Definition
All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325189)

Under this topic you will find the North American Industry Classification System definition of the All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325189) national industry. You can use this definition to properly identify the segment of the industry you wish to study further in other sections of Canadian Industry Statistics.

Definition of the National Industry

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in manufacturing inorganic chemicals.

Example Activities:

• Aluminum compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Alums (e.g., aluminum ammonium sulphate, aluminum potassium sulphate), manufacturing
• Ammonium chloride, manufacturing
• Ammonium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Arsenic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Barium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturing
• Bone black, manufacturing
• Boron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Calcium hypochlorite, manufacturing
• Calcium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Carbides (e.g., boron, calcium, silicon, tungsten), manufacturing
• Carbon black, manufacturing
• Carbon inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Cesium and cesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Chlorine compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Chromium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Cobalt compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Copper compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Copper sulphate, manufacturing
• Fluorine, manufacturing
• Fuel propellants, solid inorganic, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Heavy water (i.e., deuterium oxide), manufacturing
• Hydrazine, manufacturing
• Hydrochloric acid, manufacturing
• Hydrogen peroxide, manufacturing
• Iodine, crude or resublimed, manufacturing
• Iron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Isotopes, radioactive, manufacturing
• Lamp black, manufacturing
• Lithium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Magnesium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Manganese dioxide, manufacturing
• Mercury compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Nickel compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Nuclear fuel scrap reprocessing
• Nuclear fuels, inorganic, manufacturing
• Oleum (i.e., fuming sulphuric acid), manufacturing
• Peroxides, inorganic, manufacturing
• Phosphorus compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Potassium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Potassium salts, manufacturing
• Potassium sulphate, manufacturing
• Radioactive elements, manufacturing
• Radioactive isotopes, manufacturing
• Rare earth compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Selenium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Silver compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Sodium chlorate, manufacturing
• Sodium hypochlorite, manufacturing
• Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Sodium phosphate, manufacturing
• Sodium silicate, manufacturing
• Sodium sulphate, manufacturing
• Strontium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Sulphides and sulphites, manufacturing
• Sulphur and sulphur compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Sulphur dioxide, manufacturing
• Sulphur, recovering or refining (except from sour natural gas)
• Sulphuric acid, manufacturing
• Tin compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Titanium dioxide, manufacturing
• Tungsten compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Uranium compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Uranium oxide, manufacturing
• Uranium, enriched, manufacturing
• Zinc compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing
• Zinc oxide, manufacturing

Exclusions

No exclusions are specified in the 2007 NAICS Canada manual.