Candy and Confectionary  

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Gold Book.  Annual.
Candy Industry, December issue.
An exclusive buyers guide and reference tool for candy manufacturers, wholesale retailers and confectionary buyers.

National Confectioners Association

First stop for great information on the candy industry. Aside from great reports on the U.S. market, the 'International' tab contains detailed ingredients and labeling information for most foreign countries.  NCA sponsors the annual SWEETS & SNACKS EXPO®

Retail Confectioners International

Founded in 1917, RCI is organized for the purpose of furthering the interests of manufacturing and retail confectioners and the retail confectionery industry.

PMCA: an international association of confectioners

Founded in 1907 as the Pennsylvania Manufacturing Confectioners’ Association by candy manufacturers located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, PMCA, as it is now known, today boasts more than 390 members worldwide.

AACT: American Association of Candy Technologists

AACT is a premier professional group of individual technologists, operations personnel, educators, students, business staff and others dedicated to the advancement of the confectionery industry.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.

The following NAICS codes are associated with candy.   Many of our subscription resources and directories can be searched by NAICS code.

3113 Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing

This industry group comprises (1) establishments that process agricultural inputs, such as sugarcane, beet, and cacao, to give rise to a new product (sugar or chocolate), and (2) those that begin with sugar and chocolate and process these further.

311340 Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing nonchocolate confectioneries. Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in retailing nonchocolate confectionery products not for immediate consumption made on the premises.

311351 Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in shelling, roasting, and grinding cacao beans and making chocolate cacao products and chocolate confectioneries.

311352 Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing chocolate confectioneries from chocolate produced elsewhere. Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in retailing chocolate confectionery products not for immediate consumption made on the premises from chocolate made elsewhere.

445292 Confectionery and Nut Stores

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing candy and other confections, nuts, and popcorn not for immediate consumption and not made on the premises.

The following SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) codes are associated with this sector:

Industry Group 206: Sugar And Confectionery Products

2064 Candy and Other Confectionery Products

2066 Chocolate and Cocoa Products

2067 Chewing Gum

Industry Group 544: Candy, Nut, and Confectionary Stores

5441 Candy, Nut, and Confectionary Stores