North American Industry Classification System-Update for 2007, 12390-12399 [05-4848]

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 47 (Friday, March 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
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North American Industry Classification System--Update for 2007; Notice

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


North American Industry Classification System--Update for 2007

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the 
President.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation of comments on the Economic 
Classification Policy Committee's recommendations for the 2007 revision 
of the North American Industry Classification System.

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SUMMARY: Under Title 44 U.S.C. 3504(e), the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) seeks public comment on the advisability of adopting the 
proposed North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) updates 
for 2007. NAICS is a system for classifying establishments (individual 
business locations) by type of economic activity. Mexico's Instituto 
Nacional de Estad[iacute]stica, Geograf[iacute]a e Inform[aacute]tica 
(INEGI), Statistics Canada, and the United States Office of Management 
and Budget, through its Economic Classification Policy Committee 
(ECPC), collaborated on NAICS to make the industry statistics produced 
by the three countries comparable. OMB's Economic Classification Policy 
Committee recommends an update of the industry classification system to 
clarify existing industry definitions and content, recognize new and 
emerging industries, and correct errors and omissions.
    This notice: (1) Summarizes the background for the proposed 
revisions to NAICS 2002 in Part I, (2) contains a summary of public 
comments in Part II, (3) details multiple requests and major changes in 
the proposed structure agreed to by the three countries in Part III, 
and (4) provides a comprehensive listing of proposed changes for 
national industries and their links to NAICS 2002 industries in Part 
IV.
    OMB published a notification of intention to revise portions of 
NAICS in a December 27, 2002, Federal Register notice (67 FR 79500-
79506). That notice solicited comments on the advisability of revising 
maximum possible public input, OMB seeks comment on the advisability of 
revising the NAICS 2002 structure for 2007 to account for new and 
emerging industries and solicited comments on the advisability of 
making changes to improve international comparability, and other 
changes identified as necessary during the initial implementation of 
NAICS 2002. The deadline for submitting comments was March 28, 2003.
    After considering all proposals from the public, consulting with 
U.S. data users and industry groups, and undertaking extensive 
discussions with Statistics Canada and Mexico's INEGI, the ECPC in 
collaboration with INEGI and Statistics Canada developed 
recommendations for revisions to NAICS that would apply to all three 
North American countries. These revisions focus on improving the 
description of current industries, identifying new and emerging 
industries, and recommending changes to industry content based on 
research and implementation experience. There are no changes 
specifically recommended to increase international comparability.
    The ECPC recommends that NAICS United States 2007 incorporate 
changes as shown in Parts III and IV of this notice.
    Following an extensive process of development and discussions by 
the ECPC, with maximum possible public input, OMB seeks comment on the 
advisability of revising NAICS to incorporate the changes published in 
this notice. The modified NAICS would be employed in relevant data 
collections by all U.S. statistical agencies beginning with the 
reference year 2007. Statistics Canada and INEGI are recommending 
acceptance of the proposed revisions of the NAICS system for industry 
classification in the statistical programs of their national systems 
and are seeking comments in their respective countries. Representatives 
of the three countries will hold further discussions to consider public 
comments that they receive.

DATES: To ensure consideration of comments on the adoption and 
implementation of the NAICS revisions detailed in this notice, comments 
must be in writing. Please submit comments as soon as possible, but no 
later than June 9, 2005. Please be aware of delays in mail processing 
at Federal facilities due to heightened security. Respondents are 
encouraged to send both a hard copy and a second copy via fax or e-
mail. This proposed revision to NAICS would become effective in the 
U.S. for publication of establishment data that refer to periods 
beginning on or after January 1, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Please send correspondence about the adoption and 
implementation of proposed NAICS revisions as shown in this Federal 
Register notice to: Katherine K. Wallman, Chief Statistician, Office of 
Management and Budget, 10201 New Executive Office Building, Washington, 
DC 20503, telephone number: (202) 395-3093, fax number: (202) 395-7245. 
Please send E-mail comments to naics@omb.eop.gov with subject NAICS07. 
OMB will include in the official record all comments received via 
facsimile or via e-mail, at this address with this subject, by the date 
specified above.
    Please address inquiries about the content of industries or 
requests for electronic copies of the tables to: John Murphy, Chair, 
Economic Classification Policy Committee, Bureau of the Census, Room 
2641-3, Washington, DC 20233, telephone number: (301) 763-5172, fax 
number: (301) 457-1343, e-mail: John.Burns.Murphy@census.gov.
    Electronic Availability and Comments: This document is available on 
the Internet from the Census Bureau Internet site via WWW browser. To 
obtain this document via WWW browser, connect to https://www.census.gov/
naics. This WWW page also contains links to previous NAICS Federal 
Register notices and related documents.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Bugg, 10201 New Executive Office 
Building., Washington, DC 20503, e-mail address: pbugg@omb.eop.gov, 
telephone number: (202) 395-3095, fax number: (202) 395-7245.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Part I: Background of NAICS

    NAICS is a system for classifying establishments (individual 
business locations) by type of economic activity. Its purposes are: (1) 
To facilitate the collection, tabulation, presentation, and analysis of 
data relating to establishments, and (2) to promote uniformity and 
comparability in the presentation and analysis of statistical data 
describing the North American economy. NAICS is used by Federal 
statistical agencies that collect or publish data by industry. It is 
also widely used by State agencies, trade associations, private 
businesses, and other organizations.
    Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Estad[iacute]stica, Geograf[iacute]a 
e Inform[aacute]tica, Statistics Canada, and the United States Office 
of Management and Budget, through its Economic Classification Policy 
Committee, collaborated on NAICS to make the industry statistics 
produced by the three countries comparable. NAICS is the first industry 
classification system developed in accordance with a single principle 
of aggregation, the principle that producing units that use similar 
production processes should be grouped together in the classification.
    NAICS also reflects in a much more explicit way the enormous 
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diversification of services that have marked recent decades. Industry 
statistics presented using NAICS are comparable, to a limited extent, 
with statistics compiled according to the latest revision of the United 
Nations' International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC, 
Revision 3.1).
    For the three countries, NAICS provides a consistent framework for 
the collection, tabulation, presentation, and analysis of industry 
statistics used by government policy analysts, by academics and 
researchers, by the business community, and by the public. However, 
because of different national economic and institutional structures as 
well as limited resources and time for constructing NAICS, its 
structure was not made entirely comparable at the individual industry 
level across all three countries. For some sectors and subsectors, the 
statistical agencies of the three countries agreed to harmonize NAICS 
based on sectoral boundaries rather than on a detailed industry 
structure. NAICS comparability is limited to the sector level for 
wholesale trade, retail trade, and public administration.
    The four principles of NAICS are:
    (1) NAICS is erected on a production-oriented conceptual framework. 
This means that producing units that use the same or similar production 
processes are grouped together in NAICS.
    (2) NAICS gives special attention to developing production-oriented 
classifications for (a) new and emerging industries, (b) service 
industries in general, and (c) industries engaged in the production of 
advanced technologies.
    (3) Time series continuity is maintained to the extent possible.
    (4) The system strives for compatibility with the two-digit level 
of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic 
Activities (ISIC Rev. 3) of the United Nations.
    The ECPC is committed to maintaining the principles of NAICS during 
revisions. The December 27, 2002, solicitation for public comment on 
questions related to a potential revision of NAICS in 2007 was directly 
tied to the application of the four NAICS principles.
    NAICS uses a hierarchical structure to classify establishments from 
the broadest level to the most detailed level using the following 
format:

Sector.....................  2-digit...................  Sectors
                                                          represent the
                                                          highest level
                                                          of
                                                          aggregation.
                                                          There are 20
                                                          sectors in
                                                          NAICS
                                                          representing
                                                          broad levels
                                                          of
                                                          aggregation.
Subsector..................  3-digit...................  Subsectors
                                                          represent the
                                                          next, more
                                                          detailed level
                                                          of aggregation
                                                          in NAICS.
                                                          There are 100
                                                          subsectors in
                                                          NAICS.
Industry Group.............  4-digit...................  Industry groups
                                                          are more
                                                          detailed than
                                                          subsectors.
                                                          There are 317
                                                          Industry
                                                          groups in
                                                          NAICS.
NAICS Industry.............  5-digit...................  NAICS
                                                          industries are
                                                          the level
                                                          that, in most
                                                          cases,
                                                          represents the
                                                          lowest level
                                                          of three
                                                          country
                                                          comparability.
                                                          There are 725
                                                          five-digit
                                                          industries in
                                                          NAICS.
National Industry..........  6-digit...................  National
                                                          industries are
                                                          the most
                                                          detailed level
                                                          of NAICS.
                                                          These
                                                          industries
                                                          represent the
                                                          national level
                                                          detail
                                                          necessary for
                                                          economic
                                                          statistics in
                                                          an industry
                                                          classification
                                                          . There are
                                                          1179 U.S.
                                                          industries in
                                                          NAICS United
                                                          States, 2002.
 

Part II: Summary of Public Comments Regarding Priorities for Changes to 
NAICS in 2007

    In response to the December 27, 2002, Federal Register notice, the 
ECPC received a total of 68 comments. Each submission was assigned a 
unique docket number. These 68 comments addressed the advisability of 
making changes based on the principles of NAICS and/or included 
comments proposing changes to the structure of NAICS 2002.
    The ECPC received nine comments that addressed the issue of 
priorities for a potential revision of NAICS in 2007 based on the four 
principles. The ECPC recognized that the application of one principle, 
such as international comparability, could be at the expense of another 
principle, such as time series comparability. The ECPC sought public 
comment on the relative priority of each principle or a ranking of 
priorities for the principles. The response to the Federal Register 
notice was insufficient to reliably gauge the general public's position 
on the priorities for a 2007 revision of NAICS. In the small number of 
comments received, the same items were listed as high priorities for 
some respondents and low priorities for others.
    The ECPC recommends and has applied the following general guidance 
when considering changes to NAICS in 2007:
    (1) Because of the cost of change and disruption of statistical 
data that has already resulted from the ongoing implementation of 
NAICS, the ECPC will limit the scope of the changes for 2007 and 
recommend only essential changes to the system;
    (2) The ECPC will recommend new and emerging industries identified 
through public comment that are supported by the guiding principles of 
NAICS;
    (3) The ECPC will approach improvements in international 
comparability using a better concordance approach rather than making 
structural changes to NAICS to improve comparability; and
    (4) The ECPC will make changes to account for errors and omissions 
as well as recommending narrative improvements to clarify the content 
of existing industries.
    The ECPC also relied on the policy direction of the Office of 
Management and Budget and the positions of the ECPC member agencies 
(Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Bureau of 
the Census) when evaluating specific proposals for changes to NAICS in 
2007. The ECPC reviewed each individual proposal within the existing 
framework of the principles of NAICS. Additional considerations that 
resulted in recommendations for or against change included issues of 
relevance, size, and time series continuity.
    The ECPC received 60 comments that requested specific changes to 
NAICS industries for 2007. Twenty-two of those comments requested 
industries for biotechnology, three requested changes to the definition 
of optometrists, and three requested a new industry for design/build in 
the construction sector of NAICS. The balance of the comments addressed 
single issues, such as requests for new industries or clarifications 
for activities including wedding videography, rope and cordage 
manufacturing, simulation, e-learning, denturists, rental and leasing 
of recreational vehicles, physical therapy, travel goods wholesaling, 
and similar requests.
    The ECPC received a number of comments that suggested changes to 
NAICS that were not accepted. Each of these suggestions was carefully 
considered. Some suggestions were modified by the ECPC to better meet 
the objectives of NAICS. Other suggestions proposed products (rather 
than industries); these will be considered in the North American 
Product Classification System (NAPCS), a new product classification 
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suggestions for change could not be justified on a production basis, or 
could not be implemented in statistical programs, for various reasons, 
and thus were not accepted.
    When a proposal was not accepted, it was usually because: (a) The 
resulting industry would have been too small in the U.S.; (b) the 
specialization ratio of the resulting industry, a measure of the degree 
to which establishments in the industry are similar to one another and 
different from establishments in other industries, was too low; or (c) 
the proposal did not meet the production-oriented criterion for forming 
an industry in NAICS.

Part III: Recommendations on Specific Requests for Change

    The ECPC received 22 separate responses requesting the creation of 
new industries for medical biotechnology products, food and 
agricultural biotechnology products, and industrial biotechnology 
products. The proposals were assigned docket numbers: 07-0013, 07-0014, 
07-0015, 07-0016, 07-0018, 07-0019, 07-0020, 07-0022, 07-0023, 07-0024, 
07-0025, 07-0026, 07-0027, 07-0028, 07-0029, 07-0030, 07-0031, 07-0036, 
07-0037, 07-0041, 07-0044, and 07-0049. The proposals did not contain 
information regarding the size of the potential industries, importance 
of the industries in Canada or Mexico, or any information regarding the 
separate production function justification for creating the new 
industries. In order to evaluate the proposals, the ECPC consulted with 
an industry trade association to clarify the requests for new 
industries.
    The ECPC clarified the requests as proposals to create industries 
for establishments that use biotechnology inputs, use biotechnology 
processes, or produce biotechnology outputs. The practical impact of 
these proposals would be to group a number of establishments that are 
currently classified in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and 
Hunting; Manufacturing; and Professional, Scientific and Technical 
Services sectors of NAICS.
    The ECPC used the principles of NAICS to evaluate these requests. 
The ECPC recommends against creating the three industries requested 
based on the mixture of production processes that would be involved. 
These activities are currently classified throughout the NAICS system. 
For example, growing genetically-modified crops is in farming, 
production of biotech enzymes is in the chemicals subsector of NAICS, 
and manufacturing foods from biotech inputs is classified in food 
manufacturing. The ECPC considered the production processes and 
similarities to other production processes already separately 
identified in NAICS. Growing a genetically-modified crop may require a 
different production function from growing a more traditional version 
of the crop because of decreased need for pesticides or other inputs. 
Nevertheless, the production process is still closer to other 
agriculture production processes than it is to manufacturing production 
processes or professional service production processes. A similar 
rationale applies to food manufacturing production processes, 
pharmaceutical manufacturing production processes, and industrial 
manufacturing production processes.
    The ECPC recognized the importance of biotechnology as an emerging 
technology that should be accounted for in NAICS. While recommending 
against the proposals received in response to the Federal Register 
notice, the ECPC does recommend creation of a new six-digit national 
industry for Biotechnology Research and Development. This industry will 
contain units that are using biotechnology processes to develop general 
knowledge, new products, and processes using biotechnology. The new 
biotechnology research and development industry is in conformance with 
the principles of NAICS because: (1) The new industry will group 
similar establishments using biotechnology processes in experimental 
research and development; (2) the new industry addresses a new and 
emerging activity resulting in the production of advanced technologies, 
and (3) the new industry is expected to be comparable with a 
biotechnology research and development industry proposed in the ongoing 
revision of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All 
Economic Activities of the United Nations. In order to minimize time 
series disruptions, the new industry for Biotechnology Research and 
Development can be added to the revised industry for research and 
development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences to create a 
continuous time series for NAICS United States 2002 industry 541710, 
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life 
Sciences.
    The ECPC also reviewed the results of a biotechnology use survey 
conducted by the Department of Commerce and reviewed preliminary survey 
results regarding biotechnology research and development from the 2002 
Economic Census. Both sources indicate that the proposed industry will 
be supportable in collection and publication. The ECPC recommends that 
public commenters on this issue work with statistical data collection 
programs in order to ensure that adequate biotechnology product detail 
is included in future data collection efforts.
    Three public comments requested changes to the definition of 
optometrist used in the NAICS United States 2002 manual. These 
proposals were assigned docket numbers 07-0001, 07-0004, and 07-0035. 
The ECPC reviewed the proposals and information from the American 
Optometric Association and is recommending changes to the definition 
that would more accurately describe the industry but would not change 
the content of the industry in NAICS 2007.
    Three public comments requested a new industry for design/build 
firms. These proposals were assigned docket numbers 07-0052, 07-0053, 
and 07-0054. Similar proposals were received in both 1997 and 2002. The 
ECPC remains opposed to using project delivery methods to define 
industries in the construction sector. The concept of using project 
delivery methods was exhaustively reviewed with Canada and Mexico 
during the 2002 revision of the construction sector. During the 2007 
revision process, the ECPC met on several occasions with those who 
requested this new industry and discussed the criteria for industries 
in NAICS, providing background on the use of products in Census Bureau 
programs and the development of the North American Product 
Classification System currently underway. The ECPC recommends that 
interested parties work with statistical data collection programs in 
order to ensure that more exhaustive survey items for the design/build 
delivery method are included in future data collection efforts.
    The ECPC also reviewed the structure of the telecommunications 
industries in NAICS 2002 in light of continuing change in the industry. 
The ECPC is recommending changes in the subsectors for 
Telecommunications (517); Internet Service Providers, Web Search 
Portals, and Data Processing Services (518); and Other Information 
Services (519).
    Infrastructure operators increasingly provide a bundle of voice, 
data, and video services. Traditional telephone companies are providing 
broadband Internet access and video services, along with telephone 
service. Traditional television cable companies are also providing 
broadband Internet access services and telephone services. While there 
is considerable interest in tracking changes in these industries over 
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is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between a cable 
company and a telephone company. The convergence of technologies is 
expected to continue.
    The proposal for telecommunications creates three groupings based 
on the infrastructure operated to provide a variety of audio, video, 
data, and telephony services. The three primary infrastructure types 
are wired, wireless, and satellite. In addition, there is a fourth 
industry group that includes some support activities and resellers who 
directly buy and resell time on networks (e.g., dial around long 
distance resellers, mobile virtual network operators) to provide their 
services. This fourth group would also include units providing services 
over a connection provided by others (e.g., pure voice over Internet 
protocol (VoIP) providers).
    The wired telecommunications carriers would include units that 
build and operate their own wired networks, as well as those that lease 
access to lines and then provide services to customers using those 
facilities. This categorization is to acknowledge that the 
infrastructure used to provide services can be leased or purchased. The 
services provided would include telephony, data, and video services, as 
well as any future services provided using the infrastructure. The 
grouping would exclude units who are pure resellers--units that buy a 
block of minutes and resell them without providing any additional 
service; these units would be included in the ``all other 
telecommunications'' grouping. Wired telecommunications carriers would 
also include those that use a fixed wireless ``connection'' for the 
last mile. By exception, satellite television providers will be 
included in this industry.
    The wireless telecommunications carriers would include the units 
that have spectrum licenses and provide telephony, Internet access, or 
video services using that spectrum. Wireless telecommunications 
carriers would not include pure resellers. Mobile virtual network 
operators (MVNO) providing mobile telephony or other services will be 
defined as resellers and excluded from this industry. MVNO's do not 
have infrastructure or spectrum licenses; rather they resell the 
services of wireless telecommunication carriers.
    The satellite telecommunications industry will remain defined as 
units primarily engaged in providing point-to-point telecommunications 
services to other establishments in the telecommunications and 
broadcasting industries by forwarding and receiving communications 
signals via a system of satellites or reselling satellite 
telecommunications.
    The fourth grouping of other telecommunications services would 
include the current content of NAICS 51791, Other Telecommunications, 
and the pure resellers in separate national industries. Resellers will 
be classified in NAICS 517911, Telecommunications Resellers, and other 
telecommunications services will be classified in NAICS 517919, All 
Other Telecommunications. This industry will include pure VoIP 
providers (providing VoIP to customers who already have a broadband 
connection), as well as dial-up Internet service providers (providing 
access to the Internet through a customer-initiated connection to the 
telecom system).
    Web search portals would be combined with Internet publishing and 
broadcasting. These types of units were identified separately in NAICS 
2002, because they are different from either publishers or 
broadcasters. The definition of Internet publishing and broadcasting is 
limited to exclusively publishing and broadcasting on the Internet and 
the ECPC continues to support the classification of Internet publishers 
and broadcasters separate from the traditional publishing and 
broadcasting industries. These establishments will be placed in 519, 
Other Information Services, as a five-digit NAICS class.
    This proposal to restructure the telecommunications industries in 
NAICS reduces or eliminates industry distinctions based on the product 
being offered in the telecommunications section of NAICS. The 
anticipated growth of VoIP, the continued expansion of broadband 
Internet access, the development of bundles of services provided over 
available infrastructures, and a desire for a robust structure that 
will remain relevant, all affected the development of this proposal. It 
is difficult to predict what the telecommunications industries will 
look like in the future. This production function approach, based on 
the infrastructure used rather than the current regulatory constraints 
or product distinctions, should withstand industry changes better than 
the current product-oriented structure.
    The downside to this proposal is that separate data for cable 
distribution and telephone service providers will not be available at 
the industry level. The ECPC understands that this will result in a 
loss of data. The application of new technologies, such as Internet 
telephony, is expected to further blur existing lines. The industry 
classification will not be updated again until 2012. The ECPC has 
concluded that the existing industry structure will not be viable in 
the years ahead and therefore recommends that these changes be made 
now. The ECPC particularly encourages comments supporting or opposing 
this recommendation. Although separate national industries are expected 
to cause problems based on regulatory actions in the future, industries 
for wired telecommunications carriers and for cable and other program 
distribution could be reinstated at the six-digit level. This would not 
affect continuity at the five-digit level if separate collection 
becomes impossible.
    A tabular summary of changes to the Information Sector is included 
in Part IV.
    The balance of the comments represented single requests for 
specific changes. While these requests and the associated ECPC 
recommendations are not listed in this notice unless a structure or 
industry content change was recommended, a summary of the decision for 
each docket received is available on the World Wide Web at https://
www.census.gov/naics.
    The ECPC is recommending several NAICS industry title changes to 
more clearly describe the existing content of industries. These title 
changes do not change the content of industries but rather refine how 
they are described. Part IV below presents the ECPC recommendations for 
revisions to NAICS United States for 2007.
    NAICS Sector 21, Mining, will be changed to ``Mining, Quarrying, 
and Oil and Gas Extraction.''
    NAICS 23821, Electrical Contractors, will be changed to 
``Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors.''
    NAICS 238210, Electrical Contractors, will be changed to 
``Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors.''
    NAICS 316999, All Other Leather Good Manufacturing, will be changed 
to ``All Other Leather Good and Allied Product Manufacturing.''
    NAICS 322221, Coated and Laminated Packaging Paper and Plastics 
Film Manufacturing, will be changed to ``Coated and Laminated Packaging 
Paper Manufacturing.''
    NAICS 322223, Plastics, Foil, and Coated Paper Bag Manufacturing, 
will be changed to ``Coated Paper Bag and Pouch Manufacturing.''
    NAICS 326111, Plastics Bag Manufacturing, will be changed to 
``Plastics Bag and Pouch Manufacturing.''

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    NAICS 441221, Motorcycle Dealers, will be changed to ``Motorcycle, 
ATV, and Personal Watercraft Dealers.''
    NAICS 492110, Couriers, will be changed to ``Couriers and Express 
Delivery Services.''
    NAICS 541612, Human Resources and Executive Search Consulting 
Services, will be changed to ``Human Resources Consulting Services.''
    NAICS Industry Group 5418, Advertising and Related Services, will 
be changed to ``Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services.''
    NAICS 56131, Employment Placement Agencies, will be changed to 
``Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services.''
    NAICS 722212, Cafeterias, will be changed to ``Cafeterias, Grill 
Buffets, and Buffets.''

Time Series Continuity

    The standard approach to preserving time series continuity after 
classification revisions is to create linkages where the series break. 
This is accomplished by producing the data series using both the old 
and new classifications for a given period of transition. With the dual 
classifications of data, analysts can assess the full impact of the 
revision. Data producers then may measure the reallocation of the data 
at aggregate industry levels and develop a concordance between the old 
and new series for that given point in time. The concordance creates a 
crosswalk between the old and new classification systems. Statistical 
agencies in the U.S. are planning links between the 2002 NAICS and 2007 
NAICS (with U.S. national detail).

Part IV: Tabular Recommendations for Changes to NAICS United States 
Effective for 2007

    Table 1 presents the proposed NAICS 2007 industries defined by 
their NAICS United States 2002 content. Table 2 lists, in NAICS United 
States 2002 order, the disposition of all industries recommended for 
change and their resulting relationship to NAICS United States 2007 
proposed industries.

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