[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3826-3827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1131]
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Part VIII
Office of Management and Budget
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North American Industry Classification System--Revision for 2002;
Notice
Federal Register / Vol. 66 , No. 10 / Tuesday, January 16, 2001 /
Notices
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
North American Industry Classification System--Revision for 2002
AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the
President.
ACTION: Notice of final decision.
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SUMMARY: Under Title 44 U.S.C. 3504(e), the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) is announcing its final decision to adopt the North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) revisions for 2002 as
recommended by the Economic Classification Policy Committee in OMB's
notice for solicitation of comments in Part II of the April 20, 2000,
Federal Register (65 FR 21241). In addition, OMB is adopting one change
not included in the April 20, 2000, notice--the move of Map and Atlas
Publishing from Industry 511199, All Other Publishing, to Industry
511130, Book Publishing.
In the April 20, 2000, notice, OMB's Economic Classification Policy
Committee (ECPC) recommended a revision of the industry classification
system to extend the three-country agreement level for the Construction
sector and to recognize important changes in the Information sector. In
addition, as an interim measure in the United States, the ECPC
recommended restructuring the Wholesale Trade sector to reflect
differences in production functions and to capture more accurately the
rapidly-growing business-to-business electronic markets developing in
the United States. For the Retail Trade sector, the United States is
creating additional national level detail for department stores and
nonstore retailers to create more meaningful, homogeneous industries
for the United States. More details of this decision are presented in
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Federal statistical data published for reference years
beginning on or after January 1, 2002, should be published using the
2002 NAICS United States codes. Agencies may adopt the 2002 NAICS
earlier at their discretion. Publication of a 2002 NAICS United States
Manual is planned for January 2002.
ADDRESSES: You should send correspondence about the adoption and
implementation of 2002 NAICS as shown in the April 20, 2000, Federal
Register notice, and modified by Attachments 1, 2, and 3 of this
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.
You should address inquiries about the content of industries or
requests for electronic copies of the 2002 NAICS tables to: John
Murphy, Assistant Division Chief for Classification Activities, Service
Sector Statistics Division, Bureau of the Census, Room 2641-3,
Washington, DC 20233, telephone number: (301) 457-2672, FAX number:
(301) 457-1343.
Electronic Availability and Comments:
This document and the April 20, 2000, Federal Register are
available on the Internet from the Census Bureau via WWW browser and E-
mail. To obtain this document via WWW browser, connect to http://www.census.gov/naics. This WWW page also contains 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: [email protected],
telephone number: (202) 395-3095, FAX number: (202) 395-7245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The April 20, 2000, Federal Register notice
(1) summarized the background for the proposed revisions to NAICS 1997
in Part I; (2) contained a summary of public comments in Part II; (3)
detailed the structure changes agreed upon by the three countries in
Part III; and (4) provided a comprehensive listing of changes for
national industries and their links to NAICS 1997 industries in Part
IV.
Subsequent to the release of the April 20 Federal Register,
representatives from the statistical agencies of Mexico, Canada, and
the United States who were working on a parallel three-country product
classification system proposed to the three-country Steering Committee
that Atlas and Map Publishers, currently in NAICS Industry 51119 Other
Publishers, be moved to Industry 51113 Book Publishers. This proposal
stemmed from the fact that the process of publishing atlases is similar
to the publishing process for books such as reference books, and that
the same industries often produce both atlases and maps. Informal
discussions with these industries confirmed their support of this
change. OMB's final decision regarding revision of NAICS for 2002 is to
adopt the proposal contained in the April 20, 2000, Federal Register,
with the one change to move Atlas and Map Publishers into Industry
51113. Attachments 1, 2, and 3 show the corrected lines for Tables 1,
2, and 3, as contained in the April 20 Federal Register.
After taking into consideration other comments submitted in direct
response to the April 20, 2000, Federal Register notice, as well as
benefits and costs, and after consultation with the Economic
Classification Policy Committee (ECPC), Mexico's Instituto Nacional de
Estadistica, Geografiia e Informatica (INEGI) and Statistics Canada,
OMB made no other changes to the scope and substance of the April 20,
2000, Federal Register notice. The other comments that were received
either supported proposed changes, or suggested changes that would be
incompatible with the production-based foundation of NAICS or be
incompatible with proposals that were accepted.
NAICS was jointly developed by Canada, Mexico, and the United
States. For the 2002 revision the three countries focused on
harmonizing and updating the Construction and Information sectors of
NAICS. In the 1997 NAICS, the Construction sector was comparable among
all three countries only at the highest levels of aggregation. Although
new in 1997, the Information sector lacked finite categories related to
important new and emerging industries, prompting the three countries to
re-evaluate and restructure this sector. The United States will
implement structural changes for the Wholesale Trade and Retail Trade
sectors which will not impact the three country comparability for these
sectors. It was not the intent of the ECPC to open for consideration
all areas of NAICS that currently lack three-country comparability or
to revise sectors other than those specifically listed above. Other
sectors will be re-evaluated for future NAICS revisions.
Sally Katzen,
Deputy Director for Management.
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Attachment 1--Revisions to Table 1 of the April 20, 2000, Federal
Register Part II
Table 1.--2002 NAICS United States Matched to 1997 NAICS United States
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2002 NAICS and U.S. 1997 NAICS
2002 NAICS code description Status code code 1997 NAICS description
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51113............................. Book Publishers..... R * 511199 All Other Publishers (atlas
and map publishers, except
Internet Publishing).
.................... R * 511130 Book Publishers (except
Internet Publishing).
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Attachment 2--Revisions to Table 2 of the April 20, 2000, Federal
Register Part II
Table 2.--1997 NAICS Matched to 2002 NAICS United States
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2002 NAICS 2002 NAICS and U.S.
1997 NAICS code 1997 NAICS U.S. description code description
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511199............................ All Other Publishers:
Atlas and Map Publishers.......... 511130 Book Publishers.
(except Internet Publishers)......
Atlas and Map Publishers (Internet 516110 Internet Publishers
Publishers) and All Other Internet (pt.)
Publishers.
All Other Publishers (except 511199 All Other Publishers.
Internet Publishers).
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Attachment 3--Revisions to Table 3 of the April 20, 2000, Federal
Register Part II
Table 3.--2002 NAICS United States Matched to 1987 Standard Industrial Classification
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2002 NAICS
2002 NAICS code description 1987 SIC code 1987 SIC description
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51113........... Book Publishers: ............... ....................
Atlas and Map 2741 Miscellaneous
Publishers and Publishing (atlases
Technical Book and and books,
Manual Publishers. technical books and
(except Internet). manuals, except
Internet
publishing)
Book Publishers 2731 Books: Publishing or
(except Internet). Publishing and
Printing (except
music books and
Internet book
publishing).
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