SIC 2077 Animal and Marine Fats and Oils

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SIC 2077

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing animal oils (including fish oil and other marine animal oils) and fish and animal meal, together with those rendering inedible stearin, grease, and tallow from animal fat, bones, and meat scraps. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing lard and edible tallow and stearin are classified in meat-producing industries; those that refine marine animal oils for medicinal purposes are classified in SIC 2833: Medicinal Chemicals and Botanical Products; and those manufacturing fatty acids are classified in SIC 2899: Chemicals and Chemical Preparations, Not Elsewhere Classified.

NAICS CODE(S)

311613

Rendering and Meat By-Product Processing

311711

Seafood Canning

311712

Fresh and Frozen Seafood Processing

311225

Fats and Oils Refining and Blending

By the mid-2000s, the majority of the industry was engaged in the manufacture of feed and fertilizer byproducts. Domestic rendered production and exports were down in 2005 because of decreased production in the U.S. livestock industry: production output in the rendering industry depends on raw material from the livestock industry. In addition, concern over avian influenza influenced a decrease in poultry consumption and the culling of flocks in some countries, and an increase in global production of vegetable proteins and oils contributed to lower prices for animal oils and meal.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service, 32.4 million head of cattle were slaughtered in 2005, down 1 percent from 2004; commercial hog slaughter totaled 103.6 million head, nearly the same as 2004; and commercial poultry slaughter of approximately 8.9 billion chickens and 246 million turkeys was an increase of 1 percent from 2004. Rendered product from this meat production totaled over 8.1 million metric tons in 2005, down approximately 3 percent from 2004. Domestic consumption was down approximately 1.5 percent from the previous year, and exports, totaling 1.4 million metric tons, were down about 10 percent from 2004. Meanwhile, 2005 production of animal fats and greases, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau, decreased 2.7 percent from 2004. There was worse news concerning exports, which were down by approximately 15 percent. Price declines for domestic tallow resulted from increased global supplies of palm oil and soy oil.

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