2002 NAICS Definitions

424690 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of chemicals and allied products (except agricultural and medicinal chemicals, paints and varnishes, fireworks, and plastics materials and basic forms and shapes).

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Merchant wholesale distribution of ammunition--are classified in Industry Group 4239, Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of biological and medical products; botanical drugs and herbs; and pharmaceutical products intended for internal and external consumption in such forms as ampoules, tablets, capsules, vials, ointments, powders, solutions, and suspensions--are classified in Industry 424210, Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of farm supplies, such as animal feeds, fertilizers, agricultural chemicals, pesticides, seeds and plant bulbs,--are classified in Industry 424910, Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of paints, and varnishes and similar coatings, pigments, wallpaper, and supplies, such as paint brushes and rollers,--are classified in Industry 424950, Paint, Varnish, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of lubricating oils and greases--are classified in Industry 424720, Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals);
• Merchant wholesale distribution of fireworks--are classified in Industry 423920, Toy and Hobby Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers; and
• Merchant wholesale distribution of plastics materials and resins, and unsupported plastics film, sheet, sheeting, rod, tube, and other basic forms and shapes--are classified in Industry 424610, Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers.

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2002 NAICS	1997 NAICS	1987 SIC	Corresponding Index Entries
424690	422690	5169	Acids merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Adhesives and sealants merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Alcohol, industrial, merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Alkalies merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Ammonia (except fertilizer material) merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Antifreeze merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Aromatic chemicals merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Automotive chemicals (except lubricating greases, lubrication oils) merchant whol
424690	422690	5169	Bleaches merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Carbon black merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Caulking materials merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Caustic soda merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Chemical additives (e.g., concrete, food, fuel, oil) merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Chemical gases merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photogra
424690	422690	5169	Cleaning compounds and preparations merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Coal tar products, primary and intermediate, merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Compressed gases (except LP gas) merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Concrete additives merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Cyclic crudes and intermediates merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Deodorants (except personal) merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Detergents merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Drilling muds merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Dry ice merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Dyes, industrial, merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Dyestuffs merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Essential oils merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Explosives (except ammunition, fireworks) merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Fibers, manmade, merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Fire extinguisher preparations merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Gases, compressed and liquefied (except liquefied petroleum gas), merchant wholes
424690	422690	5169	Gelatin, inedible, merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Glues merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Gum and wood chemicals merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Ice, dry, merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Industrial gases merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Industrial salts merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Inorganic chemicals merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Janitorial chemicals merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Laundry soap, chips, and powder, merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Liquefied gases (except LP) merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Man-made fibers merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Mastics (except construction) merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Metal cyanides merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Oil additives merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Oil drilling muds merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Organic chemicals merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Pesticides (except agricultural) merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Polishes (e.g., automobile, furniture, metal, shoe, stove) merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Resins, synthetic rubber, merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Rosins merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Salts, industrial, merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Sealants merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Sulfuric acid merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Surface active agents merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Synthetic rubber merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Turpentine merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Water softening compounds merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Waxes (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Welding gases merchant wholesalers
424690	422690	5169	Wood treating preparations merchant wholesalers

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