SIC 2399 Fabricated Textile Products, Not Elsewhere Classified

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SIC 2399

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing fabricated textile products, not elsewhere classified.

NAICS CODE(S)

336360

Motor Vehicle Fabric Accessories and Seat Manufacturing

315999

Other Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing

314999

All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills

Companies in this category manufacture miscellaneous textile products such as cloth diapers, fishing nets, aprons, horse blankets, hammocks, pennants, and non-leather straps. The states producing the most products in this industry were Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, California, Tennessee, Texas, and North Carolina.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 2,303 establishments fabricating textile products in this category in 2004, with 42,744 employees who earned nearly $1.2 billion in payroll. The value of shipments for these companies totaled $24.2 billion in 2005.

Takata Inc. was one of the largest companies whose primary business fell within this category. This manufacturer of automobile seat belts had 29,000 employees and sales of more than $4 billion in 2006. After expanding into Korea, India, Germany, Malaysia, and China in the early 2000s, the firm established Takata Asia Pte. Ltd. to serve as a regional headquarters for its Asian operations. Techno Trim Inc., a subsidiary of Livonia, Michigan-based Johnson Controls Inc., was another industry leader, with estimated sales of $72 million.

In 1994 the United States, Mexico, and Canada implemented the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a pact that gradually removed all tariffs and other trade restrictions from most goods made and sold in North America. As a result, U.S. textile exports to Mexico jumped from $1.1 billion to more than $3.0 billion between 1995 and 2002. However, between 1997 and 2002 cotton textiles and apparel imports from China, which reached $9.8 billion in 2002, had increased 17 percent. Imports were expected to increase throughout the early 2000s, particularly as the Uruguay Round agreement—passed in the late 1990s by the World Trade Organization—mandated the elimination of textile quotas by 2005...