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Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM) Principal Business or Activity (PBA) Codes and Descriptions

The table below shows the descriptions for Principal Business or Activity (PBA) used for the Annual Survey of Manufacturers (ASM) as of 2021. PBA Codes appear in the left column and their corresponding descriptions in the right column.

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