SIC 2678 Stationery, Tablets, and Related Products

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SIC 2678

Establishments in this industry are primarily engaged in manufacturing stationery, tablets, loose-leaf fillers, and related items from purchased paper. Products include correspondence-type tablets, paper desk pads, loose-leaf filler paper, memo books, newsprint tablets and pads, notebooks, stationery, and various other padded paper products.

NAICS CODE(S)

322233

Stationery, Tablet, and Related Product Manufacturing

Sales by stationery, tablet, and related product manufacturers reached $1.37 billion in 2006, according to a report by Supplier Relations US LLC. That year, the United States imported $600.9 million in products within this category, primarily from Canada, Portugal, Indonesia, China, and Brazil. Exports of such products reached $876.2 million, with Canada receiving 86.65 percent of U.S. shipments.

The stationery products industry consists of three categories: stationery; tablets, pads, and related products; and stationery, tablets, and related products not specified by kind (NSK). Tablets and pads accounted for a great majority of industry products in the mid-2000s, with 61 percent of industry shipments (by value), followed by stationery with 30 percent. The NSK category accounted for the remaining 9 percent. According to the American Forest and Paper Association, in the mid-2000s the United States was the largest producer of printing and writing papers, with nearly 25 percent of the world supply.

Within the tablet and pad category, the leading product is bound notebooks, followed by tablets and pads and loose-leaf paper fillers. The two leading products in the stationery...