Article: SIC 3171 Women's Handbags and Purses

SIC 3171
WOMEN'S HANDBAGS AND PURSES

This classification includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing women's handbags and purses of leather or other materials, except precious metals. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing precious metal handbags and purses are classified in SIC 3911: Jewelry, Precious Metal.

NAICS Code(s)

316992 (Women's Handbag and Purse Manufacturing)

Industry Snapshot

The women's handbag and purse industry produces all women's handbags and purses of leather and other materials, except precious metals. Approximately 64 percent of the domestic handbags shipped in the United States in the late 1990s were made of leather. Handbag ...

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