Annual Survey of Manufacturers

Zusammenfassung

The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) plans to reduce the number of individual 6-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industries for which the Annual Survey of Manufacturers (ASM) estimates are published. We will continue to publish estimates for all manufacturing industries at higher levels of industry aggregation. By doing this, we hope to improve the timeliness of the estimates we produce as well as enhance the reliability and relevance of variables we collect. We are replacing the current 473 6-digit NAICS industries with a new list of 318 ASM industries, which will include selected 6-digit NAICS industries and other industries defined as groups of the 6-digit NAICS industries. Six-digit industries are the most detailed defined by the NAICS. The lists of present and proposed industries along with the concordance are available on our Web site at http://www.census.gov/mcd/ asmchange/.