Wet Corn Milling and Starch Manufacturing
Wet milling corn and other vegetables (except to make ethyl alcohol). Examples of products made in these establishments are corn sweeteners, such as glucose, dextrose, and fructose; corn oil; and starches (except laundry).
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This Code is NOT For...
NAICS 311221 does not cover the following activities. Use the correct code instead:
Refining and/or blending corn oil from purchased oils
Manufacturing sweetening syrups from corn syrup and starch base dessert powders
Reducing maple sap to maple syrup
Milling (except wet milling) corn
Wet milling corn to produce nonpotable ethyl alcohol
Manufacturing laundry starches
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