Quick Statistics

The subsector's revenue for the year 2008 was approximately $133.1 billion USD, with an estimated gross profit of 55.83%. Import was valued at $15.9 billion USD from 177 countries. The subsector also exported $5.1 billion USD worth of merchandise to 129 countries. Adding import value to and subtracting export value from the subsector's shipment value, the total domestic demand for the subsector in 2008 was $143.9 billion USD.

Reference

Industries in the Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing subsector manufacture beverages and tobacco products. The industry group, Beverage Manufacturing, includes three types of establishments: (1) those that manufacture nonalcoholic beverages; (2) those that manufacture alcoholic beverages through the fermentation process; and (3) those that produce distilled alcoholic beverages. Ice manufacturing, while not a beverage, is included with nonalcoholic beverage manufacturing because it uses the same production process as water purification.

In the case of activities related to the manufacture of beverages, the structure follows the defined productive processes. Brandy, a distilled beverage, was not placed under distillery product manufacturing, but rather under the NAICS class for winery product manufacturing since the productive process used in the manufacturing of alcoholic grape-based beverages produces both wines (fermented beverage) and brandies (distilled beverage).

The industry group, Tobacco Manufacturing, includes two types of establishments: (1) those engaged in redrying and stemming tobacco and, (2) those that manufacture tobacco products, such as cigarettes and cigars.

6-digit Industries Within This Subsector

312111 Soft Drink mfg
312112 Bottled Water mfg
312113 Ice mfg
312120 Breweries
312130 Wineries
312140 Distilleries
312210 Tobacco Stemming & Redrying
312221 Cigarette mfg
312229 Other Tobacco Product mfg

5-digit Industries Within This Subsector

31211X Soft Drink & Ice mfg
31222X Tobacco Product mfg

4-digit Industry Group Within This Subsector

3121XX Beverage mfg
3122XX Tobacco mfg

Subsector Report

312XXX Beverage & Tobacco Product manufacturing