Industry Description
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing women's, girls', and infants’ apparel from purchased fabric. Women's, girls', and infants’ clothing jobbers, who perform entrepreneurial functions involved in apparel manufacture, including buying raw materials, designing and preparing samples, arranging for apparel to be made from their materials, and marketing finished apparel, are included.
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Business Examples
Common types of business activities within NAICS 315240 - Women’s, Girls’, and Infants’ Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing are:
- Professional service apparel, washable, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Washable service apparel, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Suits, tailored, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bridal dresses or gowns, custom made
- Tennis skirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Police dress uniforms, women's, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jumpsuits, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Pantsuits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Suits (e.g., jogging, snowsuit, warmup), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sunsuits, infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Firefighters' dress uniforms, women's, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Lounging robes and dressing gowns, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Warmup suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sweater vests, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Wedding dresses, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Laboratory coats, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Shirts, underwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Teddies, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Shirts, outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Ski suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Union suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Ski pants, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bridal dresses or gowns, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Dickeys, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Uniforms, dress, tailored (e.g., fire fighter, military, police), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Windbreakers, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Underwear shorts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Pants, sweat, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Dungarees, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Housecoats, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bedjackets, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Feather-filled clothing, jackets, and vests, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jackets (except fur, leather, sheep-lined), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Nightgowns, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jeans, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Panty girdles, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Leotards, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Uniform shirts (except team athletic), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bakers' service apparel, washable, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Water-repellent overcoats, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sweater jackets, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Gowns, formal, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Infants' apparel cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Pants, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jean-cut casual slacks, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- T-shirts, underwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Briefs, underwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Swimsuits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Foundation garments, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Riding clothes, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Coveralls, work, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Infants' water resistant outerwear cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Housedresses, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Clothing, water resistant, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Negligees, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Body stockings, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Water resistant jackets and windbreakers, not tailored, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Tank tops, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Clothing, water-repellent, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Paper dresses, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Down-filled clothing, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jogging suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Pants, athletic, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Skirts, tennis, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Capes (except fur, waterproof), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Blouses, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Coats, tailored (except fur, leather), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric
- Jackets, ski, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sweat suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jackets, service apparel (e.g., laboratory, medical), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bathrobes, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sports clothing (except team uniforms), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Middies, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Nightwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Flannel shirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Tennis shirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Robes, lounging, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Rompers, infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sweat pants, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sweatshirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Dusters (i.e., apparel), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Slacks, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Hospital service apparel, washable, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Chemises, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Slips, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Industrial garments, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Gowns, wedding, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Diaper covers, infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Beachwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Underwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Coats (except fur, leather, waterproof), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bandeaux, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Water-repellent outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Girdles, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Polo shirts, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Underwear shirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Leggings, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Drawers, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sweaters, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Lingerie, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Military dress uniforms, tailored, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Camisoles, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Slacks, jean-cut casual, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Garter belts cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Medical service apparel, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Service apparel, washable, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Snowsuits, women's, girls, and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- T-shirts, outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Corselets, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Water resistant outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Maternity bras and corsets, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Melton jackets, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Caftans, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Shorts, outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bathing suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Buntings, infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Uniforms (except team athletic), nontailored, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Water resistant overcoats, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Aprons, work (except waterproof, leather), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Ensemble dresses, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Athletic clothing (except team athletic uniforms), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Collar and cuff sets, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Brassieres cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Custom tailors, women's and girls' dresses cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Vests, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Pajamas, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Coats, nontailored service apparel (e.g., laboratory, medical, mechanics'), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Panties, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Playsuits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Nightshirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except contractors)
- Dressing gowns, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Training pants (i.e., underwear), infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Raincoats, water resistant, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Skirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Mackinaws, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Knickers, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Garters, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bra-slips, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Culottes, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Overcoats, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Pants outfits, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Corsets and allied garments (except surgical), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Dresses, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jerseys, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Raincoats, water-repellent, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Women’s, Girls’ and Infants’ Apparel Manufacturing in the US (31524)
Revenue 2022
$2.8bn
Growth 2022
-0.55%
Key Trends
The number of industry operators is estimated to fall as employment falls
US apparel manufacturers have been moving most of their production due to low labor costs
Companies that lack quality goods with strong branding will produce highly automated products domestically
Products and Services
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NAICS Cross Reference
Manufacturing cloth diapers--are classified in U.S. Industry 314999, All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills.
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NAICS Cross Reference
Knitting women's, girls', and infants’ apparel or knitting fabric and manufacturing women's, girls', and infants’ apparel--are classified in Industry Group 3151, Apparel Knitting Mills;
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NAICS Cross Reference
Cutting and/or sewing materials owned by others for women’s, girls’, and infants’ apparel--are classified in Industry 315210, Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors;
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NAICS Cross Reference
Manufacturing unisex outerwear garments, such as T-shirts, sweatshirts, and sweat pants that are sized without reference to specific gender (i.e., adult S, M, L, XL)--are classified in Industry 315220, Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing;
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Manufacturing fur or leather apparel and team athletic uniforms--are classified in Industry 315280, Other Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing; and
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NAICS Hierarchy 315240 - Women’s, Girls’, and Infants’ Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing
NAICS Code 315240 - Women’s, Girls’, and Infants’ Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing sits in the 2-digit Women’s, Girls’, and Infants’ Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing sector. NAICS codes can be 2- to 6-digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be. Learn more about the structure of NAICS codes
2 Digits: 31-33
Sector Title: Manufacturing
3 Digits 4 Digits 5 Digits 6 Digits
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3111 Animal Food Manufacturing
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31111 Animal Food Manufacturing
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3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling
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31121 Flour Milling and Malt Manufacturing
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31122 Starch and Vegetable Fats and Oils Manufacturing
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31123 Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing
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3113 Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing
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31131 Sugar Manufacturing
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31134 Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing
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31135 Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing
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3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing
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31141 Frozen Food Manufacturing
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31142 Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling, and Drying
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3115 Dairy Product Manufacturing
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31151 Dairy Product (except Frozen) Manufacturing
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31152 Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing
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3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing
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31161 Animal Slaughtering and Processing
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3117 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging
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31171 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging
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3118 Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing
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31181 Bread and Bakery Product Manufacturing
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31182 Cookie, Cracker, and Pasta Manufacturing
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31183 Tortilla Manufacturing
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3119 Other Food Manufacturing
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31191 Snack Food Manufacturing
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31192 Coffee and Tea Manufacturing
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31193 Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing
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31194 Seasoning and Dressing Manufacturing
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31199 All Other Food Manufacturing
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3121 Beverage Manufacturing
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31211 Soft Drink and Ice Manufacturing
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31212 Breweries
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31213 Wineries
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31214 Distilleries
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3122 Tobacco Manufacturing
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31223 Tobacco Manufacturing
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3131 Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills
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31311 Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills
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3132 Fabric Mills
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31321 Broadwoven Fabric Mills
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31322 Narrow Fabric Mills and Schiffli Machine Embroidery
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31323 Nonwoven Fabric Mills
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31324 Knit Fabric Mills
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3133 Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric Coating Mills
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31331 Textile and Fabric Finishing Mills
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31332 Fabric Coating Mills
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3141 Textile Furnishings Mills
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31411 Carpet and Rug Mills
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31412 Curtain and Linen Mills
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3149 Other Textile Product Mills
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31491 Textile Bag and Canvas Mills
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31499 All Other Textile Product Mills
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3151 Apparel Knitting Mills
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31511 Hosiery and Sock Mills
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31519 Other Apparel Knitting Mills
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3152 Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing
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31521 Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors
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31522 Men’s and Boys’ Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing
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31524 Women’s, Girls’, and Infants’ Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing
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31528 Other Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing
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3159 Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing
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31599 Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing
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3161 Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing
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31611 Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing
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3162 Footwear Manufacturing
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31621 Footwear Manufacturing
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3169 Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
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31699 Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
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