SIC 5199 Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified

SIC 5199

This category covers wholesalers of nondurable goods, not elsewhere classified, such as art goods, industrial yarns, textile bags, and bagging burlap.

NAICS CODE(S)

541890

Other Services Related to Advertising

424990

Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers

Just a glance at the miscellaneous nondurable goods industry shows how complex it is to place every U.S. nondurable good into a distinct group. Even if each segment of this scattered industry was given its own classification, the need for new categories would likely emerge within a few months. Items listed in this diverse category include: artists' materials, textile bags, baskets, brooms, burlap, candles, charcoal, Christmas trees, clothes hangers, tropical fish, glassware, animal and vegetable greases, hairbrushes, ice, industrial yarn, cigar and cigarette lighters, matches, paper novelties, smokers' pipes, plant food, crude rubber, sheet music, wigs, wood carvings, woolen and worsted yarns, worms, and many other items.

According to a November 2006 D&B Sales and Marketing Solutions industry report, this industry sector...