SIC 3961 Costume Jewelry and Costume Novelties, Except Precious Metals

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SIC 3961
COSTUME JEWELRY AND COSTUME NOVELTIES, EXCEPT PRECIOUS METALS

This category encompasses businesses primarily engaged in manufacturing costume jewelry, costume novelties, and ornaments made of all materials, except precious metal, precious or semiprecious stones, and rolled gold paste and gold-filled materials. The products manufactured within this category include such items as necklaces, rings, artificial pearls, compacts, cuff links, and rosaries. Businesses primarily engaged in manufacturing jewelry of precious and semiprecious material are classified in SIC 3911: Jewelry, Precious Metal; those manufacturing leather compacts and vanity cases are classified in SIC 3172: Personal Leather Goods, Except Women's Handbags and Purses; and those manufacturing synthetic stones for gem stone and industrial use are classified in SIC 3299: Nonmetallic Mineral Products, Not Elsewhere Classified.

NAICS Code(s)

339914 (Costume Jewelry and Novelty Manufacturing)

Industry Snapshot

There were slightly more than 900 firms actively manufacturing costume jewelry in the United States in the late 1990s. Many of the older companies were still based in Rhode Island (which hosts more than 270 of the firms in this industry). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, total product shipments for 2000 were valued $1.3 billion. This was down from the combined value of all goods produced by these companies in 1996, which totaled $1.6 billion. Only about 8 percent of the industry's total production was exported to other countries, including Canada, Japan, and Korea, the top three importers of American-made costume jewelry. Some of the firms were only involved in the manufacture of pieces using purchased components. The items were then sold to costume jewelry retailers, especially...

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	COSTUME CARRIES ON; RHODE ISLAND'S COSTUME JEWELRY PRODUCERS LOOK TO POLISH UP THEIR ACT TO SURVIVE IN A COMPETITIVE OVERSEAS CLIMATE.(Industry Overview) Magazine article from: WWD ; ...Under its dust, Rhode Island's costume jewelry business still glitters...grim decade for Rhode Island's jewelry industry...and most-admired costume jewelry company. "That...their loyalty to Rhode Island and producing domestically...
	GS Incorporated: high quality labels in rural Rhode Island.(Narrow Web Profile) Magazine article from: Label & Narrow Web ; ...Propheteer press. Back then, Rhode Island was the nation's largest producer of costume jewelry, and that industry provided...Pascoag in 1994, Jason says, Rhode Island's costume jewelry business began to slow (It...
	Rhode Island Mother's Inspiration Helped Daughters Develop Jewelry Business. Newspaper article from: Providence Journal (Providence, RI) ; ...Kirk, pointed out to their daughters that Rhode Island was the costume-jewelry capital of the world, so any number of resources...manufacturer, after graduating from the University of Rhode Island, oversees production and does some design work...
	Mother of Rhode Island Entrepreneurs Inspired Daughters' Jewelry Business. Newspaper article from: Providence Journal (Providence, RI) ; ...Kirk, pointed out to their daughters that Rhode Island was the costume-jewelry capital of the world, so any number of resources...manufacturer, after graduating from the University of Rhode Island, oversees production and does some design work...
	The Strongest Are Surviving in Rhode Island's Jewelry Business.(Originated from Providence Journal-Bulletin, R.I.) Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ; ...million holding company in Rhode Island that bought Rolo's assets...Giovanni now manufactures costume jewelry for Rolo's former customers...manufacture and sale of costume jewelry long has been a key part of the Rhode Island economy. But sweeping...
	Rhode Island to Issue $99.2 MillionIn GO Refunding Bonds on Tuesday. Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer ; ...debt. Fitch feels that Rhode Island has always acted responsibly...the state AA-minus. Rhode Island has enjoyed the recent...manufacturing base, which in Rhode Island was primarily jewelry and costume jewelry. Copyright c 2001 Thomson...
	Tiffany to Build a Second Rhode Island Plant. Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ; ...they're back in Rhode Island." But if Tiffany...jewelry industry in Rhode Island, state employment...previous metals, costume jewelry and notions industry...represented 16 percent of Rhode Island's manufacturing industry...
	A New Tiffany Factory Will Revive Some Rhode Island Jewelry Jobs. Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ; ...foot factory. For Rhode Island, it signals that its...been manufacturing in Rhode Island since 1998, when it...according to the Rhode Island Department of Labor...precious metals, costume jewelry and notions. Although...
	Costume jewelry exports rise. Magazine article from: WWD ; ...said exports of costume jewelry rose 17 percent...Trade Center in Rhode Island, as part of...imports of costume jewelry. In the year...American imports of costume jewelry amounted to...produced by Rhode Island manufacturing...
	Rhode Island jewelry makers prod U.S. to halt use of lead in child trinkets. Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ; ...hats. Despite that, a pair of Rhode Island jewelry manufacturers are prodding...jewelry manufacturing industry in Rhode Island and around the country has lost...the white metal they use in costume jewelry costs $3.70 a pound, more...