Definition
Heavy-Duty Truck Manufacturing (NAICS 33612)

Under this topic you will find the North American Industry Classification System definition of the Heavy-Duty Truck Manufacturing (NAICS 33612) industry. You can use this definition to properly identify the segment of the industry you wish to study further in other sections of Canadian Industry Statistics.

Change NAICS Level…3361 > Motor Vehicle ManufacturingIn this section of CIS there is no data available at lower levels of detail.
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Definition of the Industry

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing heavy-duty vehicles and heavy-duty vehicle chassis, for highway use.

Example Activities:

• Buses, passenger (except trackless trolley), assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Cab and chassis assemblies, heavy-duty trucks, manufacturing
• Chassis, heavy truck, with or without cabs, manufacturing
• Fire-fighting trucks (e.g., ladder, pumper), assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Garbage trucks, assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Heavy trucks, assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Highway maintenance motor vehicles (e.g., road oilers, sanders), assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Highway tractors (i.e., for semi-trailers), assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Motor homes, self-contained, mounted on heavy truck chassis of own manufacture
• Special purpose highway vehicles (e.g., firefighting vehicles), assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Street-cleaning motor vehicles (e.g., street flushers, sprinklers, sweepers), assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Tractors, truck, for highway use, assembled on chassis of own manufacture
• Truck tractors for highway use, assembling on chassis of own manufacture
• Trucks, heavy (except off-highway), assembling on chassis of own manufacture

Exclusions

Establishments primarily engaged in:

• manufacturing heavy-duty vehicles on purchased chassis (33621, Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing)
• manufacturing military armoured vehicles (33699, Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing)