2017 NAICS Definition

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

325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing basic inorganic chemicals (except industrial gases and synthetic dyes and pigments).

Illustrative Examples:

Alkalies manufacturing
Aluminum compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
Carbides (e.g., baron, calcium, silicon, tungsten) manufacturing
Carbon black manufacturing
Chlorine manufacturing
Hydrochloric acid manufacturing
Potassium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
Radioactive isotopes manufacturing
Sulfides and sulfites manufacturing
Sulfuric acid manufacturing


Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
  • Manufacturing industrial gases--are classified in Industry 325120, Industrial Gas Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing inorganic dyes and pigments--are classified in Industry 325130, Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing household bleaches--are classified in U.S. Industry 325612, Polish and Other Sanitation Good Manufacturing;
  • Mining and/or beneficiating alkalies--are classified in U.S. Industry 212391, Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining;
  • Manufacturing chlorine preparations (e.g., for swimming pools)--are classified in U.S. Industry 325998, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing nitrogenous and phosphoric fertilizers and fertilizer materials--are classified in Industry 32531, Fertilizer Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing pharmaceuticals, medicines, and dietary supplements--are classified in Industry Group 3254, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing;
  • Manufacturing aluminum oxide (alumina)--are classified in U.S. Industry 331313, Alumina Refining and Primary Aluminum Production;
  • Manufacturing inorganic insecticidal, herbicidal, fungicidal and pesticidal preparations--are classified in Industry 325320, Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing; and
  • Manufacturing photographic chemicals--are classified in U.S. Industry 325992, Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing.
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NAICS		   2012
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NAICS		   Corresponding Index
Entries
325181   325180   325180   Alkalies manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Aluminum chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Aluminum compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Aluminum hydroxide (i.e., alumina trihydrate) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Aluminum sulfate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Alums (e.g., aluminum ammonium sulfate, aluminum potassium sulfate) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Ammonium chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Ammonium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Ammonium hydroxide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Ammonium molybdate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Ammonium perchlorate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Ammonium thiosulfate manufacturing
325182   325180   325180   Animal black manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Antimony oxide (except pigments) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Arsenates (except insecticides) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Arsenic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Arsenites (except insecticides) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Barium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Barium hydroxide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Beryllium oxide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturing
325182   325180   325180   Bone black manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Borax (i.e., sodium borate) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Boric acid manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Boron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Borosilicate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Bromine manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Calcium carbide, chloride, and hypochlorite manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Calcium hypochlorite manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Calcium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Carbides (e.g., boron, calcium, silicon, tungsten) manufacturing
325182   325180   325180   Carbon black manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Carbon disulfide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Carbon inorganic compounds manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Carbonic acid manufacturing
325181   325180   325180   Caustic potash manufacturing
325181   325180   325180   Caustic soda (i.e., sodium hydroxide) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Cerium salts manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Cesium and cesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325182   325180   325180   Channel black manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Chloride of lime manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Chlorine compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Chlorine dioxide manufacturing
325181   325180   325180   Chlorine manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Chlorosulfonic acid manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Chromic acid manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Chromium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Chromium oxide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Chromium salts manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Cobalt 60 (i.e., radioactive cobalt) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Cobalt chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Cobalt compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Cobalt sulfate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Copper chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Copper compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Copper iodide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Copper sulfate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Cyanides manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Deuterium oxide (i.e., heavy water) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Dichromates manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Ferric chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Ferric oxide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Ferrocyanides manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Fluoboric acid manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Fluorine manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Fuel propellants, solid inorganic, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325182   325180   325180   Furnace black manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Glauber's salt manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Heavy water (i.e., deuterium oxide) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Hydrazine manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Hydrochloric acid manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Hydrocyanic acid manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Hydrofluoric acid manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Hydrofluosilicic acid manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Hydrogen peroxide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Hydrogen sulfide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Hydrosulfites manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Hypochlorites manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Hypophosphites manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Indium chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Iodides manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Iodine, crude or resublimed, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Iron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Iron sulphate manufacturing
325182   325180   325180   Lamp black manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Lead oxides (except pigments) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Lead silicate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Lithium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Magnesium carbonate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Magnesium chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Magnesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Manganese dioxide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Mercury chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Mercury compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Mercury oxide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Nickel ammonium sulfate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Nickel carbonate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Nickel compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Nickel sulfate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Nuclear fuel scrap reprocessing
325188   325180   325180   Nuclear fuels, inorganic, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Oleum (i.e., fuming sulfuric acid) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Perchloric acid manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Peroxides, inorganic, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Phosphorus compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Phosphorus oxychloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Potassium aluminum sulfate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Potassium bichromate and chromate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Potassium bromide manufacturing
325181   325180   325180   Potassium carbonate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Potassium chlorate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Potassium chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Potassium cyanide manufacturing
325181   325180   325180   Potassium hydroxide (i.e., caustic potash) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Potassium hypochlorate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Potassium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Potassium iodide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Potassium nitrate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Potassium permanganate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Potassium salts manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Potassium sulfate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Radioactive elements manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Radioactive isotopes manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Radium chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Radium luminous compounds manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Rare earth compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Rare earth salts manufacturing
325181   325180   325180   Sal soda (i.e., washing soda) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Selenium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Selenium dioxide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Silica gel manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Silica, amorphous, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Silicofluorides manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Silver bromide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Silver chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Silver compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Silver nitrate manufacturing
325181   325180   325180   Soda ash manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium aluminate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium aluminum sulfate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium antimoniate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium arsenite (except insecticides) manufacturing
325181   325180   325180   Sodium bicarbonate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium bichromate and chromate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium borate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium borohydride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium bromide manufacturing
325181   325180   325180   Sodium carbonate (i.e., soda ash) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium chlorate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium cyanide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium hydrosulfite manufacturing
325181   325180   325180   Sodium hydroxide (i.e., caustic soda) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium hypochlorite manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium molybdate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium perborate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium peroxide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium phosphate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium polyphosphate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium silicate (i.e., water glass) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium silicofluoride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium stannate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium sulfate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium tetraborate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium thiosulfate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium tungstate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sodium uranate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Solid fuel propellants, inorganic, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Stannic and stannous chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Strontium carbonate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Strontium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Strontium nitrate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sulfides and sulfites manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sulfocyanides manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sulfur and sulfur compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sulfur chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sulfur dioxide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sulfur hexafluoride gas manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Sulfur recovering or refining (except from sour natural gas)
325188   325180   325180   Sulfuric acid manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Tanning agents, inorganic, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Thiocyanate manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Tin chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Tin compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Tin oxide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Tin salts manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Titanium dioxide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Tungstates (e.g., ammonium tungstate, sodium tungstate) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Tungsten compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Uranium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Uranium oxide manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Uranium, enriched, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Zinc ammonium chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Zinc chloride manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Zinc compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Zinc hydrosulfite (i.e., zinc dithionite) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Zinc oxide (except pigments) manufacturing
325188   325180   325180   Zinc sulfide manufacturing