This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing refined beet sugar from sugar beets.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Manufacturing raw cane sugar and/or refined cane sugar from sugarcane--are classified in U.S. Industry 311311, Sugarcane Mills;
• Manufacturing refined cane sugar from raw cane sugar--are classified in U.S. Industry 311312, Cane Sugar Refining;
• Manufacturing corn sweeteners by wet milling corn--are classified in U.S. Industry 311221, Wet Corn Milling;
• Manufacturing table syrups from corn syrup--are classified in U.S. Industry 311999, All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing;
• Reducing maple sap to maple syrup--are classified in U.S. Industry 111998, All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming; and
• Manufacturing synthetic sweeteners (i.e., sweetening agents), such as saccharin and sugar substitutes (i.e., synthetic sweetener blended with other ingredients)--a re classified in Subsector 325, Chemical Manufacturing.