| | 07-0003 | Repair | 81 | Other Services (except Public Administration |
| | 07-0003 provided comments on priorities for the revision but also requested specific changes to: (1) split NAICS US 713990, |
| | All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries, into separate industries for sport and recreation activities; (2) move |
| | motorcycle repair into motor vehicle repair; and (3) create a separate industry for boat repair and maintenance. The ECPC |
| | considered these requests but is recommending no changes in 2007 for several reasons. First, the ECPC notes that any |
| | attempt to classify activities as either sport or recreation will be highly subjective. The production processes are similar and |
| | any delineation would be more problematic than the current combination. The ECPC does not recommend the movement of |
| | motorcycle repair into Industry Group 8111, Automotive Repair and Maintenance. The current content of Industry Group 8111 |
| | is specialized and there is little or no evidence of overlap between automotive repair and motorcycle repair. The movement |
| | would be costly and there is little evidence that it would improve the resulting data. Lastly, the ECPC recommends against the |
| | creation of a new industry for boat repair. While it is arguable that boats are not personal and household goods as stated by |
| | the respondent, a new industry for the activity would not significantly improve available data. Boat repair activities can take |
| | place in units classified to manufacturing, amusement and recreation industries, and repair and maintenance. The only units |
| | that would be included in a new industry are those specialized repair facilities that do not manufacture boats or provide marina |
| | services. The 1997 Economic Census identified less than 2000 specialized boat repair units with less than $1 billion in |
| | revenue. This would be a very small industry. Although size is not a firmly defined criterion for identification of industries in |
| | NAICS, from a practical standpoint, industries must be large enough to collect and publish at national, regional, state, and local |
| | levels. The current definition of personal and household goods repair and maintenance does meet those goals. |