles
- 3086 Plastics Foam Products
- 3087 Custom Compounding of Purchased Plastics Resins
- 3088 Plastics Plumbing Fixtures
- 3089 Plastics Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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311 Leather Tanning and Finishing
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313 Boot and Shoe Cut Stock and Findings
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314 Footwear, Except Rubber
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315 Leather Gloves and Mittens
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316 Luggage
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317 Handbags and Other Personal Leather Goods
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319 Leather Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified
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321 Flat Glass
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322 Glass and Glassware, Pressed Or Blown
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323 Glass Products, Made of Purchased Glass
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324 Cement, Hydraulic
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325 Structural Clay Products
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326 Pottery and Related Products
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327 Concrete, Gypsum, and Plaster Products
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328 Cut Stone and Stone Products
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329 Abrasive, Asbestos, and Miscellaneous
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331 Steel Works, Blast Furnaces, and Rolling and Finishing Mills
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332 Iron and Steel Foundries
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333 Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
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334 Secondary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
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335 Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding of Nonferrous
- 3351 Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding of Copper
- 3353 Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil
- 3354 Aluminum Extruded Products
- 3355 Aluminum Rolling and Drawing, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 3356 Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding of Nonferrous Metals, Except Copper and Aluminum
- 3357 Drawing and Insulating of Nonferrous Wire
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336 Nonferrous Foundries (castings)
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339 Miscellaneous Primary Metal Products
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341 Metal Cans and Shipping Containers
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342 Cutlery, Handtools, and General Hardware
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343 Heating Equipment, Except Electric And Warm Air; And Plumbing Fixtures
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344 Fabricated Structural Metal Products
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345 Screw Machine Products, and Bolts, Nuts, Screws, Rivets, and Washers
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346 Metal Forgings and Stampings
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347 Coating, Engraving, and Allied Services
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348 Ordnance and Accessories, Except Vehicles and Guided Missiles
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349 Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products
- 3491 Industrial Valves
- 3492 Fluid Power Valves and Hose Fittings
- 3493 Steel Springs, Except Wire
- 3494 Valves and Pipe Fittings, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 3495 Wire Springs
- 3496 Miscellaneous Fabricated Wire Products
- 3497 Metal Foil and Leaf
- 3498 Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fittings
- 3499 Fabricated Metal Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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351 Engines and Turbines
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352 Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment
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353 Construction, Mining, and Materials Handling
- 3531 Construction Machinery and Equipment
- 3532 Mining Machinery and Equipment, Except Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment
- 3533 Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment
- 3534 Elevators and Moving Stairways
- 3535 Conveyors and Conveying Equipment
- 3536 Overhead Traveling Cranes, Hoists, and Monorail Systems
- 3537 Industrial Trucks, Tractors, Trailers, and Stackers
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354 Metalworking Machinery and Equipment
- 3541 Machine Tools, Metal Cutting Types
- 3542 Machine Tools, Metal Forming Types
- 3543 Industrial Patterns
- 3544 Special Dies and Tools, Die Sets, Jigs and Fixtures, and Industrial Molds
- 3545 Cutting Tools, Machine Tool Accessories, and Machinists' Precision Measuring Devices
- 3546 Power-Driven Handtools
- 3547 Rolling Mill Machinery and Equipment
- 3548 Electric and Gas Welding and Soldering Equipment
- 3549 Metalworking Machinery, Not Elsewhere Classified
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355 Special Industry Machinery, Except Metalworking
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356 General Industrial Machinery and Equipment
- 3561 Pumps and Pumping Equipment
- 3562 Ball and Roller Bearings
- 3563 Air and Gas Compressors
- 3564 Industrial and Commercial Fans and Blowers and Air Purification Equipment
- 3565 Packaging Machinery
- 3566 Speed Changers, Industrial High-Speed Drives, and Gears
- 3567 Industrial Process Furnaces and Ovens
- 3568 Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 3569 General Industrial Machinery and Equipment, Not Elsewhere
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357 Computer and Office Equipment
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358 Refrigeration and Service Industry Machinery
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359 Miscellaneous Industrial and Commercial
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361 Electric Transmission and Distribution Equipment
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362 Electrical Industrial Apparatus
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363 Household Appliances
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364 Electric Lighting and Wiring Equipment
- 3641 Electric Lamp Bulbs and Tubes
- 3643 Current-Carrying Wiring Devices
- 3644 Noncurrent-Carrying Wiring Devices
- 3645 Residential Electric Lighting Fixtures
- 3646 Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixtures
- 3647 Vehicular Lighting Equipment
- 3648 Lighting Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified
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365 Household Audio And Video Equipment, And Audio Recordings
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366 Communications Equipment
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367 Electronic Components and Accessories
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369 Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies
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371 Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment
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372 Aircraft and Parts
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373 Ship and Boat Building and Repairing
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374 Railroad Equipment
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375 Motorcycles, Bicycles, and Parts
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376 Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles and Parts
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379 Miscellaneous Transportation Equipment
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381 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical Systems, Instruments, and Equipment
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382 Laboratory Apparatus and Analytical, Optical, Measuring, and Controlling Instruments
- 3821 Laboratory Apparatus and Furniture
- 3822 Automatic Controls for Regulating Residential and Commercial Environments and Appliances
- 3823 Industrial Instruments for Measurement, Display, and Control of Process Variables; and Related Products
- 3824 Totalizing Fluid Meters and Counting Devices
- 3825 Instruments for Measuring and Testing of Electricity and Electrical Signals
- 3826 Laboratory Analytical Instruments
- 3827 Optical Instruments and Lenses
- 3829 Measuring and Controlling Devices, Not Elsewhere Classified
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384 Surgical, Medical, and Dental Instruments and Supplies
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385 Ophthalmic Goods
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386 Photographic Equipment and Supplies
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387 Watches, Clocks, Clockwork Operated Devices, and Parts
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391 Jewelry, Silverware, and Plated Ware
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393 Musical Instruments
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394 Dolls, Toys, Games and Sporting and Athletic
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395 Pens, Pencils, and Other Artists Materials
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396 Costume Jewelry, Costume Novelties, Buttons, And Miscellaneous Notions, Except Precious Metal
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399 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
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Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 2899 - Chemicals and Chemical Preparations, Not Elsewhere Classified
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 2899 - Chemicals and Chemical Preparations, Not Elsewhere Classified. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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289901 Fireproofing materials (manufacturers)
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289902 Anti-freeze compounds-manufacturers
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289903 Metal-powder-fabricators
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289904 Heat treating metal equip/supls (mfrs)
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289905 Chemicals-manufacturers
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289906 Encapsulating (manufacturers)
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289907 Concrete additives-manufacturers
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289908 Concrete patching compounds-mfrs
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289909 Fireworks-manufacturers
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289910 Flux-manufacturers
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289911 Inks-manufacturers
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289912 Oil well drilling mud & additives-mfrs
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289913 Plasterers' equipment & supplies-mfrs
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289914 Waterproofing materials-manufacturers
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289915 Oil additives-manufacturers
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289916 Rust preventives-manufacturers
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289917 Incense-manufacturers
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289918 Gelatine (manufacturers)
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289919 Grouting compounds-manufacturers
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289920 Tank cleaning equip-mfrs & supls (mfrs)
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289921 Oils-core (manufacturers)
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289922 Soldering fluxes (manufacturers)
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289923 Anti-fogging compounds-manufacturers
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289924 Water distilled-manufacturers
8 Digit SIC Codes
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28990000 Chemical preparations, nec
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28990100 Oils and essential oils
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28990101 Anise oil
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28990102 Bay oil
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28990103 Citronella oil
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28990104 Core oil or binders
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28990105 Essential oils
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28990106 Eucalyptus oil
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28990107 Grapefruit oil
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28990108 Incense
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28990109 Lemon oil (edible)
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28990110 Magnetic inspection oil or powder
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28990111 Orange oil
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28990112 Orris oil
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28990113 Peppermint oil
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28990114 Spearmint oil
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28990115 Vegetable oils, vulcanized or sulfurized
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28990116 Wintergreen oil
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28990200 Acids
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28990201 Acid resist for etching
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28990202 Battery acid
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28990203 Hydrofluoric acid compound, for etching or polishing glass
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28990204 Margaric acid
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28990205 Red oil (oleic acid)
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28990206 Stearic acid
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28990300 Gelatin
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28990301 Gelatin capsules
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28990302 Gelatin: edible, technical, photographic, or pharmaceutical
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28990400 Flares, fireworks, and similar preparations
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28990401 Caps, for toy pistols
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28990402 Fireworks
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28990403 Flares
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28990404 Fusees: highway, marine, or railroad
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28990405 Igniter grains, boron potassium nitrate
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28990406 Jet fuel igniters
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28990407 Pyrotechnic ammunition: flares, signals, rockets, etc.
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28990408 Railroad torpedoes
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28990500 Sizes
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28990501 Dextrine sizes
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28990502 Glue sizes
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28990503 Gum sizes
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28990504 Industrial sizes
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28990505 Rosin sizes
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28999900 Chemical preparations, nec
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28999901 Anti-glare material
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28999902 Antifreeze compounds
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28999903 Antiscaling compounds, boiler
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28999904 Bluing
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28999905 Carbon removing solvent
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28999906 Chemical cotton (processed cotton linters)
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28999907 Chemical supplies for foundries
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28999908 Concrete curing and hardening compounds
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28999909 Core wash or wax
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28999910 Correction fluid
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28999911 Corrosion preventive lubricant
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28999912 Deicing or defrosting fluid
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28999913 Desalter kits, sea water
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28999914 Distilled water
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28999915 Drilling mud
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28999916 Dyes and tints, household
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28999917 Fire extinguisher charges
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28999918 Fire retardant chemicals
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28999919 Fluxes: brazing, soldering, galvanizing, and welding
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28999920 Foam charge mixtures
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28999921 Food contamination testing or screening kits
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28999922 Frit
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28999923 Fuel tank or engine cleaning chemicals
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28999924 Gun slushing compounds
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28999925 Heat treating salts
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28999926 Household tints or dyes
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28999927 Ink or writing fluids
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28999928 Insulating compounds
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28999929 Laundry sours
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28999930 Lighter fluid
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28999931 Metal treating compounds
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28999932 Napalm
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28999933 Oil treating compounds
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28999934 Ossein
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28999935 Oxidizers, inorganic
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28999936 Packers' salt
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28999937 Patching plaster, household
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28999938 Penetrants, inspection
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28999939 Plastic wood
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28999940 Plating compounds
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28999941 Rifle bore cleaning compounds
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28999942 Rust resisting compounds
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28999943 Salt
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28999944 Sodium chloride, refined
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28999945 Soil testing kits
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28999946 Spirit duplicating fluid
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28999947 Stencil correction compounds
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28999948 Water treating compounds
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28999949 Waterproofing compounds
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28999950 Oil absorption equipment
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28999951 Fuel treating compounds
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28999952 Drug testing kits, blood and urine
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