SIC 2231 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Wool (Including Dyeing and Finishing)

SIC 2231

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in the production of woven fabrics more than 12 inches (30.48 centimeters) in width, wholly or chiefly by weight of wool, mohair, or similar animal fibers; dyeing and finishing of woven wool fabrics; and those shrinking and sponging wool goods for the trade. These fabrics are used primarily for production of apparel (especially outerwear), home furnishings (especially blankets), and specialty items, such as billiard-tablecloth.

Establishments primarily engaged in weaving or tufting wool carpets and rugs are classified in SIC 2273: Carpets and Rugs. Production of broadwoven fabrics with content wholly or primarily by weight of cotton is included in SIC 2211: Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Cotton. Production of broadwoven fabrics with content wholly or chiefly by weight of manmade fiber and silk is included in SIC 2221: Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Manmade Fiber and Silk. Production of narrow fabric, generally 12 inches or less in width, of cotton, wool, silk, and manmade fiber is included in SIC 2241: Narrow Fabric and Other Smallwares Mills: Cotton, Wool, Silk, and Manmade Fiber.

NAICS CODE(S)

313210

Broadwoven Fabric Mills

313311

Broadwoven Fabric Finishing Mills

313312

Textile and Fabric Finishing (except Broadwoven Fabric) Mills

INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT

According to the U.S. Census Bureau in the broadwoven fabric mills industry as a whole, approximately 1,963 establishments operated in this category for part or all of 2004. Industry-wide employment totaled approximately 107,566 workers receiving a payroll of more than $1.8 billion. Companies in this industry tended to be smaller in size with nearly 64 percent employing less than 20 workers while only 12 percent have greater than 500 employees. The Annual Survey of Manufactures reported that the broadwoven fabrics mills manufacturing industry was valued at nearly $17.3 billion in 2005. Additionally, for the overall industry a total of 76,181 employees worked in production in 2005, putting in more than 153 million hours to earn wages of nearly $2.0 billion. The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics showed significant losses in expected employment for the combined fabric mills and textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating mills manufacturing industry by 2014 after substantial losses were experienced from 1994 to 2004; a moderate decrease is anticipated in output between 2004 to 2014.

Dun & Bradstreet reported in 2006 that the industry's estimated 341 establishments posted annual sales of about $1.0 billion with about 16,272 employees. North Carolina led with more than $242 million in sales followed by South Carolina with nearly $158 million in sales and Florida in third with nearly $117 million in sales. Comprised of 28 different specialties, the primary segment was bleaching yarn and fabrics: wool or similar fabrics (nearly $198 million in sales) with apparel and outerwear broadwoven fabrics in second ($185.5 million) and wool broadwoven fabric mills in third ($174 million).

Strides in technology, along with international competition, consolidations, and increasing productivity, contributed to the downward trend in this industry. By 2004 manufacturers were hoping for higher quota limits on imported goods. Instead, the 2005 lifting of import quotas also contributed to the decline of the textile and apparel...

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