NAICS
315: Apparel Manufacturing
Industries in the Apparel Manufacturing subsector group establishments
with two distinct manufacturing processes: (1) cut and sew (i.e.,
purchasing fabric and cutting and sewing to make a garment) and (2) the
manufacture of garments in establishments that first knit fabric and
then cut and sew the fabric into a garment. The Apparel Manufacturing
subsector includes a diverse range of establishments manufacturing full
lines of ready-to-wear apparel and custom apparel: apparel contractors,
performing cutting or sewing operations on materials owned by others;
jobbers performing entrepreneurial functions involved in apparel
manufacture; and tailors, manufacturing custom garments for individual
clients are all included. Knitting, when done alone, is classified in
the Textile Mills subsector, but when knitting is combined with the
production of complete garments, the activity is classified in Apparel
Manufacturing.