SIC 2252 Hosiery, Not Elsewhere Classified
SIC 2252
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in knitting, dyeing, or finishing hosiery, not elsewhere classified. Establishments engaged in the knitting, dyeing, or finishing of anklets, boys' hosiery, children's hosiery, leg warmers, men's hosiery, socks, slipper socks, and men's and children's tights are included in this category. Establishments engaged in the production of women's full-length and knee-length hosiery and panty hose are classified in SIC 2251: Women's Full-Length and Knee-Length Hosiery, Except Socks. Establishments engaged in manufacturing elastic (orthopedic) hosiery are classified in SIC 3842: Orthopedic, Prosthetic, and Surgical Appliances and Supplies.
315111
Sheer Hosiery Mills
315119
Other Hosiery and Sock Mills
Products in this category range from heavy woolen socks used by hunters to lightweight anklets worn by small children. They can be made from cotton, wool, nylon, polyester, polypropylene, rayon, mohair, and other fibers, as well as blends of two or more fibers. The fabric is produced on small-diameter knitting machines.
Unlike most companies that weave fabric, establishments in this segment usually purchase yarn instead of making their own because it would be too costly and inefficient for each facility to manufacture the many types of yarn used to make hosiery. After buying the yarn, most companies in this category complete their own dyeing, finishing, and packaging. At that point, their merchandise is ready for retail sale.
According the U.S. Census Bureau, most of the 307 establishments in the segment were concentrated in the Southeast, particularly in North Carolina and Alabama. As of 2002 the industry employed 23,622 people, including 19,784 production workers. It spent $560 million on payroll while shipping nearly $3.0 billion in goods and spending more than $1.2 billion on materials.
This category remained steady during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The increasing popularity of casual clothing and a strong movement toward active wear throughout most of the United States helped to offset the impact of recessionary economic conditions in the early 2000s. Men's finished seamless hosiery and socks made of natural fibers made up slightly more than 60 percent of sales within this category at that time. Shipments of sheer hosiery goods were valued at more than $900 million in 2004, while goods in the Other Hosiery category resulted...
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- SIC 2211 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Cotton
- SIC 2221 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Manmade Fiber and Silk
- SIC 2231 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Wool (Including Dyeing and Finishing)
- SIC 2241 Narrow Fabric and Other Smallwares Mills: Cotton, Wool, Silk and Manmade Fiber
- SIC 2251 Women's Full-Length and Knee-Length Hosiery, Except Socks
- SIC 2252 Hosiery, Not Elsewhere Classified
- SIC 2253 Knit Outerwear Mills
- SIC 2254 Knit Underwear and Nightwear Mills
- SIC 2257 Weft Knit Fabric Mills
- SIC 2258 Lace and Warp Knit Fabric Mills
- SIC 2259 Knitting Mills, Not Elsewhere Classified
- SIC 2261 Finishers of Broadwoven Fabrics of Cotton
- SIC 2262 Finishers of Broadwoven Fabrics of Manmade Fiber and Silk
- SIC 2269 Finishers of Textiles, Not Elsewhere Classified
- SIC 2273 Carpets and Rugs
- SIC 2281 Yarn Spinning Mills
- SIC 2282 Yarn Texturizing, Throwing, Twisting, and Winding Mills
- SIC 2284 Thread Mills
- SIC 2295 Coated Fabrics, Not Rubberized
- SIC 2296 Tire Cord and Fabrics
- SIC 2297 Nonwoven Fabrics
- SIC 2298 Cordage and Twine
- SIC 2299 Textile Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified
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