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Part IV--Proposed New Industry Structure for Furniture Manufacturing
Section A--NAICS Structure
North American Industry Classification System
(NAICS)
Agreement Number 14
This Document represents the proposed agreement on the structure of the North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS) for the following subsector:
Furniture Manufacturing
The detailed NAICS structure along with a brief description of the structure is attached
(Attachments 1 and 2). Each country agrees to release a copy of the proposed NAICS
structure to interested data users. Comments received will be shared among the countries and
additional discussions will be held before a final decision on the structure is made. Each
country may add additional detailed industries, below the 4-digit level of NAICS, as
necessary to meet national needs, so long as this additional detail aggregates to a 4-digit
NAICS level in order to ensure full comparability among the three countries. This NAICS
structure was presented and provisionally accepted at the NAICS Committee meeting held on
September 27, 1995 - September 29, 1995 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Accepted Signature Date
Canada /S/ Jacob Ryten 9/29/95
Mexico /S/ Enrique Ordaz 9/29/95
United States /S/ Jack E. Triplett 9/29/95
ATTACHMENT 1--NAICS STRUCTURE
XX Furniture Manufacturing
XXX Furniture Manufacturing
XXXX Mattress Manufacturing
XXXX Blind and Shade Manufacturing
XXXX Wood Furniture Manufacturing
XXXX Metal Furniture Manufacturing
XXXX Other Furniture Manufacturing
Attachment 2--North American Industry Classification System
Draft Classification for:
Furniture Manufacturing
Representatives of the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico, and the United States agree
to a draft industrial classification for these industries.
The draft classification applies to the subsector, Furniture Manufacturing. This subsector
contains one industry group and five industries. The subsector will be part of the
Manufacturing sector of the classification.
A General Outline
Furniture Manufacturing includes establishments that produce articles such as chairs,
beds, mattresses, dressers, tables and desks for human comfort, convenience and utility.
Processes used in the manufacture of furniture include the cutting, bending, molding,
laminating and assembly of such materials as wood, metal, glass, plastics, and rattan. In
addition, design and fashion trends play an important part in the production of furniture. The
production process for furniture is not solely bending metal, cutting and shaping wood, or
extruding and molding plastic. The integrated design of the article for esthetic qualities, and
to carry out its function efficiently, is also a major part of the process of manufacturing
furniture, though design services are also sometimes purchased by furniture manufacturers
from industrial designers.
Furniture manufacturing establishments tend to specialize in making articles primarily
from one material, such as wood or metal, because the production processes required to make
a wooden table, for example, are quite different from the production processes for metal
tables. However, it is unusual to make furniture exclusively from a single input. A wooden
table might have metal brackets and a wooden chair a fabric or plastic seat.
Some of the processes used in furniture manufacturing are similar to processes that are
used in other segments of manufacturing. For example, cutting and assembly occurs in the
production of wood trusses that are classified in the Wood Product Manufacturing, Except
Furniture subsector. However, the multiple processes that distinguish wood furniture
manufacturing from wood product manufacturing warrant inclusion of wooden furniture
manufacturing in the Furniture Manufacturing subsector. Metal furniture manufacturing uses
techniques that are also employed in the manufacturing of roll formed products in the
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing sector. The molding process for plastic furniture is
similar to the molding of other plastic products. However, plastic furniture producing
establishments tend to specialize in furniture.
Though the production processes, products, and industry practices in furniture
manufacturing are relatively mature ones, the existing classification structures in the three
North American countries differed so extensively that substantial restructuring in all three
countries was required in order to achieve international comparability. Even so, international
comparability could be achieved only at a relatively high level of aggregation (for example,
wood furniture manufacturing). Barriers to further expansion in NAICS detail are discussed
in the following section, and additional information may be provided by countries in
discussions of their own national industries.
Limitations and Constraints of the Classification
In the Furniture Manufacturing industries, most activities that were identified in one
country exist in the others. However, often an activity is not economically significant to the
same degree in all countries. For example, wood office furniture manufacturing in Canada is
too small to publish, and wood store furniture manufacturing is too small to publish in both
Canada and Mexico.
It is not always possible to separately identify production process industries for end use
categories. For example, United States manufacturers tend to specialize in household
furniture or office furniture because differences in uses require differences in production.
However, in Mexico household and office furniture are often produced in the same
establishment, and some blurring of the household/office distinction is apparent even in the
U.S.
For these reasons, only broad categories for wood and metal furniture and furniture made
from other materials were created for NAICS. Each country will publish additional categories
that comprise subdivisions of NAICS industries to present data for activities that are
nationally significant.
For those users requiring detailed commodity information, each country will publish
information on the products of these industries. Efforts are also underway to harmonize the
commodity classifications to allow for greater comparability of these statistics.
Relationship to ISIC
Most 4-digit NAICS industries in this subsector are contained within Class 3610,
Manufacture of Furniture, of the current International Standard Industrial Classification of all
Economic Activities (ISIC, Revision 3) of the United Nations. A notable exception is the
manufacture of blinds and shades that ISIC classifies into different ISIC divisions by type of
input material. In North America, production of blinds and shades of multiple materials
occurs in a single establishment, so it is neither possible nor desirable to separate them by
type of material in the classification system. For this reason, both Mexico and the United
States currently classify all blind and shade manufacturing in a single industry. Other
differences between NAICS and ISIC include the classification of wood and metal partitions
and serving carts, which are placed in the respective wood or metal products divisions of
ISIC. In NAICS, these manufacturing activities are placed in Furniture Manufacturing since
the manufacturing processes are essentially identical to those used for furniture.
In spite of these differences, this NAICS subsector is substantially the same as ISIC Class
3610, because most of the production in this subsector occurs in the industries that are
compatible with this ISIC class.
Some Changes to the National Classifications
For Canada, the NAICS Furniture Manufacturing subsector restructures the existing
classification from an end use classification to a production process and input form, i.e., into
wood, metal, and other furniture industries. In the case of wood furniture, the Canadian
classification was structured both by input raw material (wood) and by end use, i.e., wooden
household and upholstered household furniture. For furniture of metal and other materials,
Canadian industries were restructured to the NAICS pattern. Other Canadian changes include
the movement of wooden kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities from the Wood Industries
major group to this subsector, and the grouping of all kinds of shades, blinds and window
hardware into a single NAICS industry.
For Mexico, the significant change is one of concept. Formerly, Mexico had no
separately identified furniture subsector. Thus, this subsector will be entirely new. Changes
at the industry level are relatively small, as the current structure in Mexico classifies wood
furniture in the wood product manufacturing industries, metal furniture in the fabricated metal
manufacturing industries, etc.
For the United States, changes parallel those in Canada. The existing U.S. structure
classifies furniture by both inputs and end use in some detail. Like Canada, the U.S. structure
has considerable detail for wood furniture, but unlike Canada, the U.S. also has substantial
detail for metal furniture. A considerable amount of internal restructuring was required to
achieve the NAICS design. However, the U.S. will retain substantial national industry detail
below the level of the NAICS Furniture Manufacturing industries, e.g., wood household
furniture is distinguished from wood office furniture at the 5-digit national detail level.
Another important change for the United States is the inclusion of custom furniture in this
sector. The manufacture of custom furniture was formerly classified in the retail sector. The
change was made to agree with the Canadian and Mexican classification of the activity
because the Canadian and Mexican treatment meets the production-oriented criterion for
NAICS. Other changes include the movement of wood kitchen cabinets and wooden chair
frames from the 1987 SIC Lumber and Wood Products, Except Furniture major group
because the production processes are essentially identical to those for furniture.
Achievement of Objectives
The classification meets the objectives for the North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS). It includes industries that group establishments with similar production
processes, that is, it applies the production-oriented economic concept. In the main, the
hierarchical structure of the classification also follows the production concept.
The classification achieves comparability for the three participating countries. Based on
existing data, all three countries expect to be able to publish data regularly at the industry (4-
digit) level of the structure. All countries agree on the detailed definitions of the industries.
Other objectives of the NAICS project are not as relevant in this area of the classification
as in others. These objectives are the delineation of new and emerging industries, service
industries and industries engaged in the production of advanced technologies. The industrial
sector in question is relatively mature, generally produces goods and has employed relatively
stable technology. Therefore, the emphasis is on the objectives listed above.
The industries have high specialization ratios, and they are economically significant. The
detail (4-digit) level and structures of the classification are balanced in size. This enhances
the classification's suitability for sampling and other aspects of survey operations. Finally,
though disruptions to time series exist, the major changes are well identified and can be taken
into account in linking time series.
Section B-Annex: United States National Industry Detail
As explained in the Structure presentation of this notice, for a number of reasons 4-digit
industries in the NAICS industry subsector presented in Part IV, Section A--Attachment 1,
contain less detail than is currently in the U.S. SIC system, and less detail than is required to
meet important analytical requirements in the U.S. The three country agreement on NAICS
envisions that each country may develop national detailed industries below the NAICS
industry level, so long as the national detail can be aggregated to the NAICS classification,
thus assuring full North American comparability.
The ECPC is proposing U.S. 5-digit industry detail for the NAICS industry subsector
covered in Part IV of this notice. For cases where no 5-digit detail is shown, the ECPC is
proposing that the NAICS 4-digit industries will also represent the most detailed U.S.
industries.
TABLE 1
The definitions of status codes are as follows: E-existing industry; N-new industry; R-revised industry; and * means "part of". The abbreviation NEC is used for Not Elsewhere Classified.
1987
Status SIC
1997 NAICS and U.S. description Code Code 1987 SIC description
XX Furniture Manufacturing
XXX Furniture Manufacturing
XXXX Mattress Manufacturing E 2515 Mattresses and Bedsprings
XXXX Blind and Shade Manufacturing E 2591 Drapery Hardware and Blinds and Shades
XXXX Wood Furniture Manufacturing
XXXXX Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing, Except Upholstered R *2426 Hardwood Dimension and Flooring Mills (wooden chair frames
and chair seats)
*2499 Wood Products, NEC (wood laundry hampers)
2511 Wood Household Furniture, Except Upholstered
2517 Wood TV and, Radio Cabinets
*5712 Furniture Stores (custom made furniture except cabinets)
XXXXX Wood Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing R 2434 Wood Kitchen Cabinets
*5712 Furniture Stores (custom wood cabinets)
XXXXX Upholstered Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing E 2512 Wood Household Furniture, Upholstered
XXXXX Wood Office and Public Building Furniture Manufacturing R *2426 Hardwood Dimension and Flooring Mills (office chair frames and
chair seats)
*2521 Wood Office Furniture
*2531 Public Building and Related Furniture (wood furniture for public
buildings)
*2599 Furniture and Fixtures, NEC (wood industrial work benches and
stools, and other wood furniture such as ship furniture)
*3952 Lead Pencils, Crayons, and Artists' Materials (wood drafting tables
and boards)
XXXXX Wood Office and Store Fixture, Partition, Shelving, and Locker R *2541 Wood Office and Store Fixtures, Partitions, Shelving, and Lockers
Manufacturing (except custom architectural woodwork, millwork, and fixtures)
XXXXX Custom Architectural Woodwork, Millwork, and Fixtures N *2541 Wood Office and Store Fixtures, Partitions, Shelving, and Lockers
(architectural woodwork, millwork, and fixtures)
XXXX Metal Furniture Manufacturing
XXXXX Metal Household Furniture Manufacturing R 2514 Metal Household Furniture
*3499 Fabricated Metal Products, NEC (metal household frames and
furniture parts)
XXXXX Metal Office and Public Building Furniture Manufacturing R *2522 Office Furniture, Except Wood (metal office furniture)
*2531 Public Building and Related Furniture (metal furniture for public
buildings)
*2599 Furniture and Fixtures, NEC (metal industrial work benches and
stools, and other metal furniture such as ship furniture)
*3499 Fabricated Metal Products, NEC (metal frames and furniture parts)
*3952 Lead Pencils, Crayons, and Artists' Materials (metal drafting tables
and boards)
*3999 Manufacturing Industries, NEC (barber and beauty chairs)
XXXXX Metal Office and Store Fixture, Partition, Shelving and Locker R *2542 Office and Store Fixtures, Partitions, Shelving and Lockers, Except
Manufacturing Wood (metal office and store fixtures, partitions, shelving, and
lockers)
XXXX Other Furniture Manufacturing R *2499 Wood Products, NEC (laundry hampers made from rattan, reed or
willow)
2519 Household Furniture, NEC
*2522 Office Furniture, Except Wood (office furniture not made of wood
or metal)
*2531 Public Building and Related Furniture (other furniture not made of
wood or metal for public buildings)
*2542 Office and Store Fixtures, Partitions, Shelving and Lockers, Except
Wood (office and store fixtures, partitions, shelving, and lockers
not made of metal)
*2599 Furniture and Fixtures, NEC (other furniture or fixtures)
TABLE 2
The abbreviation "pt" means "part of", @ means time series break has been created that is greater than 3% of the 1992 value of shipments for the 1987 SIC industry. The abbreviation NEC is used
for Not Elsewhere Classified.
1987 SIC code 1987 SIC description 1997 U.S. description
2426 Hardwood Dimension and Flooring Mills
Hardwood Flooring Millwork Manufacturing, Including Flooring (pt) (Included in the Wood
Product Manufacturing, Except Furniture subsector)
Stock and Turnings Other Wood Product Manufacturing (pt) (Included in the Wood Product
Manufacturing, Except Furniture subsector)
Office Chair Frames and Chair Seats Wood Office and Public Building Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
Chair Frames for Nonupholstered Furniture (Household) Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing, Except Upholstered (pt)
Chair Frames for Upholstered Furniture (Household) Upholstered Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
Hardwood Dimension Except Flooring Hardwood Dimension Mills (Included in the Wood Product
Manufacturing, Except Furniture subsector)
2434 Wood Kitchen Cabinets Wood Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing (pt)
2499 Wood Products, NEC
Wood Tubs and Vats, Jewelry and Cigar Boxes Other Wood Container Manufacturing (pt) (Included in the Wood
Product Manufacturing, Except Furniture subsector)
Wood Laundry Hampers Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing, Except Upholstered (pt)
Laundry Hampers Made from Rattan, Reed or Willow Other Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
2511@ Wood Household Furniture, Except Upholstered Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing, Except Upholstered (pt)
2512 Wood Household Furniture, Upholstered Upholstered Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing
2514 Metal Household Furniture Metal Household Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
2515 Mattresses and Bedsprings Mattress Manufacturing
2517@ Wood TV and, Radio Cabinets Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing, Except Upholstered (pt)
2519@ Household Furniture, NEC Other Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
2521 Wood Office Furniture Wood Office and Public Building Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
2522@ Office Furniture, Except Wood
Metal Office Furniture Metal Office Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
Office Furniture Not Made of Wood or Metal Other Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
2531@ Public Building and Related Furniture
Blackboards All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing (pt) (To Be Included in
Miscellaneous Manufacturing subsector)
Seats for Motor Vehicles Motor Vehicle Fabric Accessory and Seat Manufacturing (pt)
(Included in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing subsector)
Metal Furniture for Public Building Metal Office and Public Building Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
Wood Furniture for Public Building Wood Office and Public Building Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
Other Furniture Not Made of Wood or Metal for Public Other Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
Buildings
2541@ Wood Office and Store Fixtures, Partitions, Shelving, and
Lockers
Except Architectural Woodwork, Millwork and Fixtures Wood Office and Store Fixture, Partition, Shelving and Locker
Manufacturing (pt.)
Custom Architectural Woodwork, Millwork and Fixtures Custom Architectural Woodwork, Millwork, and Fixtures
2542@ Partitions and Fixtures, Except Wood
Metal Office and Store Fixtures, Partitions, Shelving, and Metal Office and Store Fixture, Partition, Shelving and Locker
Lockers Manufacturing (pt)
Office and Store Fixtures, Partitions, Shelving, and Lockers Other Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
Not Made of Metal
2591 Drapery Hardware and Blinds and Shades Blind and Shade Manufacturing
2599@ Furniture and Fixtures, NEC
Hospital Beds Orthopedic, Prosthetic and Surgical Appliance and Supply
Manufacturing (pt) (To Be Included in Miscellaneous Manufacturing
subsector)
Metal Industrial Work Benches and Stools, and Other Metal Metal Office and Public Building Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
Furniture Such As Ship Furniture
Wood Industrial Work Benches and Stools, and Other Wood Wood Office and Public Building Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
Furniture Such As Ship Furniture
Other Furniture and Fixtures Other Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
3499 Fabricated Metal Products, NEC
Metal Frames and Furniture Parts, Household Metal Household Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
Metal Frames and Furniture Parts, Office Metal Office and Public Building Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
Powder Metallurgy Metal Stamping and Powder Metallurgy Manufacturing (pt) (Included in
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing subsector)
Metal Boxes Metal Shipping Container, Barrel, Drum, Keg, Pail, Bin, Box, etc.
Manufacturing (pt) (Included in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
subsector)
Safe and Vault Locks Hardware Manufacturing, Including Locks (pt) (Included in Fabricated
Metal Product Manufacturing subsector)
Metal Aerosol Valves Other Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (pt) (Included in Fabricated
Metal Product Manufacturing subsector)
Other Metal Products All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (pt)
(Included in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing subsector)
3952@ Lead Pencils, Crayons, and Artist's Materials
Metal Drafting Tables and Boards Metal Office and Public Building Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
Wood Drafting Tables and Boards Wood Office and Public Building Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
Drawing and India Ink Printing Ink Manufacturing (pt) (Included in Chemical Manufacturing
subsector)
Other Lead Pencil and Art Goods Manufacturing (pt) (To be included in
Miscellaneous Manufacturing subsector)
3999 Manufacturing Industries, NEC
Beauty and Barber Chairs Metal Office and Public Building` Furniture Manufacturing (pt)
Burnt Wood Articles Other Wood Product Manufacturing (pt) (Included in Wood Product
Manufacturing, Except Furniture subsector)
Fur Bleaching, Currying, Scraping, Tanning and Dyeing Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing Manufacturing (pt) (Included in
Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing subsector)
Lamp Shades of Paper and Textile Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (pt) (Included in Electrical
Equipment, Appliance and Component Manufacturing subsector)
Matches Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product Manufacturing (pt) (Included in
Chemical Manufacturing subsector)
Metal Products, Such As Combs, Hair Curlers, Etc. All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (pt) (Included in
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing subsector)
Plastics Products, Such As Combs, Hair Curlers, Etc. All Other Plastic Product Manufacturing (pt) (Included in Rubber and
Plastic Product Manufacturing subsector)
Flexographic Printing Eyeglass Frames for the Trade Commercial Flexographic Printing (pt) (Included in Printing and Related
Support Activities subsector)
Gravure Printing Eyeglass Frames for the Trade Commercial Gravure Printing (pt) (Included in Printing and Related
Support Activities subsector)
Lithographic Printing Eyeglass Frames for the Trade Commercial Lithographic Printing (pt) (Included in Printing and Related
Support Activities subsector)
Screen Printing Eyeglass Frames for the Trade Commercial Screen Printing (pt) (Included in Printing and Related
Support Activities subsector)
Other Printing Eyeglass Frames for the Trade Other Commercial Printing (pt) ( Included in Printing and Related
Support Activities subsector)
Tape Measures Hand and Edge Tool Manufacturing (pt) (Included in Fabricated Metal
Product Manufacturing subsector)
Other All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing (pt) (To Be Included in
Miscellaneous Manufacturing subsector)
5712 Furniture Stores
Custom Made Furniture, Except Cabinets Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing, Except Upholstered (pt)
Custom Wood Cabinets Wood Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing (pt)
Other Than Custom Made Furniture To Be Included in the Retail sector
Description of Changes to the U.S. System
A number of the changes listed in this section were made for reasons of
international comparability. Where one or more of the three North American countries
had different definitions of an industry classification, adjustments to the definitions in
one or more countries were required. In constructing NAICS, the three countries
agreed to move, where change was required to attain international comparability, in
the direction of the country or countries whose existing classification definitions most
closely corresponded to the production-oriented concept adopted for NAICS. Cases
where the U.S. changed are listed below; other cases where Canada or Mexico moved
toward the U.S. classification are not, of course, listed in this section.
Three activities were transferred out of 1987 SIC Furniture major group.
Motor vehicle seats were transferred from part of 1987 SIC 2531, Public Building
and Related Furniture, into Motor Vehicle Fabric Accessory and Seat Manufacturing
in the 1997 NAICS subsector for Transportation Equipment Manufacturing. This
change was made for international comparability and because there is very little
production similarity between the manufacture of automobile seats and the production
of church pews and like products that are in 1987 SIC 2531.
Hospital beds were transferred from part of 1987 SIC 2599, Furniture and Fixtures,
NEC, into Orthopedic, Prosthetic, and Surgical Appliance and Supply Manufacturing
in the 1997 NAICS subsector for Miscellaneous Manufacturing. This change was
necessary to align the U.S. classification to that of Canada and Mexico.
Blackboards were transferred from part of 1987 SIC 2531, Public Building and
Related Furniture, into All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing in the 1997 NAICS
subsector for Miscellaneous Manufacturing. This change was necessary to align the
U.S. classification system with that of Mexico.
Eight activities were transferred into the 1997 NAICS Furniture Manufacturing
subsector. Three of the eight were transformed from 1987 SIC NEC industries.
Wooden chair frames and seats were transferred from part of 1987 SIC 2426,
Hardwood Dimension and Flooring Mills, and classified in this subsector. This
change was necessary to align the U.S. classification with that of Mexico and Canada,
and because the production processes are similar.
Wood laundry hampers were transferred from part of 1987 SIC 2499, Wood
Products, NEC, and placed by component material in their respective NAICS
industries. This change was necessary to align the U.S. classification with that of
Canada.
Custom wood household furniture was transferred from part of 1987 Retail
Industry SIC 5712, Furniture Stores, into Wood Household Furniture. This change
was necessary to align the U.S. classification with that of Mexico and Canada, and
because the production process is essentially that of furniture manufacturing and the
retailing activity is subsidiary.
Wood kitchen cabinets were transferred from 1987 SIC Major Group 24, Lumber
and Wood Products, Except Furniture. This change reflects production processes that
are essentially identical with those for furniture. The change also facilitated and
increased the international comparability with Canada and Mexico.
Custom wood kitchen cabinets were transferred from part of 1987 Retail SIC 5712,
Furniture Stores, into Wood Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing, for international
comparability, as noted above.
Drafting tables and boards were transferred from 1987 SIC 3952, Lead Pencils,
Crayons, and Artists' Materials, and classified in the Furniture Manufacturing
subsector. This change was necessary to align the U.S. classification with that of
Canada and Mexico, and because the production process is similar to other furniture
manufacturing.
Metal frames and furniture parts were transferred from 1987 SIC 3499, Fabricated
Metal Products, NEC, and classified in the Furniture Manufacturing subsector. This
change was necessary to align the U.S. classification with that of Canada.
Barber and beauty chairs were transferred from 1987 SIC 3999, Manufacturing
Industries, NEC, into Metal Office Furniture Manufacturing. This change was
necessary to reflect the common production processes and similarities between beauty
and barber shop chair manufacturers and other furniture manufacturers.
A new industry was created for Custom Architectural Woodwork, Millwork, and
Fixtures from part of SIC 2541, Wood Office and Store Fixtures, Partitions, Shelving
and Lockers.
Also several activities were transferred within the Furniture Manufacturing
subsector.
In addition, 1987 SIC 2517, Wood TV and Radio Cabinets, was combined with
Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing because production in 1987 SIC 2517 has
declined in the U.S. and the production processes are similar in both industries.
The number of Furniture Manufacturing industries declined from 13 in 1987 to 12
in 1997. For time series linkage, seven of the 13 1987 industries are comparable
within three percent of the 1997 industries.