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The North American Industry Classification System or NAICS (/ n eɪ k s /) [1] is a classification of business establishments by type of economic activity (the process of production). It is used by governments and business in Canada , Mexico , and the United States of America .
The United States Census Bureau currently conducts a comprehensive Economic Census [1] every five years. The results of this survey are tabulated according to the NAICS and provide statistics about the U.S. economy. The most recent data are from 2007. [2] The 2012 Economic Census is underway with the initial results to be available in December ...
In the United States, the SIC system was last revised in 1987 and was last used by the Census Bureau for the 1992 Economic Census, and has been replaced by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS code), which was released in 1997. [2]
The United States Economic Census is the U.S. federal government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy. It is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, and response is required by law. Forms go out to nearly 4 million businesses, including large, medium and small companies representing all U.S. locations and industries.
The Census Bureau's legal authority is codified in Title 13 of the United States Code. The Census Bureau also conducts surveys on behalf of various federal government and local government agencies on topics such as employment, crime, health, consumer expenditures, and housing. Within the bureau, these are known as "demographic surveys" and are ...
The SIC was replaced by the North American (Canada, US, Mexico) Industry Classification System [7] starting in 1997. The SIC had ten top-level divisions, NAICS has twenty. The new NAICS essentially split the old Division H into code 52 Finance and Insurance [8] and code 53 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing. [9]
According to the United States Census Bureau, [2] the creation of doré bars is conducted at establishments engaged either in "Gold Ore Mining" (NAICS Code 212221), [3] or "Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum)" (NAICS Code 331419).
NAPCS is a multi-phase effort by Canada, Mexico, and the United States to develop a comprehensive list of products, product definitions, and product codes that will be organized into an integrated demand-based classification framework that classifies both goods and services according to how they are principally used.