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SIC 3021 Rubber and Plastics Footwear
SIC 3021
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing fabric-upper footwear having rubber or plastic soles vulcanized, injection molded, or cemented to the uppers, as well as rubber and plastics protective footwear. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing rubber, composition, and fiber heels, soles, soling strips, and related shoe making and repairing materials are classified in SIC 3069: Fabricated Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified; those manufacturing plastic soles and soling strips are classified in SIC 3089: Plastics Products, Not Elsewhere Classified; and those manufacturing other footwear of rubber or plastics are classified in SIC 3140: Footwear, Except Rubber.
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Rubber and Plastics Footwear Manufacturing
The value of shipments in the rubber and plastics footwear industry in the United States dove from $1.1 billion in 1998 to $478.9 million in 2002. From there it rose marginally to $504.8 million in 2005. The market reeled from a decline in consumer spending on athletic footwear but tried to capitalize on the shift in demand toward outdoor footwear, including rugged shoes for hiking and winter-sports footwear. The other shift in consumer tastes—toward casual street fashion—was not of particular help to this industry as leather products tend to dominate that category of footwear.
The United States is the world's largest importer of footwear, accounting for one-quarter of the world's imports. In 2003, the United States imported $2.8 billion worth of rubber- and plastic-soled shoes. Asian and Middle Eastern manufacturers are responsible for about 70 percent of worldwide production. The major manufacturing countries include China, India, and Indonesia, where many U.S. companies also produce a large portion of their own shoes to take advantage of lower labor and materials costs. This fact has, since the 1990s, generated controversy for the footwear industry as a whole as news of harsh labor practices in U.S. manufacturing facilities unleashed a backlash against the use of sweatshop labor in particular, and exploitative labor practices in general, and spurred calls for regulations establishing worldwide labor standards, including minimum wage and safety provisions.
This industry consists primarily of two product categories. One area includes the waterproof footwear worn over shoes to protect them from inclement weather. Such products are often...
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- Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastic Products
- SIC 3011 Tires and Inner Tubes
- SIC 3021 Rubber and Plastics Footwear
- SIC 3052 Rubber and Plastics Hose and Belting
- SIC 3053 Gaskets, Packing, and Sealing Devices
- SIC 3061 Molded, Extruded, and Lathe-Cut Mechanical Rubber Goods
- SIC 3069 Fabricated Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
- SIC 3081 Unlaminated Plastics Film and Sheet
- SIC 3082 Unsupported Plastics Profile Shapes
- SIC 3083 Laminated Plastics Plate, Sheet, and Profile Shapes
- SIC 3084 Plastics Pipe
- SIC 3085 Plastics Bottles
- SIC 3086 Plastics Foam Products
- SIC 3087 Custom Compounding of Purchased Plastics Resins
- SIC 3088 Plastics Plumbing Fixtures
- SIC 3089 Plastics Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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