2017 NAICS Definition

T = Canadian, Mexican, and United States industries are comparable.

311211 Flour Milling

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) milling flour or meal from grains (except rice) or vegetables and/or (2) milling flour and preparing flour mixes or doughs.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Preparing breakfast cereals from flour milled in the same establishment--are classified in Industry 311230, Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing prepared flour mixes or doughs from flour ground elsewhere--are classified in U.S. Industry 311824, Dry Pasta, Dough, and Flour Mixes Manufacturing from Purchased Flour;
  • Milling rice or cleaning and polishing rice--are classified in U.S. Industry 311212, Rice Milling;
  • Wet milling corn and vegetables--are classified in U.S. Industry 311221, Wet Corn Milling; and
  • Crushing soybeans and extracting soybean oil--are classified in U.S. Industry 311224, Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing.
2007
NAICS		   2012
NAICS		   2017
NAICS		   Corresponding Index
Entries
311211   311211   311211   Barley flour manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Batters, prepared, made in flour mills
311211   311211   311211   Blended flour made in flour mills
311211   311211   311211   Brewers' and distillers' flakes and grits, corn, manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Buckwheat flour manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Bulgur (flour) manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Cereal grain flour manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Cereal grain germ manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Corn flour manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Corn meal made in flour mills
311211   311211   311211   Doughs, prepared, made in flour mills
311211   311211   311211   Durum flour manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Farina (except breakfast food) made in flour mills
311211   311211   311211   Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice)
311211   311211   311211   Flour mixes made in flour mills
311211   311211   311211   Flour, blended, prepared, or self-rising (except rice), made in flour mills
311211   311211   311211   Fruit flour, meal, and powders, manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Graham flour manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Grain mills (except animal feed, breakfast cereal, rice)
311211   311211   311211   Grits and flakes, corn brewer's, manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Hominy grits (except breakfast food), manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Meal, corn, for human consumption made in flour mills
311211   311211   311211   Mixes, flour (e.g., biscuit, cake, doughnut, pancake) made in flour mills
311211   311211   311211   Oat flour manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Potato flour manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Prepared flour mixes made in flour mills
311211   311211   311211   Rye flour manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Semolina flour manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Sorghum flour manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Vegetable flour manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Vegetable flour, meal, and powders, made in flour mills
311211   311211   311211   Wheat bran manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Wheat flour manufacturing
311211   311211   311211   Wheat germ manufacturing